Nice one neighbor, that escalated quickly...just 5 seconds into a row and threats of violence occur. What was it about ? Why dogs. Its always dogs. Seems dogs fighting on the road has become the equivalent of dogs attacking humans. Dog owners certainly react as though it is so. The same can be said of the Police who rang me next day to warn me that the incident had been recorded as a " dog attack ". I said no one had ever been attacked and since when did dogs briefly fighting matter more than a physical threat of violence ? " Well sir, you have to realize he was very worked up " Oh well then, I shall just let it go then ? After complaining about this his behavior it has been recorded as threatening on Police records, but not by default as you would expect.
The greatest irony as I pointed out to no avail to this dog walker was that he was complaining about the two dogs fighting as he was threatening to " knock me out ". He didnt see my point at all. How quickly people themselves resort to dog like behavior in these incidents. It takes a split second to reduce a human to an animal when humans see dogs as human too. His reaction was as though his dog was a child. Its all becoming disturbingly common and no doubt lockdown stresses are surfacing here to.
Every time I drive past a dog walker I now feel angry and there are a lot of dog walkers here all trudging along like ticking time bombs primed to explode in self righteous aggression. How has the simple act of walking a dog walk so contorted, tense and violent ? Worst of all is that dog owners are totally unaware until that fateful split second occurs. Dogs are not human. Trouble is coming...
