Oh yeah, it's really annoying! My personal gripe (and apologies if he's on here) is the guy who LARPS as a shepherd on Hilly Fields with two incredibly well-trained sheepdogs. He walks around with them, off lead, but if another dog has the temerity to look to engage them with play he orders them both to lie-down and glowers at the owner (often me) until they have got their dog away from them. I mean, the unwritten rule is that offlead dogs can interact with each other (and Owen is the gentlest of greeters, offering his belly to any dog he can get close enough to) but it feels like shepherd-guy just wants to show-off his superior dog control, at the expense of his poor dogs who clearly want to play but have to obey at all costs.
Oh yeah, it's really annoying! My personal gripe (and apologies if he's on here) is the guy who LARPS as a shepherd on Hilly Fields with two incredibly well-trained sheepdogs. He walks around with them, off lead, but if another dog has the temerity to look to engage them with play he orders them both to lie-down and glowers at the owner (often me) until they have got their dog away from them. I mean, the unwritten rule is that offlead dogs can interact with each other (and Owen is the gentlest of greeters, offering his belly to any dog he can get close enough to) but it feels like shepherd-guy just wants to show-off his superior dog control, at the expense of his poor dogs who clearly want to play but have to obey at all costs.