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He does have mates that we arrange 'play dates' with, and it would be great if Barry turned up during one of those, but it's all so unpredictable I can't have them walk with us every day until our paths cross. They're all big softies anyway, not sure we'd get the response we were hoping for. TBH I don't want another dog to fight Barry on Owen's behalf (as much as I am attracted to the 18th century-ness of it - "I summon my second to fight for my honour") , I just want his owner to accept some reasonable degree of responsibility for their dog. I do appreciate, as many of you have said, that this hope is probably in vain. We are messaging at the moment and not unsociably, but my piss is constantly being boiled by his insistence on framing this as 'let's find a reasonable accommodation for two dogs who just don't seem to get on, we're all trying our best and this is stressful for everyone' with no acknowledgement of the imbalance of cuntiness in the dogs' relations.
And re the suggestions above about controlling Barry, I'm comfortable enough that I can grab him and hoist him away from Owen when he barrels over off-lead, I've done it often enough. The concern would be if they met when both off lead and at a distance, in which case no application of slip-lead or knotted lead would be of any use.
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@owl, just a thought. Has Owen got any mates that you could walk with if you think you're at risk of running into Barry? They might stick up for him a bit and give him a confidence boost. I guess it'd be tricky to find the right dog that would be assertive rather than aggressive but a telling off might dissuade Barry from being a prick in future?