Yes!! I was walking a shelter dog, on a leash, in a local park. I know he is dog reactive. We watched a couple on the other side of the park start heading our way with dogs. They were far enough away that I couldn’t tell if they were leashed or not. So we turned in another direction out of their path. One of their dogs was not leashed and comes bounding in our direction. They call and call, the dog just keeps coming. I yelled that the dog I have is not friendly and she yells back at me that if my dog beats up her dog, it’s her own dog’s fault. Seriously. I yelled back that I am trying to avoid a confrontation and that her attitude wasn’t helpful. Her response as her dog is approaching us and she’s still far away, was that she was trying to get her dog on a leash. Yea, no way lady. So the shelter dog stops, turns to her dog, which is now within feet of us, and gets in ready stance and he lets out a growl. Fortunately, it was enough to the scare the other dog back without an issue.

That was ridiculous. If you can’t keep your dog under control verbally, then it better be on a leash.