Is your dog "under control" if it runs over to my dog or my person, touching me or my pet in ways non wanted?

Our local ordinances state that in the off times, when the park is not attended to, when people don't have to pay to get in, that pets shall be under the control of their masters......but that there is no leash law at those times!





When the park is officially opened, there is a leash law!





We have had many dogs large and small.....some people walk two to four dogs at a time in a bunch or a pack..... we have had them come up to us very quickly, sometimes snarling and sopping or sloppy wet and dirty and they just come over to us and our dog and we can hear the owners calling in the distance to get their pets to come back to them.





They have babies in strollers or they are just by themselves and want their dogs to run freely!





Our dog is on a leash and we do not allow it to approach other dogs or persons without the owners or people asking or giving individual attention. We have boundaries!





So, what is the strict interpretation of "under control", under the law!|||The dog is under control if he does what he's told to do!! If the owner allows him to run up to you then the owner is to blame(the dog may well be under control - he isn't disobeying anyone!) - if they call the dog and it doesn't run back to them then it's not under control.|||dog people NEVER GET that non dog people dont want you stupid dog in our personal space. that should be a 2' radius around the person.


How many times has a dog come at me 90mph and the owner says "dont worry he wont bite" who the fck cares about biting, I dont want this dirty animal touching me or near me.


If it bit me I'd simply kill it|||where i live there is a 6ft leash law and people still do not obey and let their dogs run freely - it gets me very aggravated, because i always keep my dog on a leash no matter what.





i definitely think the strict interpretation should be that the owners (if the dog is not on the leash) should be able to prevent their dogs from running up to other people or other dogs. if they cannot manage to keep their dogs from doing that, they are not under control.|||It is a leash park! The dogs are supose to be on a leash or it could be off leash if it behave. Those people that have there dogs run freely should NOT be there.