And I'm in Andorra, where they would laugh at me for trying to make a complaint about something so trivial
My comment was that Snowshoe and I agreed (both of us from North America) while it seemed our European friends were less inclined to report or do something else about the man who shoved Fiona. We all agree it was wrong on a personal level. Nothing at all in what I said makes what happened "trivial", just the opposite in fact. Here in the USA touching someone like that could be considered battery, whereas a simple hollering in a threatening way would be assault, couple them and you have assault & battery. Snowshoe's comment made me think it may be the same in Canada. Maybe that's not the case in Europe, battery, which is what I was alluding to with my comment. Maybe I have once again misunderstood the meaning behind the comments here.
No, no, @soberbyker I meant me saying it wasn't assult etc. didn't make it trivial - not what you said. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
He acted like an angry child, did not have the courage to speak to you! My dog acted out of character yesterday (or rather in his new character, just four and I cannot understand why he has changed!) and barked at a man who came to stroke him, the man apologised to me whereas I should and did apologise to him
Gosh Fiona @snowbunny that must have been quite frightening. He behaved totally inappropriately whether Shadow barked or not, just no call for that behaviour EVER. I really hope you are OK and not just saying you are. xxx
There's no excuse at all for pushing you. What a good thing that Shadow didn't react to that. I hope he is a holidaymaker and has gone home!
Well I think its definitely off limits to push another person , no wonder you were upset @snowbunny , I would have been livid
Absolutely off limits whatever it's classed as under a criminal code. We all agree there! Incidentally, in Australia it'd technically be classed as 'assault' but the police would probably not act on it or lay a charge. What verbal abuse is classed as here depends to some degree on the words said (eg racial verbal abuse would be a different offence to non-racial verbal abuse).
Must admit I did a too reading that. Agree nowt as strange as folks. I think it would technically be assault, but doubt anyone would be that interested up here either.
I saw him again this morning, but I was quite a long way past when I heard the door go. I was with Willow at the time. She looked back, took a couple of steps towards him (he was about 20m away) and gave a big woof before coming back to me. She would normally never react like that to people at that distance. She obviously thought as much of him as I do.
Wow....they BOTH reacted to him? That must be a bit strange. I would be wary coming across him in a dark alley
Luckily no dark alleys around here! It is very strange, yes, especially Willow this morning, because we were way past him and he was walking in the opposite direction. Not even a hint of a threat, I wouldn't have thought. Maybe it's his aftershave.
It's funny, that chap my friend's dog reacted to on the Common the other day...I know this dog well, she is not a reactive dog. She is a perfectly friendly little Beagle, with her previous worst crime mugging other dog owners for fishy smelling treats (slightly annoying, but friendly). But she was MOST put out by this chap, really upset. Just don't know what it was. Charlie didn't react to him, paid him no attention at all. Just something about that man my friends's dog did not like.
