Why own a dog breed that you can’t handle?

I ended up with a herniated disc and had surgery, got rods inserted, etc. If my dogs want to get away from me when I’m walking them, they probably could. I’ve been jerked flat on my face before, but I’ve always held onto them.

My neighbor's GS is trying to take over his golf cart.
Whenever he wants to use it, he has to poke her a couple of times with his walking cane to get her out of the way.
I laugh every time.

Was your dog off leash?

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he always had a choke collar

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Choke collars are useless. Pinch collars are what they need.

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As dogs naturally do they start getting excited and the German shepherd pulls the guy down to the ground.

I pick mine up to de-escalate, but he’s unable to restrain his dog and they rustle for a good 30 seconds.

Once he regains control I ask if he’s ok and they get huffy and walk away, like I’m the a-hole.

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Rustling for 30 seconds doesn’t seem like much, and it seems like they got it under control and walked away. Also picking up a dog isn’t de-escalating unless your dog happens to be small, the one stirring things up more, and being picked up calms down your dog.

As far as being pulled to the ground it would more depend on if dog broke free or if the guy had braced himself and still got pulled over.

If person was huffy it was either pissed at his dog or he was pissed because your dog’s excitement that couldn’t be curtailed actually was the problem.

My dog is about 180 lbs now. I'm at about 200, but this fricker is all muscle.

He doesn't ever pull for people or other dogs, but God forbid I have him on the leash when he sees grouse, elk, or deer. He chased an elk buck for about a mile last week. I have a shock collar for him, but he doesn't seem to give a shite.

The problem is most people don’t have any self awareness. I’m always watching 50 yards ahead for critters, he has an extremely high prey drive, and other dogs. We either alter our path to avoid problems or he goes in a sit to let them pass if space is tight.

When it’s go time, it’s hard to stop my GShep. He goes from laid back minding his own business to protection mode in about half a second. Funny thing is equal size and bigger dogs don’t bother him, it’s the small noisy ankle biters that get him riled up. Even so, it’s on me to handle him.

We have 2 Ridgebacks and 2 Bassets with a combined weight of 275 pounds and could drag me or my wife like a rag doll if they catch a scent and especially for my wife a Snoot Loop is a godsend. On the rare occasion they get rowdy you can easily control their heads, control the head and you control the body, much more effective than a training collar.

That’s why you bring a pistol with you bc had that dog turned on you, you’d be done for