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

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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.