My introverted labrador made a new friend

I remember so many dog owners letting their dog come up to mine, who was leashed, saying 'don't worry, he's friendly!'

Yeah but mine isn't. That's why she's on a leash with a big red CAUTION harness. Even dogs who aren't signposted as reactive might not be friendly. It is super cute when things like this happen, but no dog is 100% trustworthy.

Don't let your dog run up to other dogs

How to learn a really bad lesson very quickly 101 : Beach edition

Mother fuckers the owners clearly knew each other.

You people really are miserable.

Just a couple of retrievers becoming best friends! So adorable.

There’s a lot of comments of people saying that this is irresponsible and I don’t know if this is a thing everywhere, but most beaches I have been to have specific hours for people to bring their dogs off leash to run around. It’s usually around sunrise which looks like about the same time in this video so I would bet it’s something like this. It’s basically just a big dog park. This doesn’t seem like an area or time where it would be inappropriate to let your dog off leash

This comment section sucks

"Dude, I'm kinda shy. Wanna hang?"

I have my dog on a leash most of the time, and sometimes when i see another dog off the leash (or if the situation is reversed) i will put a thumbs up in the air and get a thump up or down from the other dog owner, if there is a thumb down we both call our dogs back and pass each other with leashes, if theres two thumbs up, the dogs get to meet off leash in a controlled situation just like we saw here.

I dont see the issue, we cant tell the gestures these owners made to confirm, maybe its a place known for dog encouters, we have those too.

I feel like the people reacting so harshly either never had a dog, or have taken care of sensitive, aggressive or abused little babies, so theyve become hyper vigilant. Cant imagine an inbetween.

Im sure over 90% of dog encouters and fine