Jasper on the heath

[JudyN]

We love heathland

 

[Violet Turner]

What a great picture! He looks so calm just a quick question, why does Jasper where a mussel?

 

[thedogsbeforetime]

That looks like the back area we walk over here! It's a risky one, I've several times thought I'd loose a show and have gone almost knee deep in an unsuspecting puddle, but the dogs have a good time.

 

[JudyN]

Thank you @Violet Turner He's a bit of a Jeckyll & Hyde. Very friendly with strangers, but suddenly gets scared and when he's scared he sometimes reacts badly... If a small child ran up and tried to cuddle him, or he grabbed someone's picnic and they tried to take it off him, or if someone thought I wanted to get him on lead and 'helpfully' grabbed his collar it could go quite badly and he's a big dog.

You wouldn't believe the number of people who go right up to him and make a fuss of him without asking, and completely ignoring me when I say he doesn't always like his head being touched 'because he has such kind gentle eyes and couldn't possibly be aggressive'

 

[Violet Turner]

Thank you @Violet Turner He's a bit of a Jeckyll & Hyde. Very friendly with strangers, but suddenly gets scared and when he's scared he sometimes reacts badly... If a small child ran up and tried to cuddle him, or he grabbed someone's picnic and they tried to take it off him, or if someone thought I wanted to get him on lead and 'helpfully' grabbed his collar it could go quite badly and he's a big dog.

You wouldn't believe the number of people who go right up to him and make a fuss of him without asking, and completely ignoring me when I say he doesn't always like his head being touched 'because he has such kind gentle eyes and couldn't possibly be aggressive'

I don't get why people ignore when you say it, with Olive i said to one lady that she gets scared if you stroke her from over head and what does the woman do stroke her from over head. It does confuse me when no one listens. When i am walking also everyone with a dog comes over, Olive barked and they think Olive is aggressive but she really isn't she just loves the company of other dogs and the owners don't get that! Its probably better for Jasper anyway