What kind of things do you hate that irresponsible dog owners do?

Hmmm... I could make a list 3 pages long... but I won't!
I too will limit myself to two...
 
1. I hate it when people let their dogs roam around off leash in the neighborhood, especially when they are dog aggressive!!!!!
 
2. I hate it when people (my neighbors to be exact) get a female mixed breed dog & don't spay her.  Then they get rid of the dog that they allready had before because he was too 'frisky' with the new dog.  Then get a male mixed breed dog & don't spay him.  Then say that the female 'accidentaly' got pregnant. Grrrr....

When irresponsible owners say their dogs are "Dumb and stupid" when they are simply exhibiting normal behavior for a dog.
 
FOR EXAMPLE: This happened after school today with a co-worker. We live in the country so many ranchers let their dogs run loose. DH and I think that it's irresponsible, so ours stay in a fence.
 
English teacher : Our dog is so stupid.
Me: Really? How so?
ET: He digs holes, pees on the car tires, and runs away.
Me: You live on a ranch, is the hole digging really a big deal?
ET: My husband hates it.
Me: Try putting his poop in the holes. That worked for us.
ET: We don't scoop poop. I guess I could try though. The worst is when he pees on the car tires.
Me: Can you restrict his access to the car? Keep him in a fence? That would also solve the running away.
ET: No, we don't want to do that. We like him to have his freedom.
 
It went on from here, but you get the idea. Their dog was "stupid" through no fault of his own. Natural behaviors, that could be avoided with some basic human intervention.

Aside from obvious things like abuse and neglect, these are things that bother me all the time:

-  People who don't know when it's time to intervene at the dog park.  

-  People who freak out and reprimand their dogs when they sniff other dogs' behinds.  

-  People who bring their leashed dogs into the off-leash area and then freak out when off-leash dogs approach. 

-  People who deny their dogs fun, healthy socialization because they see wrestling and play-growling as aggression.

-  People who use horrible "training" methods and then advise other dog owners - especially new dog owners - to use them too.   (Last week a woman asked if Louise barked a lot.   She doesn't, but I was advised to hold her mouth shut and slap her nose if she starts)

-  People who do not research breeds before getting a dog and end up 'exercising' their border collie with 2 walks around the block per day.

And here are some non-dog owners who annoy me:   people who fly kites at the dog beach, people without dogs who bring their kids to off-leash areas, people who think it's funny to call attention to how non-ferocious my dog looks ("Is she an attack dog?" Har har har.   Your wit astounds me), people who ride unicycles in the off-leash area, people who eat lunch in the off-leash area and are surprised when dogs are interested in their food, people who DEMAND to pet my dog when she clearly  isn't into it, people who don't control their kids around dogs.

ORIGINAL: corvus

ORIGINAL: Pit Bull

I dispise people who chain their dogs and just leave them outdoors all the time.

I dispise backyard breeders (who are also owners)

I dispise people who stereotype my breed of choice without having any knowledge about them

I dispise people who are cruel to, abuse, or neglect their dogs

I have so much that I can say but I'll just stick to those three for now.

I despise poor spelling. []

Quite right. I hate all those things, too. It's hard to decide which ones to mention. [:'(]

Boy do I feel smart all of a sudden... lol  []
Apparently I can't count either! heh.....oh boy..lol

ORIGINAL: maisey

I work for a groomer and she also refuses to de-mat an animal. A few little ones ok..but not the big stuff. She has a form that she gives people explaining about mats and the harm they can cause. I am still shocked at the people who come in and dont' get it. We have  people come in who want her to shave a poop path and thats it..leave the rest of the dog a mess because they don't want to pay a grooming fee. (yes, she refuses)
These people need a short smooth coated breed or nothing at all.
Another thing that bothers me is people who buy a Poodle and then come in and tell her.."I don't want it to look like a Poodle"..then why did you buy a Poodle????

We also have a customer that is a truck driver... big burly guy who has a Chihuahua named Gertie, he custom made her a car seat that is elevated so she can see out the window. It has a bed under it like a little den where she can go to sleep if she wants. He buys her all sorts of clothes. He will come in when he is about to long haul to someplace cold and buy her new coats and sweaters. He is crazy about this dog and it shows. He asked me to show him how to trim her nails and clean her ears, he feeds her really good food and best of all..he expects her to have manners..and she does.

Not to take over the topic, but I know how that goes. We had this one lady who had a standard poodle that she didn't want cut like a poodle. She wanted it to look like a giant bichon.

Anyways, she expected her house keeper to brush the dog in between it's monthly grooming apointments. Well, the house keeper wasn't doing a very good job and the dog was more and more matted everytime it came in to the point were we couldn't brush the mats out nor could we feel the dogs skin. We told the house keeper, who was also the person who brought the dog in for its appointment, that shaving it would be the best thing. The house keeper decided to take the dog back home without a hair cut. The next day the actual owner called and said that if we "weren't capable" of brushing the dog out, then she would take it to Chicago because "groomers in Chicago are good groomers that can do their job."

Well, apparently, the Chicago groomers also refused to torture her dog, so the house keeper brought it in to have a "hair cut," "Oh, but don't shave it." My boss out right told her it was going to be shaved. The poor dogs hair came off like a rug. We took pictures. And ofcourse he dog was pink when he was done. When the house keeper saw the dog, she cried because she knew the owner was going to yell at her.

Sure enough the owner called screaming that we gave her the wrong dog. She wouldn't believe that the naked dog was hers. She also warned us that she was going to take the dog to the vet the next morning because the dogs skin was sensitive (well duh, the dog's skin hadn't had exposure to the air for a month). Well, we faxed pictures of how matted the dog was to the vet and the vet told her that she needed to be better about brushing if she didn't want this to happen again. We know because the vet called us to reassure us that we didn't harm the dog.

Anyways, this woman had 2 lhasas, before she had this standard, that she got tired of and pawned off on her parents. She pawned the poodle off on her parents too shortly after this experience. Now the standard poodle is trimmed like a standard poodle thanks to her parents. And now this woman has a labradoodle[:@], but that groomer doesn't groom it.

I cant stand the man who brings his two *large* dogs to the dog park because "he doesnt have to pick up after them out there" -- Um ... did you not read the park rules????