Illegal in most states, but it would be a hard law to enforce.
I don't tolerate that. If somebody can't control their dog then I will. If they have a collar on I hook my thumb in it and drag them down: otherwise I put my knee up to keep them from jumping. Worse case scenario get your hand on their muzzle and push, but I prefer not to do that. It isn't their fault they have an idiot for an owner.
That was my intension many years ago with our 6 month lab/mix. But I missed my aim and she got back-handed on the nose. That accident was all it took, she never put her paws on another person.
My first dog liked to jump and as mentioned before I took her a lot of places to socialise her. I learned to step on her lead when somebody approached her, holding her paws onto the floor. She was smart and didn't take long to catch on. Yet for the rest of her life when somebody approached her while on lead she would jerk, as if she was jumping against the leash.
Got to see some of that just this morning, after seeing a tri-axle pulling a heavy trailer hit a parked car on a straight stretch of street in town. Looked like the dude wasn’t even going to going to stop, until a few residents got in front of him, and reminded him that his boss’s business name was printed big and bold on the side of his truck.
Got to see some of that just this morning, after seeing a tri-axle pulling a heavy trailer hit a parked car on a straight stretch of street in town. Looked like the dude wasn’t even going to going to stop, until a few residents got in front of him, and reminded him that his boss’s business name was printed big and bold on the side of his truck.
Keep in mind that some years ago the US signed an agreement with our neighboring countries to honor the credentials their commercial vehicles/drivers have when they cross over into the US. So the rules/laws/training we require for US drivers do not apply to those coming over from Mexico or Canada. Had several discussion about this when I was still working and had to interact with drivers coming out of Canada. So many of them couldn't read or speak English - no idea how they managed to navigate without being able to read road signs!
I'm no expert, but I've done a bit of reading on this and have watched many YouTube videos posted by truckers in recent years, talking about how atrocious the pay has become. Due to so many big companies taking over from mostly independent contractors, the drivers are getting pinched from both sides. After paying their fuel, maintenance, insurance and licensing fees, and then seeing how they get screwed on hours waiting to load and unload, it's not a very good way to support a family, as it had been in the past.
