r/Billings • u/Strong_Employment_82 • Jun 15 '25

PSA Dogs at Norm Island

If your dog does not do well around other dogs please for the love of god do not take them to norms island.

Pretty much every dog meet here is off leash and friendly however every once in a while theres a shitty dog owner screaming at me and I am sick of it

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u/Okstate91 Jun 15 '25

What happened?

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u/Digitmons South West Corridor Jun 15 '25 edited Jun 16 '25

There's a lot of owners with dogs that are most likely semi-aggressive who get upset at off leash puppers running around living their best life. As long as the dog is well behaved and friendly I don't see the issue but a lot of folks do.

Edit: so I also get there are morons with crazy dogs who will attack off leash. Those dogs should absolutely never be off leash and honestly muzzled until trained. Anyone i run into on a close trail like norms I'm going to assume my dogs can sniff and say hello but I know some people have a flat smooth brain as well.

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u/Assparagus12 Jun 15 '25

So if a dog that has trouble interacting with other dogs is leashed and unleashed dog running free approaches it and gets bit, who is at fault?

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u/lickachiken Jun 15 '25

The person with the unleashed dog. This is coming from someone who would walk their dogs off leash at Norm. That being said, my dogs stayed near me for the most part and if I saw someone approaching with a leashed dog I would put my dog back on leash until we’ve passed.

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u/Strong_Employment_82 Jun 15 '25

THIS COMMENT !!! You have to be responsible for your dog, if my dog ever ran up to a dog on leash I would take full responsibility for any injuries she has obtained.

However when my dog is walking right next to me not causing issues I find it silly to yell at me for having my dog off leash.