Was what a lady told me this afternoon after her dog appeared from nowhere, leapt into the hatch of my car, and locked my ds on his face.
I'm sure he is friendly, and he certainly seemed to be happy, and over the moon to have found a child to play with. However ,harmless he wasn't.
Ds (9) has a severe dog allergy. He's currently under observation in the children's ward at the local hospital, after having a massive asthma attack due to the dog. His face and hands are covered in hives, which means his eczema will take us weeks to get back under control, and he's going to be on masses of extra meds for the next week or two. He'll be hopefully home from hospital in the morning, as long as he doesn't struggle too much tonight, but he'll be back on oxygen and nebuliser for a few days.
The car, and his car seat, are also covered in dog hairs, his car seat covers are going in the washing machine shortly, and I'm heading out to hoover the car, as he can't get back in the car until it's clear.
I work my arse off to make sure he's kept as safe as possible, we have no contact with dogs at all, keep away from them when we're out, and don't visit friends who have dogs, and one stupid woman who didn't have her dog under control has made my son drastically ill, and it could sp easily have been worse. I know there's no way she could have predicted it, but if she'd seen what happened after she disappeared, she'd never have called him harmless again.
Please, please, just think before you let your dog bounce up to someone.
If you're worried about your pet's health, please speak to a vet or qualified professional.
The doghouse
"it's ok, he's harmless"
nousernamesleft · 21/06/2015 20:21
Poor boy, poor you.
No dog should be allowed anywhere near to getting into someone's car 
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In fact no dog (mine included) should be allowed to approach people at all without the person's express consent
Your poor son. Sorry op, I hope he feels better very soon.
Now this would require some of the hysteria going on in aibu over the dog who licked someone's ankle when they sat on a bench next to it. But then, you obviously wouldn't let your son do that!
The "it's ok, he's friendly! " brigade never go down well on here. I'm sure she would be mortified if she knew, but she might think twice about letting her dog bound up to people. Not to mention get in their car!
for your little boy op.
I hate the 'its ok he's friendly' brigade too. Especially when they let their big dog bound up to my 5 year old. And then look at me as though I have done something wrong when ds starts screaming with his hands over his ears 
Hope your ds is better soon op.
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