Witch hunt for old woman

Surely the injured dog's owner can claim on their insurance.

Bullying on Facebook is never acceptable. The elderly woman was verbally attacked and was frightened.

Of course she should have given her details but the angry owner was shouting and aggressively demanding. She was afraid.

If the poster is genuinely just trying to find the person, they could turn comments off and ask to be privately messaged

If the older lady is genuinely sorry and just panicked in the moment then she could also privately message the person with her details and offer to pay- this works both ways

If the poster is genuinely just trying to find the person, they could turn comments off and ask to be privately messaged.

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Maybe the other woman’s dog was the one to start it and attacked first, seeing as the older woman has said her dog has never done this before? But sure, let’s find her guilty here too without ever hearing her side 🙄 Like I said, we’re all lucky courts don’t behave like this.

If a woman accused of being a witch, isn’t a witch, she’s got nothing to worry about, right?

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So no one has heard the older ladies side of the story, but have all found her guilty based on this other woman’s word? How lucky courts don’t take the same approach.

So you think the women with the injured dog is just making the whole thing up? If the older women's dog didn't attack another dog why is it a witch hunt, if she's done nothing wrong then she's nothing to worry about!

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But the problem with this kind of scenario when both sides haven't been fully heard is that it brings out the Keyboard Vigilantes who then share posts creating more traction and more Warriors who don't think beyond what they are reading.

I'm only 50 and I would find it frightening to see that level of internet traffic directed at me by strangers.

You need to be extremely careful when posting on SM platforms as once it's out there you have feck all control. Thanks here are too many, quite frankly, thick nasty idiots who will join the pile on just for something to do.

And for the avoidance of f doubt if the incident genuinely happened as described the elderly lady and her family should absolutely taking steps to make this right and prevent it from happening again.

if she's done nothing wrong then she's nothing to worry about!

Yep- and why would she say the dog has "never done it before" if it didnt actually happen?- why on earth would you say that if nothing happened at all?

So you think the women with the injured dog is just making the whole thing up? If the older women's dog didn't attack another dog why is it a witch hunt, if she's done nothing wrong then she's nothing to worry about!

Thought I had replied directly, but I didn’t do it right. Reply above.

This. If this had been a young lad, literally noone would be calling it a witch hunt.

Stupid woman should pay for the damage caused by her dog and she shouldn't be walking it if she cant control it. Zero sympathy for people (of any age) who take no responsibility for their dog's behaviour.

Also if she's saying "its never done this before" then that is surely an admission that it did in fact happen!

Animals Act 1971, section 2
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/22#:~:text=2%20Liability%20for%20damage%20done%20by%20dangerous%20animals.&text=(1)Where%20any%20damage%20is,otherwise%20provided%20by%20this%20Act.

The Blue Cross have helpful advice. All dog owners should have third party insurance. It isn’t expensive. It is included in membership of the Dogs Trust. It is included in my household insurance. And you can get stand alone dog insurance. If someone chooses not to be insured then they have to take the consequences.

This. Regardless of her age, she's at fault. It's not a witch hunt at all. Ridiculous. Poor dog!

The chances of a bus driver ordering a well behaved boy off the bus are pretty slim I'd say.

So no one has heard the older ladies side of the story, but have all found her guilty based on this other woman’s word? How lucky courts don’t take the same approach.

Exactly. The police aren't going to do anything, they wouldn't even turn up around here and we don't have a dog warden?

Dream on. They would have asked if she knew who owned the attacking dog and when she didn't they would have filed it.
If she did know they would maybe have sent someone round for a chat if they had a PC with time on their hands, so probably still nothing.

Change old lady to young man and I think someone would have a different opinion on whether the Facebook post was acceptable. Regardless of age or sex she needs to own up and pay.

Being old doesn't absolve you from responsibility or common decency.

I've seen these types of posts and comments on Facebook, and they turn horribly nasty. I can't imagine being on the other end of it.

If the poster is genuinely just trying to find the person, they could turn comments off and ask to be privately messaged.

Can you show that law? I ask as my dog was attacked in similar circumstances and no one would do anything. The dog warden or the police, thankfully a local vet sorted my dog out for nothing.
Then a friends dog was in a fight (the other owner claimed their dog was attacked ) and the insurance company said no it was not provable that one dog was solely to blame so their vet bills were theirs alone.

The lady whose dog was attacked should have called the police / local dog warden and dealt with it through the official channels.

She should not have whipped up a mob on Facebook.

The SM shit is wrong regardless

For me it would depend on the circumstances of the attack and how the confrontation that followed played out.

^ This.

She needs to pay the vet bill IF the dog has been injured/needed veterinary attention.
I’ve yanked dogs off my elderly dogs back end, it’s painful for him. I’ll have a go at the owner too. Keep your ill mannered dog away from my golden boy!

If your dog hurts someone else’s then the only decent thing to do is to hand over your details.

Hounding on sm is awful but it wouldn’t have been necessary to find her if she had done the correct thing in the first place.

@DogsBehavingWrongly it’s like a lot of things. People should do the right thing - i.e. take responsibility.

It is not wrong to ask for help identifying someone - a post asking people who might know to message the person privately. But what tends to happen is bystanders take sides - a bit like here on MN - when they didn’t see what actually happened. Locally a school bus driver’s photo was plastered over SM because someone’s kid got told to get off a bus supposedly for bad behaviour. I still don’t know whether driver was guilty/child innocent or vice versa or 50:50 because I wasn’t there. But what followed (driver’s photo, name and address on SM and people threatening him) was completely unacceptable - and the child’s parent was responsible for that at least in part even if it was not intended.

Have to consider the consequences.

None of this prevents the elderly dog owner from messaging the other owner and setting things straight. But it will be hard to stop people getting involved when it doesn’t concern them 🤷🏻‍♀️