My dog has disgraced herself this morning.

Glad I’m not the only one who calls their Labrador a Labratwat!

This is so funny and cuuuuuute xx

When I went to collect my girl from the vet it was 4.30 by the time the vet had finished waffling on and what not it was 5pm. This is relevant because my girl is REGULAR. 5pm is poop time. As we went into the hall she saw my husband and proceeded to do her wiggle butt happy dance but she also needed to poop. So what we got was a very happy dog flicking poop nuggets all over the vets office while she danced in joy. Ashamed is not the word

@CoubousAndTourmalet thank you for your kindness and understanding and also sharing your experience. It’s helped me give me something to think about how to solve this and like I’m not alone in all of this. I’m also well practised with dogs, not recently but I know them very well and always see them as benign and friendly on the whole so it was a massive surprise with what happened to DS. Perhaps people just can’t understand until it happens to them. The line between funny and fear has been crossed for me and I’m now more wary. I just wanted others to know that there is a line and it’s important to do everything you can not to cross it. I’ve been ridiculed for that, but never mind.

I will look at PAT and see if there is something that would help. He’s very reluctant to have anything to do with dogs but I’d like him to at least not feel scared anymore. Good luck with your new pup. 🐶

One of our cats jumped onto the swing bin at the vets and disappeared. He was a 23lb bruiser and we struggled to get him out because we were all laughing too much.

Had similar, but DDog explained that the bin had 'sploded, and she was trying to protect the house and accidentally got in the way

PAT is Pets As Therapy. They take dogs to hospitals, nursing homes etc.

I understand how difficult it is. After our previous puppy was attacked by an off lead dog I was anxious around loose dogs myself for a long time. I'm getting better but still very nervous of black Labradors. And I've been around dogs for 40 years. One bad experience really does have a massive impact, it is understandable that your son is petrified. It sounds as if you are going about this very sensibly, getting out with a doggy friend but obviously it will take quite a while for him to get over it.

I'll admit that I do notice people crossing the road to avoid my pup; she loves everyone but she is very large and I'm always mindful of the fact that people do have fear of dogs. I think a little compassion goes a long way x

@PlopSofa
Nicking a carrot is wrong and potentially upsetting

Never heard such bullshite in my life 😂😂😂

Clearly not

He’ll even cross the road to avoid them…

Thank you that’s kind and helpful advice. I don’t know what PAT stands for but I can look it up.

We’re not overly stressed about it in general but I’ve realised in recent months that he finds dogs off leads difficult to be around when we’re in a park and we do go to the park quite often. We did some walks with a lovely friend a while back with a sweet dog. He knows they can be well behaved now but he doesn’t want to get close. I think it’s understanding how to deal with badly behaved ones or situations that suddenly go beyond his understanding as he’s just not used to dog behaviour in general and avoids them as much as possible, that would be great to be more knowledgeable. I just wish he loved them like I do.

I once read a lovely story about how David Blunkett's guide dog stole a roast potato from his plate at a fancy banquet! So they're not above it at all!

Have you ever thought about trying to find someone with a PAT dog that you could slowly introduce your child to? I think really he needs to meet some calm, well-mannered dogs in a controlled situation where he can perhaps just watch them for a while before being properly introduced. It's going to be the only way that you are ever going to beat this phobia. Avoidance won't work, there are, sadly, too many badly-behaved dogs and you can never guarantee that you won't come across another one.

As others are pointing out, this thread is not the right place for this discussion, but you could think about starting a thread yourself. Hopefully not a dog-hate thread, but just asking for constructive advice on coping with dog phobia and how other people have dealt with it. There are a lot of knowledgeable and sensible dog owners in The Doghouse section and if you can manage to keep the dog-haters from taking over your thread, you might find someone with a PAT dog who can offer support.

Good luck. You do sound very stressed and anxious and I do feel for you, but you need to tackle this issue head-on or it will just get worse.

To all the posters complaining about dogs smelling and stealing carrots and suchlike I could just like to mention:

I've worked with young teenagers in the past, and if you want smelly? My god some of them were rank. Can't imagine how disgusting their bedrooms must have been.

And you want bad behaviour? I give you the 10 and 11 year old that have been running around locally, kicking people's doors night after night, stealing other kids bikes and causing general mayhem. And I live in a very quiet area.

Yes, I realise that two wrongs don't make a right but compared to the distress and fear humans, not just young humans, cause with their behaviour, I think stealing the odd carrot or peeing on a snowman is pretty mild stuff.

Mine would definitely go for vomit given the chance....😳Also partial to sheep poo, and placenta at lambing time....

I wish Mumsnet would create a Dog Hater section then all the misery guts who are forever whinging about dogs being everywhere could post on there and stop ruining other threads.

My old boy loved carrots but they had to be topped and tailed, then peeled so there wouldn’t have been any snowman incidents from him.

He did however take out a small child when he had his first snow walk as a puppy. He was charging around in a field which was generally only used by dog walkers when a small child wandered in front of him from nowhere. It was one of those slow motion moments where I could see what was going to happen but couldn’t do anything about it. Huge collision between toddler and spaniel pup! Fortunately the kid laughed and the parents thought it was funny.

It’s not about moving on or giving up, it’s looking for acknowledgment from their thread that dogs shouldn’t do that kind of stuff and seeing you take accountability. There have been about 10% of dog owning posters on here who have stood up for me and agreed. The rest have just attacked. Why not be accountable for your dog’s behaviour and call out bad stuff and bad posters. Whats so wrong with calling out bad behaviour

If we say we agree will you go away?

That's nothing. Once we were out on a walk with our relatively recent canine addition to the family. She ran up to a couple picnicking and stole a sandwich from someone's hand. I was absolutely mortified, thankfully they saw the funny side of it. But DDog is now ALWAYS on the lead when near anyone eating.

Acknowledge it was wrong. Even nicking a carrot is wrong. It’s potentially upsetting. For you as an owner you see nothing wrong with it but that’s because you’re used to your dog and you love your dog.

And the lines become blurred for you because I know how lovely dogs are.

I never expected to be in this situation and had I known I would have got a dog. Our setup is hard though. I may look at borrowing or something.

It’s not about moving on or giving up, it’s looking for acknowledgment from their thread that dogs shouldn’t do that kind of stuff and seeing you take accountability. There have been about 10% of dog owning posters on here who have stood up for me and agreed. The rest have just attacked. Why not be accountable for your dog’s behaviour and call out bad stuff and bad posters. Whats so wrong with calling out bad behaviour?

Im fed up of being attacked and blamed for poor behaviour of other dog owners that caused my DS’s phobia and all of you continuing on having a laugh potentially recreating the same scenario for some other kid. You have dogs, control them better.

Sorry couldn't resist 😆

Ok not so funny…

That’s actually quite funny 😁 genuinely!

Jesus christ, move on.