My dog has disgraced herself this morning.

My labs called Jasper 😃

Current collie youngster 5 minutes ago, for some light relief. Guess what’s on the chopping board?

yep, I have a friend who is terrified of dogs, probably because she grew up in a place where there were street dogs who may have been dangerous/carried rabies.
When she had DC she said that she was absolutely determined that her DC wouldn't be afraid as well. She really tried but wasn't able to control her gut reaction to dogs and her DC were indeed intially scared of dogs too until she was able to put into place a plan to de sensitise them - it worked for her too so was actually a great thing to do. Very brave of her IMO as well as very self aware .
My DC have been knocked over by dogs, DD was actually bitten by a neighbours dog in circumstances that were nobodys fault really. She has had a pet sitting business for several years now alongside studying and is one of the biggest dog lovers you will ever meet.
So yes, people should control their dogs and ensure that no child has a traumatising experience but IF something does happen its on us as parents to try and mitigate that as best we can so there are no long lasting effects.

OR they can come on a lighthearted thread about how funny our beloved pets can be and absolutely go off on one

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Quick, someone say something funny!

My eyes are hurting from rolling them so much 😆

Ah, I see your point now, this is beyond seeing some dog owners as irresponsible (which, as we all agree, some are), and well into the realms of instilling fear of all dogs.

They are devoted to their cause, I will give them that

@PlopSofa
Bloody hell
Are you still here? 🤦‍♀️

Dogs don't cause dog phobia, people do.
Might want to have a bit of a look at your behaviour @PlopSofa to see why your son reacts so badly to dogs. So many children have had similar experiences or worse and are still not frightened of dogs
If your writing style reflects how you are IRL then I imagine your over the top reaction is unhelpful in relation to your sons fear.
I was walking past a mother and son with my well behaved and perfectly under control dog on a lead and the woman thrust her son behind her so he was no where near my dog - I remember thinking thats how you cause a fear of dogs

Then go away and leave this thread for those of us who love dogs.

Having a phobia of dogs is not hysterical. It’s a serious issue. I am not hysterical.

You are the one using inflammatory/mocking/hysterical language saying I’ll give myself an aneurysm. I wonder if you’re this blind to your own dog’s behaviour? You certainly seem to be blind to your own.

I offer nothing except mockery because its the best way to deal with someone as over the top and hysterical as you are being here.
We get it, your son is scared of dogs, sorry to hear it, lets all move on.

@PlopSofa you seem really upset, and I'm sorry you're feeling that way but you're jumping on people who really don't behave badly or allow their animals to behave badly, me for example. Not deserved.

I’m fine thank you. Just hope I’m finally knocking some sense into all of you so you understand a non-dog owning point of view around children.

And that’s no valid response at all.

Telling me to watch my heart is just deflecting from the truth from what I wrote above. You offer nothing in response to that to counter it because it’s true.

If the dog had not got the carrot, I'm sure another animal would have got it.

@PlopSofa what are you talking about? Where has my dog approached a child?

I think the snowman will get over it

Seriously, chill out before you give yourself an aneurysm

So putting this the other way around, can my 6 year old son just rock up to your dog and take its ball out of its mouth? Snatch it, like a dog does with a carrot?

And I say, “Sorry, I can’t control him! Haha! Sorry to your dog. My son is just a bit out of control. Sorry, ball’s gone, your dog will just have to cope.”

Of course that’s not going to happen because your dog will probably bite my DS or at the very least nor give up the ball. Dogs have sharp teeth and a very strong bite as you fully know.

You hold an unfair position and you abuse it.

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No not if your child now has a phobia thanks to presumptiuous dog owners that always assume their dog can do no wrong.

I see it time and time again. Lax boundaries and then a cheerful “sorry” and on you go thinking nothing of it. No matter what the dog has done.

While you go off and walk your dog today think nothing of its misdemeanours, I have a long term problem that’s going to cost time, money and a considerable amount of stress to sort out, if it is even possible to sort out.

Yet still you think it’s funny to have dogs bound up to a child and nick it’s stuff.

and yes this is an echo chamber of dog owners loving on their dogs failing miserably to show any accountability for what they may have caused.

What the hell happened to this thread?!

I hope we can bring the thread back to the original sentiment, in this world of bad news, it's ok to have a laugh about our dogs without having to add a million caveats to cover allergies/aggressive dogs/actual bad be/other blindingly obvious bad stuff. Just a bit of fun.

Our dog joined our family 4 years ago and has truly brought a lot of fun and laughter to the whole family.

I think she'd probably also steal a carrot from an unattended snowman ⛄️.