I’m so tired of people with dangerous dogs ruining the park for everyone else.

This sounds like a you problem. It sounds like this dogs have done nothing wrong you appear to be judging based on your own misguided assumptions. Please can you reference your horrifying number of attacks by Rottweilers? As I can only find two.

I own one of the breeds with one of the highest incidents of biting a Labrador would he go down as one of your dangerous dogs?

It's you lot being nasty and goady, all of you that are piling blame on the littlest breeds you can come up with instead of acknowledging the death and carnage that's been happening at the hands of large fighting needs! It's desperate to try and use a dachshund as an argument!

Sorry, if we don’t want to encounter large, powerful breeds such as Rottweilers, off lead while their owners wander a distance away scrolling on their phone and therefore not in control of the dog, we have to go to ‘private parks’? I am utterly amazed by this suggestion.

What is a private park? Am I likely to find one near where I live? Are they free to get into? And perhaps the most important question, why on earth should I have to go there to avoid irresponsible dog ownership? Because surely you’ve got to agree that the behaviour described above, as in the OP’s post, is irresponsible? Let’s leave aside the breed for a moment, the combination of off lead and not paying vigilant attention to the dog in itself is irresponsible.

So you've no awareness of the issues that fighting breeds are causing? You people love to panic blame the wrong dogs don't you!

Do you live in a bunker?! Have you not heard of the bully XLs? You don't have to personally witness something to know which breeds are a risk! Not to mention that those dogs are easily controlled on a lead!

There's too many laid back owners now whom don't do the right thing, I've seen XLs being walked still without muzzles, one without a lead and the owners always look terrified when they walk past someone like they know their mutant dog is volatile and not trustworthy. Look at all the people who swear that bully XLs have the same as chihuahua and are these the sort of people we are supposed to trust?

I think you underestimate people's intelligence, if people go for huge muscular breeds, those breeds have vastly more damage capability and are simultaneously harder to control because of their strength.

The OP clearly didn't say everybody should have cavapoos! But there's been a lot more trend towards large powerful breeds and it's not good! When people love having fighting breeds that can reach 12st in weight it does make life more intimidating especially when people like you can't grasp that if you go for muscular breeds with locking jaws that fit around a child's head, the damage capacity sky rockets! Look at bully XLs! They are badly bred, are too strong to control and can hospitalise multiple people in one attack! Of course people are getting more nervous! And your belief that a massive fighting breed isn't dangerous is wild to me! The bigger the breed, the more damage they can do & the less they can be controlled.

Not mine. She barely raced as she was too lazy to chase anything. This makes her a fantastic pet and we have two cats also. I'd have sighthounds anytime, they are wonderful, and I have always been a cat person at heart.

You do see mimsy daft nervous small dog owners picking their dogs up around her sometimes. Good as it's more likely to be their untrained pampered made up breed ankle biters that are so overbred you can barely identify it as a dog any more that cause a problem. Ridiculous humans.

YANBU up to a point, but I'm surprised at some of the specific breeds you are concerned about. German Shepherds are not very scary (unless you're scared of all dogs, which you clearly aren't), and my understanding about Rottweilers is that one on its own is unlikely to hurt anybody - it's when two or more get together that they think as a pack and get the hunting instinct.

There are breeds I don't like being around off the lead - of the three times in my life I've been pretty sure a dog intended to bite me, two involved large poodles and one a boxer. I also avoid Staffies, not because I believe they all bite, but because I know that if they do bite, it's bloody hard to get them off.

My DH has actually been bitten by a Westie while running - until now I thought that was a freak occurrence and still couldn't take them seriously as a threat, but posts on here have made me think I'll l be more wary in future.

and still the OP isn't back..

You are completely right. So many idiotic dog owners. All dogs should be on a lead in public places like parks imo.

How many people have been killed by a Pomeranian? Of course it’s more rationale to be wary of bigger more powerful breeds!

They are not dangerous. They have been trained to chase, but that does not make them dangerous.
I know a few that are Pet as Therapy dogs.

My mum's own retired greyhound is an absolute gentleman. Has had yappy dogs get up in his face and he just ignores them.

Retired ex racing greyhounds, dangerous and want to chase anything that moves. I nearly lost my dog in an attack.

It’s time the dog problem in this country was addressed. I’d start by reintroducing a dog licence and make it a significant amount, say £100 pa. Then I would make it compulsory for dogs to be kept on a lead in all public places, with heavy fines for non-compliance. Hopefully, that should lead to more responsible dog owners and fewer of the irresponsible ones who appear to be in the majority since Covid.

If you are in SE England, it is more likely than not to be out of control. I've lost count of the number of times I've had dogs charging towards me with the owner in the distance failing to call them back with a puny wimpy voice. I accept that these dogs are unlikely to be about to attack me, but I simply don't want someone else's over-excited dog running around and under my feet when I am going on a country walk, so please, if you have no recall ability, keep the damned thing on a lead.

Funny lot, aren’t they!

Round here the play parks are dog free zones which is helpful

What the hell are you going on about 😂

Knock yourself out 👍

Cool, I’ll let him out of his cage to do all his behaviours !

I’ve not suggested banning anyone. Literally just quoted me agreeing parks should be for everyone.

The house rabbit sounds hilarious but I expect it wasn’t in reality!

My Mum had a similar blind spot about one of the cats when I was growing up. Also a cat that seemed to have a pissed off face when I looked at him. You’d be minding your own business e.g. sat on the sofa watching TV and he’d jump up out of nowhere and swipe you or bite your feet/leg when you weren’t aware he was there. It was attention seeking and Mum would insist, “stroke him,” just after he’d swiped/bitten me and I’d be refuse because he’d let you stroke him for all of 5 seconds and then try and swipe you again. Apparently he used to bite Mum to wake her up but he was a lovely cat, who did no wrong. 😂

And is my challenged migrant teenage son welcome ?

The one who likes to approach strangers and dig his nails into their chests while yelling at them and occasionally licking their faces. Sometimes he yells at children and now and again attacks them. He doesn’t stop when I shout his name.

Most days he defecates on the floor in public, and regularly urinates on playground equipment.

Is that behaviour allowed in the park ? Would you ban my son ?