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

What is a "horrible dog"? One you don't like the look of?
A well behaved dog in a cafe that it is welcome to be in is doing nothing wrong. You stamping your feet and saying it is wrong makes you the selfish and entitled one.
I am taking my dog to my local cafe today. It has a massive sign saying that dogs are welcome. The staff know her by name and she will get fuss and a biscuit.

The smally yappy dogs that people let run lead free and seem to want to take on every person and dog they come across should also be kept under control.

I've lost count of how many have come tearing up to my on lead rottie, yapping and snarling and trying to jump all over him. Yet if he was to retaliate, he would be the one people would complain about. Not the precious little out of control fashion mongrel.

Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. By that logic, horrible dogs should be free to roam and if they maul and injure then so be it?

If I am reading this right, 3 big dog breeds were at the same park as you, and despite nothing at all happening - your annoyed at their very existence?

You problem.

Our old family westie was also a vicious twat. Major case of small dog syndrome. My dad still has scars on his thumbs from her 🤣

I would trust my Rottweiler a million times over a 'fashion' mixed breed smaller dog.

Do you have specific stats for how many deaths they have caused to young children compared to other breeds or are you just going by what the agenda the vile media pushes on you?

And are you really complaining that someone was responsibly walking their bully breed on a lead?? What do you expect them to do? Carry it?

They have as much right to be out in the fresh air responsibly walked as you and your dog do.

Someone taking their dog to a place where it is a allowed does not make them selfish or entitled. In fact, you are the entitled one .

I voted YANBU because I agree with you but you are also part of the dog owning population and I think this entitlement of all dog owners is a problem.

The fact that you can’t go in a pub or cafe or shop these days without dog gives me anxiety from the sheer selfishness and lack of consideration. The filth and mess of dog hair, slobber and faeces is horrible. I see people sitting their dogs in cafe chairs and it makes me feel sick. I don’t want dogs barking, scratching or shaking near me when I’m out for a quiet coffee or clothes shopping. Or queuing in the pharmacy as I saw the other day!

The dangerous dogs proliferation is just another layer of that as far as I’m concerned and you’re still part of it.

If you read this, every single one is a dog attack in the home. So an attack by a Rotty that knows you, not one in a park. It is also just about Rotty's, not about dogs in general. Pitbull breeds are the ones that will kill you if they attack. But you are far more likely to be bitten by a retriever . There have been, according to this, 138 deaths by a rotty in the USA since the 1970s. In comparison 2,526 children were killed in the USA by guns in 2022 alone. In the UK, there is an average of 52 child deaths a year at human hands. In 2024 there were 7 people in the UK killed by a dog, none of them under the age of 35 and all of them in the home (or a home, ie not a stranger). I actually think dogs should be licenced, or at least particular breeds of dogs should be (Pitbull breeds at the very top of the list as they tend to be owned by people who shoudnt own them)

I tell you my mums westie is a fucking prick. My dad bless him is coming to the end of his life and is bedridden so she hasn't been able to walk her. Luckily they have a huge garden for her to cause havoc in. I have tried walking her, my husband has tried walking her as have my siblings. She crosses the road (on a good day) which is about 5 metres from their house, then turns around and drags you back. I've already told my mum that when she passes away I don't want the twat and she laughed. Honestly idiot dog could start an argument with itself in an empty room.

MIL has had 4 dogs over the years: 3 GSDs and one Westie.

The Westie was a snappy little shit and the GSDs were perfectly fine.

What the OP experienced was totally fine though. The dogs were plodding along on their walk minding their own business. They upset her by their very existence. They were not doing anything wrong. That's not to say this is always the case but in this instance it was. That's why there are so many dating she's being unreasonable

I'm really glad that the reconstructive surgery and resulting the scars on my left hand, plus the tendon damage that means I cannot use my left index finger and struggle to grip things - all of which resulted from an attack by a small dog - is a "cut that'll heal quickly". You don't have a clue what you are talking about.

I don’t agree. You get a bite from a massive powerful dog vs a bite from a toy dog - the difference is a massive life changing (or ending) injury vs a cut that’ll heal quickly.

Not where I live. It’s a drive to school with no bus, 5km each way so a bit much to expect primary school kids to walk.

Also, these dogs would not live in the wild - they wouldn’t exist at all because they’re not real. They’ve been invented by humans through selective breeding, they would not exist at all in nature in these forms.

Yes but those dogs are well trained / at work, not harassing people in parks and literally everywhere else.

I saw someone walking their two perfectly well behaved dogs last year, something caught the one dogs attention and he ran straight across the road. A car hit him , it was awful to see this poor dog and the distress of the owner. The driver was really shaken up too.
Luckily the dog survived, but I still think about it and worry when I see dogs off lead coming out of the park.

My brother has profound special needs and a severe dog phobia, and I get annoyed when people allow their dogs to go up to him, and I have two dogs. He cant tell the difference between friendly and not friendly and can't articulate his concern. However this is not what the OP is on about. She is calling all dogs of a certain weight dangerous, being vague about her dog being attacked 'many times' and not providing clarity, and the only actual examples she gives is of two dogs, one on a lead, and the other not paying any attention whatsoever.

I get annoyed when idiot dog owners think it is ok for their dog to run up to my teenage sons wheelchair and sniff around it and generally invade his space. No he doesn't want your fur baby poking around him. And it is not ok because the dog "is friendly" and there is no point in you saying that anyway because my son won't understand what you are saying.

YABU, dogs should absolutely be under control, on lead if recall is not perfect, but there is nothing in your OP to suggest these dogs were out of control in any way.

You are describing these dogs as dangerous, but they have not shown any aggression so this is purely based on their breed.

A friend of mine has an ex-police dog which is a German Shepherd and he is the best trained dog I know. We have 2 staffies, both are super friendly and have never shown signs of aggression, one of them was on the lead when she was attacked by an off lead cockerpoo, she did not retaliate so your assumption based on breed is completely unfair.

People probably want to go out for a relaxing walk without your dog barking at them. You need to work out that before being pissed off that people have dogs you don’t like the look of.

Your mentality, op, is really damaging tbh. This is why so few small breed owners bother training their "fur baby" - because they think it's harmless and only the large breeds need training. Meanwhile large breed owners (mostly) accept their dog has the potential to harm and make sure their dog is trained to the hilt.

Earlier this week 2 stupid Frenchies started barking aggressively at my (nervous rescue) giant breed. I deliberately steered my boy away and he was doing really well to ignore, talking to him as I did so, so it was obvious what I was doing. Only for 1 idiot Frenchie owner to then walk over to us, mere cms away when there was the whole green space to give a wide berth.

If a human did that - started shouting at you, then when you deliberately walk away, follow you and invade your personal space - you could legally use self defense. Yet if my dog tried to defend itself from the violent little Frenchie and it's shit owner, he'd be the one to be put down.

I feel the same OP. I would just like to be able to go for a nice relaxing walk without constantly being on edge and looking out for dogs, trying to work out their body language. I've got what someone described as a 'yappy rat' who thinks he's protecting me but just draws attention to us. Someone has an akita on our estate but luckily he's always on a lead....but the owner bought a second akita even though he received a fine because his first akita bit someone.

I love an on-lead country park or national trust estate but they're not that easy to find.

In day to day life, I find that the most untrained, irritating, neurotic dogs with clueless owners are invariably those ending in 'poo. Which makes sense because no self respecting, knowledgeable dog person would buy one.

I wonder why OP had to 'grab' her dog? Let me guess, it doesn't have any recall and doesn't know how to stay or heel, does it? They never do.

The point being made is that Rottweilers have been responsible for 6 fatal attacks in the UK in the last 25 years and whilst each of those deaths was a tragedy, those figures are not high.
The high level of cases that the OP has referred to have almost certainly been in America, where Rottweilers attacks are a problem, second only in number to the American Pitbull Terrier, which is not a banned breed.
These high figures could be down to different breeding and/or a lack of emphasis on the importance of early socialisation and obedience training. But it's most likely because the laws we have in place in the UK regarding dangerous dogs simply don't exist in America. Whatever the reasons, it isn't appropriate to quote American data in relation to the UK.