Neighbour fall out

Oh goodie, this weeks 'we all hate dogs, dogs are awful, dog owners are cunts' thread.

Dog owner, dog lover, literally all my income is generated from something dog related. It is wall to wall dog in my house, my life... everything.

I would be fucking furious if someone let their dog leap at me in my chair - if you've never sat in a powerchair, you might not realise you can't side step, and if something hits the controller, you can be spun round, spun off a kerb, tipped out, all sorts of things.

However even before chair use, as a trainer visiting peoples homes, I did not like or think it funny if someones dog jumped on me (sometimes I knew that was why I was seeing them of course).

Letting your dog jump on people is rude, its not funny, it is risky and could end up with someone injured. It also isn't good for dogs to be allowed to do that.

No one in their right mind thinks its acceptable or funny - could we stop posting these strawman constructs 'all dog owners will think its hilarious/acceptable/brilliant'...

Its really fucking old.

Two reasons someone might appear to laugh:

• Some people do laugh out of embarrassment/shame/shock.
• Some people are totally thoughtless cunts.

Well, lbh, as a defensive dog owner, you would say that 😳

I wouldn't dream of apologising to your twat neighbour.
Dog should be on a lead.

Remember, I’m entitled to my opinion, as are you 🙄

I have dogs and love dogs but this is absolutely unacceptable on every level !! Dogs should not be allowed to jump up at anyone let alone a child in a wheelchair its completely irresponsible and actually against the law and if you wanted you could report them for having a dog dangerously out of control in a public area !

All the people who hate dogs will say YANBU and all the people who love dogs will say YABU

What a ridiculous generalisation.

I love my dog and as a responsible dog owner I long ago trained her not to jump up at anyone.

I'm not surprised you were furious OP. The dog owner sounds clueless.

I don't like dogs jumping all over me either. I've had many a time other people's dogs have jumped on me or my dog in the park and I've had to yell at them across the park to get their dog off.

Unfortunately, there's lot of useless dog owners who have no control over their dogs and seem to think that that's perfectly acceptable. It isn't.

Please don't think you're the one in the wrong. The dog owner should have been embarrassed and very apologetic.

I love dogs.
I also hate being jumped on by dogs.

I don't want dirt from the ground on my clothes or skin. I don't want scratches on me from their nails or rips in delicate fabric. I don't want small dog's paws landing on my knees and pushing my dodgy joints backwards too far causing pain. I don't want bigger dogs knocking me over, I have very poor balance at the best of times so it doesn't take much.

I'm not afraid of dogs at all, only of the harm they can inadvertently cause me. It doesn't matter how friendly your dog is, I don't want it jumping on me. If someone can't understand that others may not feel the same way they do about their dog jumping up, they're a fuckwit. Unfortunately, it seems a lot of dog owners are, which is a pity.

YANBU OP.

https://www.gov.uk/control-dog-public

Get on to The Police and The Dog Warden

Given the owners reaction, it may potentially be disability hate crime as well so I would make that point very clear to both

YANBU. I love dogs. I have a stupidly bouncy muscly dog, which is why he stays on a leash around people and is put in a sit when anything tempting goes past - he used to be very keen on dangling bags. IME thoughtless “he’s friendly” dog owners piss most other dog owners off as much as they piss non dog owners off.

Your neighbour was in the wrong
y daughters slightly frightened of dogs and had a huge dog just walking outside their house and it terrified her

people need to realise that it’s not ok and not everyone can be around a dog. Sadly I know someone extremely allergic to the point where they are quite isolated because of it he would have been hospitalised if he was with us.

I get this a lot when out and about with my dc. Both have disabilities not physical but do come across a lot of off lead dogs who’s owners let them wander over to us expecting my dc to make a fuss. They do like to look at dogs and might seem happy when they see them. But they don’t like them getting up close to them. Some also can sense their nervous and will bark at them. Yes they might be friendly but every dog that has bitten the owner has said oh they have never done that before. There’s always a first time and responsible owners shouldn’t allow their dogs to approach people as they don’t know how people will react.

You're generalising, I certainly do not expect everyone to love my dog. Nor do I love all other dogs. I'm a dog owner and dog lover, always have been, but even I have had to reprimand people for having out of control dogs off-lead. I also am married to someone who was terrified of dogs when we met. I completely understand that there are people with fears and people who simply don't like dogs. I'd never expect everyone to love my, or anyone else's dog.

Of course there are people who are like what you are talking about, but it's certainly not even the majority of dog owners.

@Isittimeformynapyet "All the people who hate dogs will say YANBU and all the people who love dogs will say YABU."

Not at all, I think you'll find responsible dog owners will vote YANBU, as did I. Letting an off-lead dog jump on anyone, is unacceptable. Even more so in this case.

YANBU. I'm furious on your behalf. What sort of person lets their dog, let alone a big dog, jump on a child in a wheelchair and then laugh about it? There is no part of that sentence that is even marginally understandable.

I don't think you need to apologise to your neighbour. Your neighbour should be the one apologising and keeping her dog on a lead from now on.

My response to 'He's friendly!' is 'He may be, but I'm not. Call him off please.'

I can tell you that the people who let their dogs pester other people will not meet your eye or answer you when you say this.

OP, this woman knows she was in the wrong and she's trying to turn this on you. Stand your ground.

Dog lover. YANBU.

I have a dog but I don’t think op is BU. A responsible dog owner will say that neighbour didn’t have her/ his dog under control and OP is justified to shout-the dog could have seriously hurt her child.

Whether you're in the right or the wrong will depend on what you actually said.

For instance:

"Put your dog on a leash!!!" - You are in the right

"Get off (child's name)!!! If I see you and your fxxxing dog off the leash again I'll call the dog warden!" - Still not in the wrong

"Get off (child's name)!!! If I see you out with your dog off the leash again I'll be chucking a block of rat poison over your garden fence!" - In the wrong

"Oh you think that's funny, do you? See how funny it is when you come back to this fxxker gutted on your front porch" - In the wrong

In my experience, being an actual dog owner, no they don't. 🙄

What about your child, do they like dogs?

In my experience, yes, they do 🙄

My dogs are big and jumpers they love people and get excited but always on lead in public and I wouldn’t let them jump up at anyone so no you not being unreasonable. Even in my house if someone comes in they are put behind the dog gate so they can’t jump up.

Same- I have a GSD & a boxer & there’s no chance I’d allow them to jump all over anyone,never mind a child in a wheel chair which is incredibly dangerous as well as shit behaviour by the dog owner!

Wrong. I love dogs but I don't think it's acceptable for owners to let them jump up at anyone and to laugh about it?! Twats

Sorry but no way no how!
have 63 dogs for all I care. Love them as much as you like. But you don’t unleash them on other ppl without consent. Not acceptable.