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To tell couple off in park?

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TLOAS · 28/10/2025 11:38

Walking through the park this morning. It’s a lovely park with lots of woodland but big open grass area in the centre and home to lots of wildlife. The squirrels were running round this morning when I see one couple stopped with their dog who was pulling on the lead while looking at a squirrel. The couple, fully aware of this, lean down and upclip the lead and dog pelts at the squirrel.

I shout over, I say shout but it was a little windy and about 20ft away, and say why would you do that? They asked do what so I said “why would you purposely take the dog off the lead knowing it was going to chase the squirrel?” They shouted back some nonsense about it only being a squirrel and that their dog is only small and to mind my own business.

WIBU to tell them that the size of their dog doesn’t entitle them to purposely release it on a squirrel and terrorise wildlife?

OP posts:
Eightdayz · 28/10/2025 11:40

So no dogs can ever be off the lead because they chase other animals.

Yabvu

BluntPlumHam · 28/10/2025 11:40

Don’t think dogs should be off a lead in parks anyway. Take them to designated areas away from children and other wildlife to run around.

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