UNHINGED woman screaming at me for “putting my dog in boot”

My dog always travels in the boot. She is well trained to tolerate it and has very positive associations with it, she jumps in willingly and settles down in her bed. It's essentially a crate, so the same size rules apply, as long they dog can fully stand, sit and turn they should be okay.

On a side note, what I see all the time which annoys me is unsecured dogs. Lots of people sue doggy seatbelts for the protection of the dog, but actually they aren't going to do much in a big crash and unfortunately a dog cannot really be kept safe in any car travelling at speed. What they are for is to restrain any dog which could become agitated and/or dangerous in the event of a crash. My dog is as calm and controlled as they come but in a motorway crash I am realistic to know she would be confused, scared and protective of us, and would be a danger and possibly prevent paramedics from assisting my family. So the boot with a bar it is. Would never about at a stranger for it though lol.

People can be strange. Be glad she's not your neighbour or family member.

I'd put a note up where you were walking "warning, aggressive dog walker nearby" and then do a stick figure shouting near a car boot at the bottom.

This reminds me of once when my DCs were small, I had to strap one in the buggy quite forcefully (as they were a toddler and going to run into the road otherwise) and I had similar from a nutter, across the road shouting and going on!

I used to change my dd and ds's nappies in the boot of the car. She'd have had apoplexy at that!

Well clearly it's true for OP's car so do give over. Nobody really cares how much you know (or don't know) about cars. It's really not important to this post.

I wouldn't worry about it. If anything is brought to your attention explain the situation but try not to give it any more headspace. I used to change DCs nappies when they were little in the boot and other school Mums do the same. I've certainly never driven off with them in there.

Not all cars are hatchbacks or estates. Some people drive saloons (like OP) where the boot is a self contained box, outside of the rest of the car. A dog wouldn't be able to sit up or turn around, let alone see out, and air supply would be limited. If that's not actually illegal, it should be.

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if she was filming you, I would have carried on towel drying the dog and then put his harness on and let him into the back seat as normal. if you are not on facebook then don't worry about it.

Even if she posts you online, people will not pass you in the street thinking “Omg that’s the lady who put her dog in the boot!!”. They will forget you in an instant because immediately next there will be a photo of a local weirdo knocking doors or a paedophile or someone who scammed someone else on Facebook.
If you are worried you could take photos of your back seat and get a friend to look out for posts where they could post the truth for you. If she really is unhinged then people will get that vibe from what she says. But I don’t think is something to worry about too much, especially as you haven’t done anything wrong

Even if you were popping the dog in your boot which is a sealed box, they would have been absolutely fine for a short while. They would have just had a lay down whilst you drove home!

I adore and have always had dogs, but have noticed people are getting more and more bonkers about them. They’re dogs. Not people. They will survive.

There’s some absolute nutjobs about there. I had someone post about me and my dog, something that was completely made up but really awful. It upset me for a long time. I didn’t know about it until my SIL sent me a screenshot asking if it was about my dog. I asked the page owner to take it down. It is their responsibility to make sure there are no libellous posts on the page they run. Or was at the time.

That will sound OTT to some, but there were several pitchfork comments by the time I saw the post.

Well if it gets back to you with who has posted on line etc you can report her to the police for her behaviour.

People are unhinged where dogs are concerned and need to mind their own business

My dogs travel in the boot without the parcel shelf so they see what’s going on. They have a big basket in there. Can’t see the issue.

Don't worry OP. The load of us who are on SM would probably be happy to step in if it pops up. You met a loon, there are a lot of them about. Don't give it any more thoughts

Jesus, she's sounds like an absolute nutter..

Hehe I do the same, since she was tiny. She´s now 7 and seats herself in the boot!

I assume you're thinking the photos will go on a local facebook page. Do any of your friends have Facebook accounts that might see it? I'd ask them to look out for it, and if she posts, they can reply "I'm glad you've posted. My friend wanted your name to report you to the police for threatening behaviour, so now I can pass on your name".

There are so many bloody busy bodies around these days. So many cats being picked up as stray or lost when they aren't. Then so many people jumping in to offer said non-missing cat a home, like Barbara dear it probably has a home stray cats aren't usually well fed.

I get fed up with the patronising posts about walking dogs in the heat the moment it gets above 20c. Then the ones about dogs barking etc.

A woman approached me on the green yesterday attempting to engage in some tiny, cute, doggy rivalry. It was v odd indeed.

Is it midlife madness? The Internet? Everything is a virtue signalling, self obsessed panto.

Nowt as queer as folk!

Thanks, yes, got it - I have edited my post. Closed boots and saloon cars are not something I encounter very often, hehe

Worst reading comprehension thread on the internet?

It DOES NOT MATTER what the boots on other makes of car are like. The OP has posted a photo of hers. I do not understand why this has become a thread about car design, rather than nutters in real life and online.

You're not understanding the type of boot OP is talking about. It is a CLOSED BOX. You cannot put a guard on the seats becauseits not set up that way. But OP wasn't shutting him in there anyway.

I thought I was going to end up on there - got yelled at by a horse rider for jogging really slowly at dusk with my hi vis and running light on (pointing at the ground) on the other side of the road to the horse. Not sure how the horse would cope with a car and headlights coming past if it was getting upset about someone going at walking speed with a light.