Parking when there are dogs around

yes you are BU, he can park whenever he likes in a car park and your dogs should be on a lead when around cars 🤦🏻‍♀️

So the dogs were wandering! I thought they were under control

The car owner does sound like a bit of a dick if he chose to park so close to people that they could touch his car, when he had plenty of room to park a bit further away.

But your dogs should be on a lead and close to you. And you shouldn't have banged on his car. I understand why you did it though - I've had a go at someone about their driving before. Thankfully she just apologized!

Dog people are entitled twunts.

You are extremely unreasonable, he can park where he likes. Get your dog off the car park?

I agree with this. I can imagine this guy swooping in but people will do that in car parks and that's why you have to be careful in them. I remember escorting my kids through and in them when they were wee. They are dangerous places. Unfortunately the onus is on you to recognise that for the safety of your dogs. Slapping his car and telling him to fuck off is all very good but it won't stop this happening elsewhere or again. Better to simply put your dogs in your car or on a lead, just like I used to hang on to the kids.

Perhaps he didn't want to walk his children across a car park where your unfettered dogs were running around unchecked.

He parked in a legitimate parking space in a public car park. People and cars are the priority, not your wretched animals.

If you think they are unsafe around parking cars, keep them on leads, or put them in your car.

You are being massively unreasonable.

It's a car park. Clue is in the name so he is entitled to park in any of the empty spaces. Yes some car parks have spaces that are more popular with less walking distance especially with small children. Also you say he wasn't looking but if his car had cameras and he was looking at a screen then yes it would appear that he wasn't looking. Would you let your dogs wander unsupervised in a supermarket car park even if it wasn't busy. Don't think so. Your dogs and your responsibility to keep them safe that ls have them on a lead.
I parked my car in a supermarket car park on Saturday. I used the area which had very little cars as I needed one of the smaller trolleys and spotted one in the trolley park. When I returned a car had parked beside mine despite numerous other spaces. I was a bit annoyed as I wanted to put my shopping in the front passenger footwell and had less room to open my door but I got over it and most certainly if they had been in the car thumping their roof and telling them to fuck off would not have even entered my head.

Reminds me of Peep Show when Jeremy reversed over Mummy, then burned it and ate the drumstick. You wouldn't want that to happen, so YABU.

No, he wasn't the cunt.

You chose not to put your dog on a lead in a car park which is completely irresponsible (I have a dog I love, he's never off his lead in a car park because I don't want him to get run over).

And you chose to bang on a cars roof without caring/considering that you might scare the children inside them swore at their dad? One of mine would have been really shaken up by this.

I'm sorry your dog is old and you don't feel like they have long left. Losing a dog is awful. But that doesn't give you the right to treat people like this. Especially when their 'crime' is choosing a perfectly valid parking spot.

I’d say OP must be your best friend and you’re both living in dreamland. Those cyclists haven’t banged on your car for no good reason. Hope that helps. You’ve put them at risk as you’re close enough to them that they can touch your car to tell you such.

It looks like no one agrees with us but I don’t think you are being unreasonable at all.

Yes he had a right to park in any space but why does some twat always want to be up your arsehole in a near empty car park. Plus he should be mindful of dogs and children and be extra careful, and should have been aware the dogs were there by using his eyes.

he didn’t need to park in that particular space, but there’s no reason he shouldn’t other than your sense of entitlement - you could’ve stood around chatting somewhere other than the car park, but didn’t.

This is genuinely the most unreasonable AIBU I have ever seen on this site!

😂😂😂

it is your responsibility to keep your dog away from cars. If there is any risk, they belong on a lead.

I think cars like company so I park mine close to others so he has someone to chat to.

Yeah if you’d hit my car for that I would’ve told you to fuck off. Completely unreasonable and rude, put your dog on a lead or in the car in a car park!

He told you he parked close for his kids- you have remarked that his children are obviously physically able to use it so why couldn't he park further away. I'm going to pitch in on this- just for you to consider - I won't comment though on if you are unreasonable or anything about your dogs because enough other people have done that-
My own circumstances are that I am physically disabled but I don't look it- therefore I use the closest parking spaces because I am in chronic pain and always fatigued, I do have young children though so I still take them to skate parks and parks etc. My children are also disabled but not physically to stop them using the skate park, they have SEN needs that means that car parks are not the safest places for them, hence I would park as close to wherever we are going to avoid them needing to walk across it. Our needs are not visible to others, but we have a lot going on. I think lots of people do really, so it's best to try to just be kind. 🙂

You are the person that gives dog owners a bad name. Too entitled to put your dog on a lead and complaining and giving out to someone who dare park their car in a car park. Cop yourself on. Probably the most unreasonable I have read on mum's net. Just give your head a wobble, you are the one putting your dog in danger.

Jumping to "running over little dogs is a leap" he came in saw a suitable space and parked in it.

Even if we take your point of why park there... convenience. In a park why were you walking your unleashed pet in a car park not on the grass? Your answer is likely - it was near where we parked, or near where the entrance is. If its near the entrance he picked the spot for convenience. If its near where you parked, you also had 200 spaces to choose from and picked yours, if you liked that spot he might have for the same reason.

He could reasonably expect the people in the car park have their pets and children secured and that he can park in any available space. You cant reasonably expect drivers in the car park to be assuming your pet is unleashed and that they should park based your preference for space.

Honestly calling him c* is a bit much. He was parking, in the car park. He didnt hit your pet. You overreacted to him behaving appropriately in the appropriate area.

Im so sorry your dog is so frail that must be upsetting, theyre so lovely to have and hard to lose. But your anger is unreasonable

Ah so you are one of those dog owners then… 🙄

yes, you are the unreasonable one. You should delete this post…

How was he "already behaving quite aggressively"? He was in his car, reversing into a space.

Sorry but your behavior is bonkers.

Fucking hell. Are you ok hun? You know your dog getting old isn’t the drivers fault and him parking in a legitimate space that you also felt was best for your reasons is a reasonable action. I’ll tell you what isn’t - banging his car and telling him to fuck off.

We all have days where we don’t cover ourselves in glory and that’s ok. What’s not ok is knuckling down and trying to persuade us that he’s in the wrong. He isn’t. He never will be. If you don’t want your dog to be run over, don’t let it off lead in a car park.

This poster sums it up perfectly.

Respectfully, if your dog is old, infirm and cannot hear cars, you need to take better care of it.

I also wonder about your thread title. "Parking when there are dogs around". You left your dog in an unsafe situation while you chatted, yet put all the onus on the driver. Reframing the situation as "Taking care of your dog in a car park" might give you more insight for the future.

Do you know this? My autistic son can use a skate park, but cannot cross a car park safely. Put your dog on a lead, then you won’t need to make assumptions about people to get out of taking responsibility.