Parking when there are dogs around

There’s no ‘should’. Why does OP being irresponsible with her dog mean he can’t park where he wants to park?

Op was aggressive, rude, violent and unreasonable. The driver of the car and his children have done nothing wrong. There is nothing that can excuse OP behaviour

this reminds me of another thread where the poster let her toddler run arond in a parking garage behind reversing cars, and was then upset a driver almost ran the kid over and didn't apologise enough.

Just this.

Just like you hold a child’s hand in a car park your dog should be on a lead. It’s a hazardous environment.

Well if it’s deaf, keep it on a lead! What benefit is it off lead?

Also, I reverse without looking because my car parks itself in reverse and I look at the screen which has three camera angles so if anybody was watching me park, it would assume I wasn't looking

It is madness that you have parked near a skate park on a Sunday and then expected nobody else to park near you.

I don't take any notice of how many spaces that are and if I want to park near the skate park, I would park near the skate park whether or not that anybody else was in the next space. It doesn't make any difference to my parking if there's somebody in the next space.

He reversed without look now……

Of course he did!

Off topic but I've never heard of a collie described as a little dog before, I initially thought you meant some kind of terrior or chihuahua.

I think you know your were in the wrong and are lashing out and blaming others because you know your dog was almost run over because in that moment your conversation was more important than your dog and you feel guilty for that. Just be less anti social in the future.

When you say “sweep” in (such dramatic words), you mean they drove in and parked in the most convenient place for them, near the skate park?

Put your elderly wandering dogs on a lead or in the car?

YABVU

But we only have the OPs word for the manner the car was driven. And given her further posts, and their seeming escalation in ‘frothiness’ and choice language, I’m beginning to wonder about that.

@TheQuirkyMaker You really should not be taking your dog out at all if you cannot be bothered to guarantee her safety.
Watching a dog get old, especially one with failing health and faculties, is horrible - upsetting at best, traumatic at worst - but it is something you know will happen, right from the time you get them, and it is not an excuse for such appalling behaviour.
I loathe people like you because you tar all responsible dog owners with your dirty brush.

On the off chance this is real, it is not a sensible idea to have a deaf dog off lead in an area that is designated for cars to park in. People do actually have a responsibility to keep their animals safe if they can't do it for themselves.

There's no "should" about it. Yes it would have been better for OP if he parked further away, but it was clearly better for him to park where he did. OP's needs/wants don't trump his.

The driver can park (legally) anywhere he likes in a public car park.
He wanted to park as near as possible to where he (and his children) wanted to get to - again perfectly legally - the driver has no responsibility for where people choose to stand in a car park or if those people are stupid enough to let their elderly and deaf dogs wander about a car park off the lead.
Why does the type of car matter or do you just "tut" at anyone with a nice car (better car than you?) and assume they are entitled ?
Finally what has someone parking perfectly normally in a public car park got to do with your perceived issues around parking at the local school - if your children are endangered by poor parking at the school, report it to the school and the local council traffic enforcement team and they'll sort it out.
If I was parking my car and some mad old bat with a couple of mangy old dogs told me to "fuck off" in front of my children they'd get a response in kind back.

No, you're right there O.P. I don't think your company would have enriched his day.

No, he was inconsiderate to park and reverse in where he did (near to people standing with dogs). He should have chosen a space further away from the pedestrians.

Just because you can do something, doesn't mean that you should.

It’s a CAR park. He parked his CAR. In a designated CAR parking spot. It’s not a let your old deaf dog wander around off a lead whist you chat spot.

hes done absolutely nothing wrong whatsoever

If he’d bumped it up the kerb and driven across the grass and left it there maybe - but he didn’t, did he?

And the way you behave has nothing to do with your dog dying so stop trying to use that to excuse yourself, poor dog though

You're just a horrible human being by the sounds of it.hittibg people's cars, saying you want to punch them, shouting at them, saying they were a cunt and the whole time you were the completely unreasonable, aggressive and entitled one.
I hate that the world has so many people like you....

I'm a dog owner/lover but it's still a big YABU from me. He can park where he likes, and your dog needs to be on a lead in a car park.

It’s not weird - in anyway.

Yes, very sad, but nothing at all to do with the point in question.

You were not unreasonable to think he could have parked a little farther away, but totally unreasonable to say things like he reversed without looking (how do you know?) or imply that he was trying to harm your dog. Maybe he wanted to be as near the skatepark as possible so he could stay in his car but still keep an eye on his children.

In any case, by banging on his car like an idiot with road rage you immediately put yourself in the wrong. That was just likely to frighten his children and make him jump with shock and cause an accident.

This has to be a wind up!

@TheQuirkyMaker what did the other dog owner do/say? Did he or she agree with your actions?