Parking when there are dogs around

You're sending this person solidarity in the shape of a heart? Why? It doesn't matter what he thinks of his car - it could be his pride and joy; it could be an old jalopy - she was utterly wrong to bang on the roof or touch it at all. That car contained his children. He was taking to the park for a nice time. If she alarmed him by banging on the roof while he was still manoeuvring, he behaved perfectly normally to jump out to confront her. She then compounded it all by yelling at him to fuck off in front of his children. If that had happened to me and my children, it would have ruined the outing and at least one of them would have been begging me to go home. You feel that kind of behaviour deserves a cutesy little heart? She can't be truly concerned about her dog or she would have had it on a lead or even carried it until she was out of the car park. She just sounds like a thoroughly nasty person.

@TheQuirkyMaker I'm glad you had a sleepless night and wish you many more of them.

It is genuine. I just don't know if I was right or wrong. Obviously, my dog should have been on a lead, and the driver could park where he wanted.
And my dog is my responsibility. I know all this.
I just could not believe a car would come into an empty car park and decide to reverse park right next to us. He passed 200 spaces, and then screeched to a halt and banged his car into reverse so close I could give his car a slap. Why the fuck would he do that?

What is all about, is my little collie is dying of old age, she can't climb stairs, jump into cars, chase balls, hear cars approaching, I just don't know what we emotionally load on to dogs, but their deaths tear our hearts. Life is hard enough without those little babies sleeping next to us, with their breaths getting slower and slower.

What is all about, is my little collie is dying of old age, she can't climb stairs, jump into cars, chase balls, hear cars approaching, I just don't know what we emotionally load on to dogs, but their deaths tear our hearts. Life is hard enough without those little babies sleeping next to us, with their breaths getting slower and slower.

I’m calling troll

What is all about, is my little collie is dying of old age, she can't climb stairs, jump into cars, chase balls, hear cars approaching, I just don't know what we emotionally load on to dogs, but their deaths tear our hearts. Life is hard enough without those little babies sleeping next to us, with their breaths getting slower and slower.

I’m calling troll

She was somewhere safe, until he decided to drive 2 feet away from us, needlessly. What idiot would decide, in an empty car park, to park bang next to the only 2 cars there? 150 empty spaces on the way in, 50 empty spaces past us, an almost totally empty car park, and he decides to stop and reverse in the space next us? So close I could slap his car.
I'm getting flack but he was a cunt.

What is all about, is my little collie is dying of old age, she can't climb stairs, jump into cars, chase balls, hear cars approaching, I just don't know what we emotionally load on to dogs, but their deaths tear our hearts. Life is hard enough without those little babies sleeping next to us, with their breaths getting slower and slower.

What is all about, is my little collie is dying of old age, she can't climb stairs, jump into cars, chase balls, hear cars approaching, I just don't know what we emotionally load on to dogs, but their deaths tear our hearts. Life is hard enough without those little babies sleeping next to us, with their breaths getting slower and slower.

Okay, maybe I was in the wrong. But an empty car park? Why decide to park near other cars anyway? And little dogs wandering around?

Yes I think you’ve been a bit extreme. Dogs to me are like children, they need love and attention in higher public places where they can potentially run off/get scared/get distracted. We all like to think we know we our kids and animals but you can just never know what they’ll do next. Protection (to me) is just a necessary stage of keeping everyone safe. I’ll always put my dog on a lead in a car park, at the exit of the car park, along the road etc. She is the most placid well behaved dog ever, she wouldn’t look any other human, dog , car whatever….but there’s always that chance that a loud noise will scare her, a car won’t see her, who knows…she could run off at the wrong time….as much as I think she wouldn’t. She can’t speak to me to tell me that’s she’s spooked or distracted or actually shut up talking and let’s go home…I have to have forward thinking of that. And my dog is still fairly young. In the past my older dogs would 100% be on a lead at that point. You know he got grumpy, he didn’t like people approaching him , he walked with some pain etc. even if your elderly dogs aren’t grumpy or in pain, if they’re small, it is safer in car parks etc as not everyone will see them.

i agree it’s a shame that the car park was empty by the sound of it and why park where you’re standing. It’s like when I park miles away from the store to “have a nice space “ where there’s no cars and I come back to my car after a bit shopping and someone has parked as close as they can next to me when there’s 50 others spaces free to park in!!!! But equally I don’t own the car park and can’t go round slapping every car with an owner I don’t agree with!

I think the slapping the car was unnecessary. If you had to show your displeasure at their actions, a roll eye would have been better if you really really had to say something. Maybe your actions of “standing in the way “ chatting was his way of saying that you were equally in the way. Whilst I don’t think you can compare a dog to a car, of course a dog is living thing with feelings and no one should ever slap a dog. Ever. Maybe his car was his pride and joy. Maybe he thought you had damaged it. Imagine him slappping your dog, you’d be outraged (rightly so!!!)

I think you’ve both been a bit caught up in the moment. You’ve both got equal access to the car park, you’ve both got a right to park where you like. I think you overstepped the mark by the slapping of the car. I’m not sure what reaction you’d thought you’d get by doing that. Not many people are going to take it well or ignore it. You don’t own the car park even if you take the dogs out of it. But what can you do? It’s done, no point worrying about it. Maybe next time park further away yourself to give you space, time to talk etc. by the sounds of it you too have parked in a popular part of the car park. You can’t be up all night worrying about it, it’s done , all you can do is learn from it 🫶

What is all about, is my little collie is dying of old age, she can't climb stairs, jump into cars, chase balls, hear cars approaching, I just don't know what we emotionally load on to dogs, but their deaths tear our hearts. Life is hard enough without those little babies sleeping next to us, with their breaths getting slower and slower.

Everybody is entitled. No one has responsibility. We can do whatever we want. Who needs to work or get an education- it is all on TikTok, know what I mean?

What is all about, is my little collie is dying of old age, she can't climb stairs, jump into cars, chase balls, hear cars approaching, I just don't know what we emotionally load on to dogs, but their deaths tear our hearts. Life is hard enough without those little babies sleeping next to us, with their breaths getting slower and slower.

Everybody is entitled. No one has responsibility. We can do whatever we want. Who needs to work or get an education- it is all on TikTok, know what I mean?

What is all about, is my little collie is dying of old age, she can't climb stairs, jump into cars, chase balls, hear cars approaching, I just don't know what we emotionally load on to dogs, but their deaths tear our hearts. Life is hard enough without those little babies sleeping next to us, with their breaths getting slower and slower.

What is all about, is my little collie is dying of old age, she can't climb stairs, jump into cars, chase balls, hear cars approaching, I just don't know what we emotionally load on to dogs, but their deaths tear our hearts. Life is hard enough without those little babies sleeping next to us, with their breaths getting slower and slower.