Parking when there are dogs around

Oh blimey

Bloody hell. I think there are bigger problems here than a dog off lead.

Nowt as scorned as a driver and someone touching their car. I don’t think you’re that unreasonable. I always give animals and children as much space as possible. We’ve surrendered far too much to cars as it is, and it’s animals and children that have suffered most. I even slow and give a wide berth if I see a dog off a lead as I drive down the road.

I remember this thread!

She drinks half a bottle of vodka in the morning and finishes it in the evening.

She said her ‘little dog’ jumps in to the footwell which suggests she’s driving doesn’t it?

You were definitely unreasonable surely you know this unless you really have no sense. You can't go around bashing other peoples cars just because they parked next to you. If you're that bothered about your dogs getting run over on the car park put them on leads where you should have them anyway considering you've taken them to a children's play area.

Ergh, the epitome of out-of-touch, entitled dog owners. Keep them on their leads and don’t hang around in car parks. To hit another car aggressively could have alarmed the driver and his kids. You’re an idiot.

Does it really ? I’m a disabled driver and park as close as I can to my destination because I have to get my wheelchair out. The father in OP’s scenario could possibly have had a child with a hidden disability or SEN, or possibly just been protecting his children by parking as close as possible to the skate park so his children didn’t have to spend any more time than necessary in a car park with moving and reversing vehicles. Or is the safety of a dog paramount to the safety of children ?

Forget the dog and the skatepark, people parking next to others in largely empty car parks drives me NUTS!! Just f off and park elsewhere and walk the extra 10 steps to where you are going. Some A-hole blocked my drivers door squeezing in between me and the trolley park in a supermarket last week, there were 10s of empty spaces nearby. Sorryy... slightly off topic.

Anyway i doubt this guy was making a point about anything. Just parked where he parked

I'm sure you'll claim you had a third person with you that was the driver of your car, because you definitely wouldn't have been driving whilst being alcohol dependent....

Still, explains the temper at least

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If you wanted to be alone in the carpark then you should have parked further away from the entrance, not expect other people to park 50m away from the entrance because you’re the Carpark Princess.

Also, children are more important than dogs. Always.

Because he can, and your dogs - on or off lead - are not his priority. He saw a space and chose that one, as he is entitled to do in a car park.
I think you got off lightly having banged the car with your hand, I wouldn’t have been very polite if I was the driver!.
And yes, I’m a dog owner but I wouldn’t expect someone to choose a car park space away from where I was standing.

You’re right Op, he’s a twat. Dogs are better than people and they come first. Next time you could spit on his car or something like that, to really show your disdain for him and his wrong doing.
@TheQuirkyMaker

I have dogs and adore them. That's why I wouldn't let them off lead in a car park????

Seriously you seem soooo entitled.

If there were little dogs wondering around _ THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN!!! put them on a lead!!!!!!

1. Your dog was off lead in a car park.
2. You slapped someone else's roof.
3. You actually sound a bit entitled.

Yes I'm afraid you were (very) unreasonable.

Surely everyone parks in the next space on a car park otherwise when it gets full you have ransom spaces that don't fit cars in so people can't park?

Completely unreasonable. You’re the one with your dog off the lead where there are cars coming and going that could hit it if it was to get spooked and run. Yet somehow this is not your responsibility and you felt the need to bang on an innocent driver’s car just because you don’t like where he chose to park. I’m hoping this is a reverse and you’re actually the driver who got abused by an entitled dog owner!

I actually love dogs, and have owned them previously with great deals of love.

But I find crazy dog owners to be quite unbearable

All dogs should be on leads at all times. Then it’s perfectly clear to everyone where they stand.

Third dog thread I have seen this evening, things like this make it hard to defend dog owners. Why on earth would your dogs be off lead in a car park? My dog has off lead time but theres a time and a place and a car park isnt it.

Please stop giving us responsible owners a bad name

Children and animals should be restrained appropriately in car parks until the child is old enough to understand the dangers and be aware of their surroundings.

For a dog that means they should be on a lead or in the car and secured. For a child that means strapped into a pushchair or car seat, shut in the car, holding hands, being carried or on reins.

The time for them to have freedom is in the park not around reversing vehicles.

And equally this dad could have been going through hell

Im currently mourning for my nephew. I don’t go round behaving like an absolute arsehole and nobody who saw me in a car park would know my grief

children who are young enough to randomly run around, in front or behind moving vehicles should be under control and supervision.
Are you the parent I mentioned earlier, who let their toddler run behind reversing cars and also didn't see what she had done wrong?

Wait I misread and thought he’d said it

the OP said fuck off!! In front of kids!! And thinks she’s in the right?!

I really do try very heard to tolerate crazy dog people. But I find so many (not all, of course) claim to be lovely people because of “my girl/boy” but are actually really hideous people to humans. Almost like they can’t cope when someone isn’t obedient and answers backs. Almost like they are comfortable being the human in power and don’t like that status quo challenged.

I am sorry you are so sad, angry and upset. If you had starting off by explaining that you are so distressed about your dog, I am sure people might have been more understanding. Unfortunately, we cannot just take our sadness and frustration out on other, innocent people. As they say: "You never know what someone else is going through."