To not understand what this parent was thinking?

How exactly was @Frequency wrong? What did she do, or fail to do? Aside from you clearly thinking dogs shouldn’t exist in the world or should all be unnecessarily muzzled she was entirely sensible. It was the mother who failed in all regards, it is only due to OP and her daughter, and her dog being good, that avoided something happening.

Your ant dog frothing is obscuring your vision.

You know the disdain you feel for those ignorant people tarring big dogs under one brush? How annoying them making assumptions because of sterotypes and a lack of intelligence/understanding is?

Small dogs have this reputation because of owners who don't understand what their breed needs (in the case of chihuahuas and other toy breeds, very early training that big hands near their heads is a good thing and extensive socialisation). The problem is shitty owners who think a small dog barking or growling from terror is 'cute' and who treat them more like an accessory than a dog, making them miserable.

Our smaller rescue dogs have always needed far more work than the big ones around making them feel safe in the world and not experiencing fear aggression. Our chihuahua from a puppy has been the most trainable, loving dog (we often have people saying 'I don't usually like small dogs but...'.

Negative breed/dog stereotypes are usually 80% down to shit owners.

Yes. OP was wrong too though.

Kids don’t have common sense. Not when they’re tiny. Doesn’t mean they should be at risk of a mauling.

Otherwise, put your kid in with a fucking gorillla at the zoo and demand the child knows how to safely interact. No? Because it’s not up to the child. You have to make the gorilla safe. Ditto the nervous vicious dog. Muzzle it

Can you imagine any other deadly animal being able to roam around where humans are? Muzzle your dogs. They’re killers

I cannot "fathom" the selfishness that are dog owners. It is bad enough that no where is free of dogs, they're literally bloody everywhere, but Mums are literally confronted with dogs everywhere they go, it is literally exhausting trying to dodge them all and toddlers don't know any better. The irony of your post when dogs literally pounce on anyone and everyone when at the park or the beach, and we all just have to smile and bare it, because Fido is just being "friendly" but the same courtesy is not extended to a literal human child is just mind boggling to me. Telling a toddler to go away is also not fine, that is bloody awful. Basically we all have to be tolerant of dogs, but children are not treated with the same respect, they're literally less than! Why does anyone need to own a rottweiler anyway? Children should be able to live in society without the fear of being attacke by someone's pet. That is what you are really saying OP that if your dog snapped it would be the childs fault and not the dogs. Your literally laying blame at that childs feet to cover the fact if your dogged snapped and attacked the child you would be exonerated of all blame. Well you are wrong, because you know what rottweilers are capable of, and if you must own such dangerously stupid dog for whatever ego trip you need, you could at least have the decency to muzzle the beast when your out in public so there would be no need for your horribly self righteous and self absorbed post.

A muzzle is what’s needed in public places if a dog might react poorly.

I'm terrified of rottweilers. When I was little my mother's best friend had three. We were constantly left alone with them and they were aggressive, pinned me against a wall once growling in my face.

I agree OP that mother was very lax, just like mine. Abhorrent behaviour.

I'm not in the UK and rottweilers are supposed to be muzzled here but they frequently are not. In my neighbourhood they are often off lead too. Ugh.

Fair enough. Thought I had read all her posts.

Fact remains, the dog does not look remotely Rottie other than coat colour, the head/snout/jaw are all completely the wrong shape. People here are reacting to Rottweiler, from a position of breed ignorance. I don't avoid Rotties, let alone a crossbreed dog that doesn't look remotely like one. If I still had small children, it would be my responsibility to keep them far enough away from an on leash dog for there not to be a risk.

I am old enough to remember when dogs were tied up outside shops. In those days, parents taught their children to stay away. And if the child was too young to understand, they held their hands and stopped them running off.

In her last post OP said:
“Usually, people cross the road to avoid getting close to him.”

To follow your logic:
Unsupervised child runs up to grab drinking dog, dog bites, it's the dog owners fault.
Unsupervised child runs out in front of moving car, car hits child, it's the car driver's fault.

I'm starting to think Galtymore and friends might be the mum and her friends. FYI, your eight-year-old is not old enough to reliably supervise herself on a busy road, much less a toddler.

Do better.

The op was supervising her dog.

Whoever was looking after the toddler wasn’t supervising it.

Whilst the world is very child centric, it’s unreasonable to expect it to revolve completely around children. If you are a parent your job is to keep the child under control.

Yes. OP can’t do anything about people’s parenting though. Not her responsibility. All she can do is ensure her animal’s safety by making sure he isn’t put in a position where he might bite someone. She can do this by muzzling, walking in a quiet kid-free zone or being constantly vigilant in case kids do approach etc.

Yes. OP can’t do anything about people’s parenting though. Not her responsibility. All she can do is ensure her animal’s safety by making sure he isn’t put in a position where he might bite someone. She can do this by muzzling, walking in a quiet kid-free zone or being constantly vigilant in case kids do approach etc.

The parent was lucky it only ran up to a dog, presumably it could just as easily have run into a road.

If you have a kid with you, you are responsible for keeping it safe. Which means keep it away from possible hazards.

I cannot "fathom" the selfishness that are dog owners. It is bad enough that no where is free of dogs, they're literally bloody everywhere, but Mums are literally confronted with dogs everywhere they go, it is literally exhausting trying to dodge them all and toddlers don't know any better. The irony of your post when dogs literally pounce on anyone and everyone when at the park or the beach, and we all just have to smile and bare it, because Fido is just being "friendly" but the same courtesy is not extended to a literal human child is just mind boggling to me. Telling a toddler to go away is also not fine, that is bloody awful. Basically we all have to be tolerant of dogs, but children are not treated with the same respect, they're literally less than! Why does anyone need to own a rottweiler anyway? Children should be able to live in society without the fear of being attacke by someone's pet. That is what you are really saying OP that if your dog snapped it would be the childs fault and not the dogs. Your literally laying blame at that childs feet to cover the fact if your dogged snapped and attacked the child you would be exonerated of all blame. Well you are wrong, because you know what rottweilers are capable of, and if you must own such dangerously stupid dog for whatever ego trip you need, you could at least have the decency to muzzle the beast when your out in public so there would be no need for your horribly self righteous and self absorbed post.