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Parent went mental at my Ddog!

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WesternAmy · 30/04/2026 17:42

Can someone please tell me how Ddog was at fault here?! We were walking on a footpath close to our house earlier, and a woman was pushing her toddler along on a sort of bike thing.

As we were passing, the toddler dropped a cuddly toy. Ddog instinctively went to pick this up (it resembled a dog toy) and I stopped him.

The woman went mental, shouted at Ddog “NO, NO” and I hurried us away.

I can tell it has impacted him, he has been really subdued since which is not like him at all.

Am I wrong to think the woman should have had some restraint?

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Surprisednotusedb4 · 30/04/2026 18:16

PennyThought · 30/04/2026 18:15

Nah, I'm a parent and hang out with other parents. They want to not control their kids, as when it suits them, and freak out about others at their arbitrary whim.

It's exhausting.

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I bet you’re popular with these parents you hang out with!

FlyingApple · 30/04/2026 18:16

YABU, what kind of mother would be comfortable with a dog going for their kid's toy?

MyrtlethePurpleTurtle · 30/04/2026 18:15

WesternAmy · 30/04/2026 17:46

I’d gotten Ddog away from it by then, it was most bizarre behaviour!

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"the most bizarre behaviour"

Really? A mother not wanting a dog to go for her child's day - at best slobbering over it, at worst destroying/damaging it

PennyThought · 30/04/2026 18:15

Theslummymummy · 30/04/2026 18:12

That's a massive reach, I dont let my kids do any of those things, wouldn't want a stranger dog approaching out belongings.

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Nah, I'm a parent and hang out with other parents. They want to not control their kids, as when it suits them, and freak out about others at their arbitrary whim.

It's exhausting.

weirdoboelady · 30/04/2026 18:15

Solution- buy your DDog a Dtoy. He obviously feels deprived of his rightful, pavement, discovery. (I quite like DDog, BTW).

Dontbeconspicuous · 30/04/2026 18:15

Yabu. I wouldn’t want dog drool all over my child’s toy either. She did nothing wrong telling the dog “no”.

Arrivederla · 30/04/2026 18:14

BudgetBuster · 30/04/2026 17:54

Sounds like both you and the dog need therapy if you think she's the bloody crazy woman in this scenario 🙄😂

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This 🙄

TheLambtonWorm · 30/04/2026 18:12

He's impacted? The vet can usually take care.of that.

Theslummymummy · 30/04/2026 18:12

PennyThought · 30/04/2026 17:51

Neurotic mums. Happy to let the kids play in the street, be entertained by strangers on mobile phones but a dog licking a toy....goodness, no!

That's a massive reach, I dont let my kids do any of those things, wouldn't want a stranger dog approaching out belongings.

Megifer · 30/04/2026 18:11

Theslummymummy · 30/04/2026 18:09

It's you who should have had some restraint over your dog.

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Its in the op that the dog stopped when op, um, stopped him.

faithfultoGeorgeMichael · 30/04/2026 18:11

"No No" is not "going mental". I am more offended by your use of "mental" as an insult than I would have been by her. She was telling your dog NO which you also did.

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 30/04/2026 18:10

MN is full of people who have very strong negative feelings towards dogs, so I’d shrug off the majority of comments.

your dog did nothing wrong, you told it to leave and it did.
no need for the woman to shout, you already had it under control.

personally, I would leave any toy that I was particularly precious about at home when mine were younger. If the child is dropping it on the floor, a bit of dog saliva is probably the least of their worries.

teawamutu · 30/04/2026 18:10

Btw I call reverse.

BotterMon · 30/04/2026 18:10

You stopped him, she panicked. Mountain; mole hill.

teawamutu · 30/04/2026 18:09

Woman didn't want dog slobber all over her toddler's toy. Can't really see what else she could have done.

What do you think should have happened, OP, in terms of stopping the dog before the toy was covered in dog germs?

OnlyMabelInTheBuilding · 30/04/2026 18:09

Lucyccfc68 · 30/04/2026 18:08

Do you want us to set up a Go Fund Me for your dog to get some therapy?

Come on daily mail, pick this one up so it goes viral, Ddog needs you!

Theslummymummy · 30/04/2026 18:09

WesternAmy · 30/04/2026 17:45

He’s a very tame DLab.

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It's you who should have had some restraint over your dog.

Megifer · 30/04/2026 18:09

So your dog did absolutely nothing and behaved well when you stopped him?

Woman is an idiot and tbh shouting at a dog she doesn't know might not end well for her next time. What a knob.

Bitchcraft · 30/04/2026 18:09

Haha I've always liked it when people write DDog. It doesn't make sense but I find it endearing. 🥹

tommyhoundmum · 30/04/2026 18:08

Ved · 30/04/2026 17:44

YABU. She did nothing wrong.

Also YABU for saying 'DDog!' 😆

Our hound is a DDog too.

Lucyccfc68 · 30/04/2026 18:08

Do you want us to set up a Go Fund Me for your dog to get some therapy?

SerafinasGoose · 30/04/2026 18:07

NewGoldFox · 30/04/2026 18:05

You didn’t let the dog touch it so don’t see what the issue was.
Sounds like she overreacted.

She merely said 'no'.

Hardly corresponds with the thread title of 'went mental', now does it? Nice ableist language there, by the way, OP.

DeskGnome · 30/04/2026 18:06

What a load of old shite.

It sounds as though she just instinctively panicked because she thought your dog was going to run away with it.

Are you always this dramatic OP?

NewGoldFox · 30/04/2026 18:05

You didn’t let the dog touch it so don’t see what the issue was.
Sounds like she overreacted.

Auroraloves · 30/04/2026 18:05

DYABU

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