Parent went mental at my Ddog!

The kid dropped a toy in front of the dog. Dog went to pick it up, got told no by owner and stopped. The dog (and owner) are blameless. As much as you all dislike dogs at least attempt to read and understand posts.

Not really sure why you asked AIBU to be honest. You clearly don't think you were, and are not prepared to be told otherwise.

It's a dog.

Is this a wind up? It’s a bloody dog. Keep it on a short lead and away from toddlers if it’s so poorly trained. “Subdued” 🤣 As if he’s traumatised or something, Whatever next?! Doggy counselling?! Ridiculous.

I am very relaxed about germs (to a degree that would horrify most MNers) but I wouldn't want to give a toddler back a toy that had got wet - so I wouldn't care if a dog briefly picked it up, but wouldn't want a dog chewing on it. I similarly wouldn't care if it fell on the ground but would care if it fell in a puddle - but the difference with the dog is that I wouldn't know which it would do until it had done it!

Dslobber of Ddog Dsgusted Dmum of Dbaby.

Dscream of Dmum Dpressed Ddog.

Op I think you need to remember that she doesn't know your dog and of course you don't want dog slobbers over a young child's favourite toy. She was probably envisioning the melt down while said toy went in the wash and wasn't ready for bedtime.

Equally I vividly remember a large husky running at me and my child while out walking one day as the owner ran after screaming at the dog to come back which it happily ignored. Straight up to lick my toddlers face.

Luckily he and I are well used to dogs so I could tell it was a friendly (if over enthusiastic) approach but equally could have been very different. She had no way to know if your dog is friendly/ guards etc. Yabu as a pet owner not to be more aware of this tbh.

Dbrat was in the wrong here.

He's picking it up for the kid, and isn't his breed supposed to pick things up for humans? I think the grans in my family would have thanked the dog for rescuing the toy. That said, they kids would have been getting dirty/bugs from everywhere when they were out with them (I'm a bit of a hygiene freak compared to all the grans in my family).
I wouldn't personally use Ddog, but so many people on here use DH/D/S, I don't see why it's any different, just cause they're human-a lot of people on here seem to prefer dogs to their human family!

Saying Ddog makes you sound Dmented

Oh brilliant! Glad to hear this. Heartbreaking to hear that he was subdued after the nasty woman screamed at him!!

Ddog
Dlab
Gotten
Impacted

😂

Hate to tell you Darling but not everyone loves your mutt. Your Mutt should not have been close enough to the child to be in reach of picking up the toy. Keep your animal away.

I think "Ddog" is sweet! And I once saw someone on here refer to "Dpony" which I also thought was really sweet!

OP, poor doggie being all subdued. He was yelled at and he's got no clue why. Dogs' hearing is so sensitive, she probably half-deafened him, not to mention giving him a nasty shock. Can you give him some extra treats and attention? Cuddles?

For the non-dog people, just because dogs can't talk, doesn't mean they don't have feelings just like we do. If someone shocked us by having a sudden, loud go at us for no reason, we'd be subdued too.

Hopefully means your dog will stay well away from children and their toys from now on.

Some people don’t like dogs are were probably scared your dog would touch it. Hopefully it means your dog will stay away from others.

She did
She Gave it a command
It stopped
It didn't take the toy

these comments being next to one another made me laugh.. duality of woman and all that.

YABU

Woman did nothing wrong.

You need to control your dog better

The language you are using here to describe a mother who was protecting her child from a dog whose behaviour she didn't know and couldn't predict is way out of proportion to the incident: "went mental ... shouted ... should have had some restraint ... most bizarre behaviour! ... Bloody crazy woman!"
Had your Dear Dog Most Gentlest Ever Labrador (which is a big dog) actually grabbed the toy what would you have done? Take it from his mouth and handed it back to child? The mother's response was rational in the circumstances. You are considering only the effect of this on your dog, who you now consider traumatised by the exchange. Seriously?

Completely agree with this.
Also your dog isn't subdued because of this. He's picking up on your feelings and knows something is up with you.

No-one was at fault.

The dog didn't know it wasn't a dog toy, and the mother reasonably enough didn't want to have to go home and wash dog slobber off it, or, worse, find a replacement if it got torn to shreds.

Baby owners and dog owners often have conflicting concerns.

I’d say she was being ridiculous and OTT. And also shouting near your dog is going to make him nervous. Also shouting at a dog near a baby will make the baby scared of dogs.

Thats you not knowing dogs….