Parent went mental at my Ddog!

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as the owner of two larger breeds (standard poodles) I can say, that while she maybe panicked a bit about her childs toy being slobbered on or ripped by a large dog (which labs are!) I wonder why your dog is not trained to "leave it" for anything that is not in their own garden or home. Mine would ignore a steak dinner left on a plate on the walkway. And I am NOT kidding. unless I say "take it" they will not even accept a treat from someone else. It is for their safety. You never know what some animal hater leaves out to harm an animal. Plus, dogs should be trained NEVER to jump on a childs toy! I think this comes down to a stressed out mum, and a not so well trained dog. Do better. For your dogs sake if no one elses.

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Not everyone wants dogs getting all over their things, and it was probably the toddlers favourite toy that she doesnt want covered in, at best slobber, at worst ripped up. She was probably worried

Did you tell him to leave it/look like you were making an effort to stop him going for it?

Believe it or not, not everyone loves dogs or wants them all over their things/in their space

The woman did nothing wrong. No one wants a dog slobbering on their child's comforter. But perhaps you can train your dog not to pick things up from the ground unless specifically given permission to do so.
And I'm be worried if my dog couldn't cope with someone shouting no at them it's an animal not a baby

I actually laughed out loud at this 😂

If it had been my toddler l would have been concerned,if a dog and a child go for a toy at the same time it can be very unfortunate - they are both acting on instinct.

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

He is "subdued" - he will be re-running the whole embarrassing incident for YEARS, waking up at 2am remembering it and feeling a right ol' eejit

Priceless 😂

She was probably a MN hygiene freak about to have a seizure in case a molecule of dog lick entered her child’s system.

I'm going to use the term DMog going forward. 🤣
The only phrase for this thread is barking mad.

“Dlack of critical thinking skills”.

The child was not well trained and under control. Bloody litter bug.

Apologise for what?? Walking along the same path as a mother with their kid? Get grip!

Was your dog on a lead? It certainly sounds like it was not well trained and under control.

Labradors are bigger than a toddler and the mother was probably very concerned. Stress does things to you.

You are unreasonable for not realising this and putting your dog above a child.

The toy had already been on the ground where a dog could have pissed for all she knew. Bit extreme to get precious about dog slobber.

Kids that grow up on farms have the best immune systems, no need to freak out over dog slobber.

Agreed. I’m pretty sure if I brandished a piece of sausage my screaming ‘no’ at mine would be forgotten in seconds. It happens all the time.

Maybe she’s one of those people who can’t say no in a sensible voice (like me).

Don’t worry, OP. Your dog didn’t do anything wrong nor was it dangerous. Mumsnet attracts a bizarre number of dog-haters who leap on all these threads.

She didn't want dog slobber on her kids toy, perfectly reasonable. You don't say no to your dog?

Labs are known for destroying stuff and eating anything!

All she said was 'no, no!'

She was trying to stop your dog what on earth is wrong with that?

Gosh when I opened this thread I thought you were going to say she pushed your dog or something but no this is ridiculous you are being entirely too precious!

Tell me you know nothing about dogs without saying so…

Depends, if I was out with ds when he was small with the toy he was obsessed with attached to at the time and a dog off lead did a lungy grab, I probably would have shouted no in case dog made off with it (obviously in this made up scenario I wouldn't know the dog would, rationally, return without tearing it to shreds but would know ds would be devastated) if on lead dog made a grab for dropped toy, I don't think i'd have instinctively shouted at the dog. I probably would have smiled even if dog had picked it up and joked to DS dog was handing it back! Nothing against ddog because mine is also a ddog and loving your dog a bit too much is a million billion times better than loving your dog too little. OP i am also guilty of giving my doggo feelings they probably don't have- yours will be absolutely fine with a treat and a cuddle 😊

yeah I'm not going to do that. Don't like dogs, they can exist, but I am not going to "educate" myself on how to deal with one when I shouldn't have to ever interact with one

It had been dropped on the ground. It would be covered with random germs anyway. Being concerned about the dog damaging it is fair enough. I’m guessing the parent was caught by surprise and her No came out louder than she intended.

The dog probably thought the child was throwing the toy for him/her or it was picking it up to give to its owner as many dogs do.

Oh @WesternAmy don’t you know that on mumsnet every dog is a ravening hound straining at the last to murder their Doffspring 🙄😅

Yes she overreacted, but in my experience parents of very young kids often do so best to ignore.

Give DDog some fuss from me.

Kid should stop throwing its stuff around. Train it.