AIBU to expect someone with a dog to give way?

If you can't look left and right to check traffic then I would suggest you stay at home. You're not 3, if you're old enough to have a baby, you're old enough to take a quick look left and right.

Come off it. I'm an inch taller than you and it's really not hard to keep safe on the roads with a far larger child (like 6yo+). Your baby is barely older than a newborn. You can still use your eyes to see if a road is clear. Frankly if you can't, then you're not safe to walk anywhere anyway.

Neither has right of way it’s just a bit of common sense and courtesy to each other, smile and figure it out, it’s not hard. I regularly walk my two big labs and will move aside or cross over to avoid people and likewise some people will do it for me but if everyone just chills out a bit and stops trying to feel more important than anyone else then it just works itself out without needing to be a big thing. Mind blowing really.

That makes no sense to me, I would always walk on the road side when leading my dogs, or my horses on the odd occasion I have had to lead them. I created a barrier between them and the traffic.

That’s because that’s exactly how OP thinks, even down to the fact they described it as tiny baby.

Never mind the “tiny” Chihuahua

no sympathy from me I’m afraid

Another opportunity to bash dog owners. Perfect, we’ve only had 56 this month 🤣

on a serious note OP, I (as a dog owner, mum, occasional runner and a perfectly able bodied adult of sound mind) ALWAYS make sure that I step to the side, or even on a road if quiet, in circumstances where I am in the better position, if that makes sense.
if I’m running - onus is on me to give people walking space, if I have the dog - I am the one that moves so that anyone who isn’t a fan has room to pass. Even when I am with my children, they are older so they stay on the path and I move off.

i think it’s common courtesy, unfortunately not everyone agrees and I can’t even begin to tell you the amount of time an adult has expected my 9 year old to step in to the road, which is met with ‘daughter, I’ve told you before - you stay on the path, adults should move for you’ in a loud, obvious way.

Absolutely not 😂😂

team doggo over here. Much more vulnerable than a baby that is strapped to you wtf 😂 good god

Op- Why did you quote @bugalugs45 and say What is a ’classic’ and entitled parent?

They never mentioned either word in their post! Did you mean to quote someone else?😕

Exactly this!
congratulations on your baby and your baby is far more important than someone’s dog

I think if you re-read your initial post, you'll realise why you come across so entitled. It's all about being the one who shouldn't go in the road as you have 'a tiny baby'. You may not have meant it to come across that way, but it really does read as if you think you're more entitled to right of way because you have a baby.

People aren’t assuming that you’re entitled, you’ve shown that you are by your posts.

It must be amazing to be the only person in the world who has ever had a baby. Congratulations!

Sorry, you are wrong. A classic entitled parent/mum. As a PP said earlier, you have a child strapped to you so it’s much easier to stop /navigate. Whereas it’s a lot more challenging with a dog in tow. They have just as much right as you do.

I’ve got a ( big) dog and always stand to one side to let anyone pass whether they have a baby/ child /dog / whatever but I do expect a thank you or an acknowledgment, a smile or nod will do, much the same as if I gave way to you whilst driving , & I’ll get the hump if I don’t get it 🤣 ,so then I’ll shout something like no worries you’re very welcome!

You’re talking rubbish, you don’t put the dog on the road side as they’re re less predictable so you want them on the inside.

Oh look, another thread that’s brought out the number haters of dogs

To their parents, yes. Not to anyone else. My responsibility is to my own children and animals. Animals aren't accessories. They are living creatures with just as much right to occupy space as humans.

Her baby doesn't give her right of way over anyone else. If she didn't want to step into the road, she could have hung back, rather than barge her way through.

The woman you encountered sounded like my mum 😂

Some dogs are like babies to their owners. But I've had people with dogs try to force my primary school aged children next to the road so their dog could stay near the wall. I disagree with it but then again they probably don't give a shit about my kids and love their dog. Don't lose sleep over it

Babies are a damn sight more important than people's four legged fashion accessories!

Very sensible view.

If everyone kept left on paths conflicts wouldn't arise. And you are facing the oncoming traffic then too (in most cases). And if a path is very narrow I'd suggest it's not a clever idea to go down there with a dog (or a double buggy) if there's an easily accessible wider alternative.

I agree with the hierarchy above, though I walk faster than some runners so I wouldn't necessarily put walkers ahead of runners.

Also, I asked this before but why do people let their dogs go between them and me. Surely you go between your dog and an oncoming person?

I don't think she 'should' have stepped into the road. Neither 'should' you have. She was unreasonable to make a comment. Is it possible she could see an expression on your face that made it clear you thought she should have moved out of your way? Either way, she should have just left it, but I wouldn't step into the road if I thought it was unsafe, regardless of anyone's baby or dog situation. Surely there was a way for both of you to avoid that, even if it meant stopping and standing still at one side for a minute.

The person facing the oncoming traffic should step into the road if someone really needs to do so. They have a clear view of anything coming so are much better able to determine if it’s safe. But if someone just needs to stop to the side of the pavement there’s absolutely no reason why you should have priority just because you have a baby!

Yes. This. I’d expect whoever was walking that way to move as that’s safest for everyone.