Can someone help me write an email to our safeguarding lead at the primary School my child goes to. I'm close to going to the LEA about this as I don't know what more to do.
I've spoken to the school numerous times about people bringing dogs into the school playground. I would say every 5th person has a dog, but most of them are very sweet dogs, old or just generally nice breeds that aren't know for being aggressive or dangerous.
But there have been others. One parent was bringing a young out of control doberman in for a while but she muzzled it and eventually stopped bringing it. It was strange because she drove to the school, took the dog into the playground and drove home (as far as I know) with it, which is what I have noticed a lot of parents doing, so it seems that the dog isn't even getting a walk.
Another parent brought an XL Bully in (before the ban) I complained about that.
Another parent has been bringing a huge Rottweiler in and unmuzzled - I have even seen her letting her 8 year old daughter walk it on the way home from school which is madness. She clearly has no concept of how powerful her dog is.
Today the same woman who brought the XL Bully in, now has a young doberman with clipped ears and tail (which I think is illegal)
I'm so sick of it. It's not safe to have so many dogs in a noisy playground, a child will be seriously bitten and hurt at some point.
I am mainly bothered about the dogs with the known aggressive temperaments as they are so powerful and if they decide to snap, they could kill someone. There is a reason these dogs are kept for security purposes. We only have to look at the statistics over the last couple of years and the breeds that were involved to know the risks.
I would appreciate some help putting an email together to the safe guarding lead to highlight the risks and put a good case for banning dogs in the playground or perhaps someone has some alternative suggestions I can put forward about a change in policy that only lets certain size dogs in or breeds.