Aibu to be fucking fucked off with dh??

[Lollyheart]

I'm raging inside I'm so fucking angry

We have just had our dog brought back by the police because he left the fucking front door open again!!!!!!

And now a poor little boy has had to go to the hospital for a tb jab, the police man said our dog walked over to the pub garden where some kids were playing football, a witness said the kids were all stroking him and playing but one of the boys got a bit rough and started hitting him with a stick, the witness said the boy climbed on his back by this time our dog must of got pissed of and nipped the boy.

I have told dh soooo many times to shut the front door after him when he goes into the garage for something incase our dog gets out as he is over friendly and will go up to people!!

I'm now scared someone will want to come and take our dog away and put him down because of his breed! If I was the boys parent I would report this to the dog warden so I'm guessing they will do that.

Would they bring him back if they thought he was a dangerous dog?? They did say they could tell his was friendly because the landlord at the pub was feeding him and playing with him.

I'm sooo about this I can't even look at dh, ahhhhh I've told him so many time about the fucking front door!!!

Well that's one of the reasons she is so peed off with the DH. It's hardly the dogs fault scottishmummy

Agree with SM. I'm actually surprised that there hasn't been more post of that nature.

posts

you say youve told him before,he doesnt act?
irresponsible owners being apologist about a dog you cannot supervise adequately

If a child hits a dog with a stick, it really shouldn't be surprised if the dog bites it tbh. Not saying it is a good thing to happen, but not the dogs fault

Little brat shouldn't have been hitting the dog with a stick, if someone hit me with a stick i'd push them away. A dog can't do that.

You must have a very good dog for him to have only nipped tbh.

And YANBU, dh is a non door closing prat. Kill him, kill him now.

children have limited range,depth of judgement and cant always adequately anticipate consequences.BUT adults are expected to have such capacity and take steps to pre-empt tricky situations.such as closing door and adequately monitoring dog. clearly incapable of doing so. this isnt about the kid its about irresponsible adults

Well yes - the DH is an absolute pillock and the OP has every right to be furious with him. But a child should no better than to hit a dog with a stick. Hopefully it does now.

sorry - know better

Don't let DH go to the child's house, whatever you do.

Maybe you should think about re-homing the dog?

Re-home the DH not the dog

yes with responsible adults.you are irresponsible owners.bot no doubt all the dog apologists will pile in and tell us the kids should have taken more care,and bet that taught em a lesson. digressing from fact owners cannot adequately monitor their dog.

You are not a fan of doggies scottishmummy?

dog apologist no1 has arrived i see.any more to follow...

More of a cat person really. But its a bloody well behaved dog if it only nipped the child. Given that, I really don't think it needs re-homing.

Why do you say that dogsbestfriend

This is the first time in 8 years something has ever happened.

He's not an uncontrollable dog, he's very friendly, he is well loved and looked after, just a stupid mistake.

i love dogs. but im a responsible adult.dogs are a wonderful addition to a family if adequately supervised.and thats the rub responsible adults being responsible owners

How old does a child need to be to know hitting anyone with a stick is wrong and nasty? If they're too young to know that then they should be supervised.

And your dh is a dick. I feel sorry for the dog.

yes a child should be supervised around dogs
and owners should retain adequate monitoring of dog whereabouts.which didnt happen in this case.clearly

Not fair to demonise a child when op didn't actually see what was happening. My brother teased a dog when he was about 6 years old. Dog attacked my brother. Dog was put down. This was in another country though.

With luck and a good dollop of common sense this should be the last you hear of the matter from the Police. I say this as I hope that they will not start waving the Dangerous Dogs Act before you but instead conclude that this is not any such thing, merely a nice family dog who was pissed off enough to nip a nasty little brat who was abusing him.

To be in trouble under the DDA your dog needs to be dangrously out of control in a public area. A Bobby with half a brain will hopefully conclude that your dog wasn't so and that he's merely issued a warning nip under extreme provocation. The only other risk you might concern yourself with atm is that the dog made people feel threatened, which is also a breach of the Act - from what you say of the police and landlord's reaction to him this is far from the case.

Apart from the fact that the little shit who abused your dog owes YOU an apology and not the other way round, bluntly I would, in these days of the crazy, much misunderstood and abused DDA, not admit to a thing. Hence don't let DH go round there, you'll be doing your dog and yourselves no favours and I reckon you've (or rather DH has) learned a valuable lesson without risking inflaming the situation and legal action which might result in a dead dog in the worst case scenario and which would certainly result in him being taken from you to a secret location where you could not see him until the case is dropped or an expensive court case took place. Remember that the DDA is one of those rare English lawa where the onus is upon the defendent to prove that she is not guilty, it is not for the prosecution to prove that she is.

The chances are that you will be at most visited by police/dog warden and issued with a warning or that the council might wish to impose a Dog Control Order upon you to ensure that this doesn't happen again.

BUT... the DDA is a screwball affair and cannot be underestimated, nor can the shocking results of its implementation, so please, don't be complacent.

I'd advise that you seek ways of preventing this happening again BEFORE you hear from police or council, not just for the dog's sake but for the benefit of reassuring the authorities that you have it all in hand and are being pro-actively responsible. Can you put a stairgate before the front door is accessed? Bloody big notices on the doors telling folk to shut them? One of those thingies which pushes the door into a closed position?

Don't panic yet, pray to god the police have some sense, investigate all ways of preventing it happening again and be prepared to explain these and admit nothing.

All the best to you and pooch.

DogsBestFriend (independent dog rescuer and anti DDA campaigner and occasional forrayer into these situations. )

dog apologist No2 is here i see.all bluster and mans best friend

given you weren't there haw can you surmise "a nice family dog who was pissed off enough to nip a nasty little brat who was abusing him."

thts quite stunning blinkered interpretation. what if that child becoes afraid of dogs? traumatised by bite and subsequent tetanus and hospital trip

you forgot the irresponsible owners who cannot adequatelyty supervise.

The child should learn a bit of respect for dogs hopefully and not be so wet as to let a nip mean it becomes scared of them.

I think we can surmise "a nice family dog who was pissed off enough to nip a nasty little brat who was abusing him." from the eye witness statements say the child was sitting on the dog and hitting the dog with a stick and the fact the policeman said it was only a little nip