AIBU not to have been worried about this dog?

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Will keep this to the bare minimum to avoid bias sneaking in.

DH and I were walking back from the bus stop with a child each on our shoulders. There is a gate we walk past where a dog sometimes barks as we go by.

Today, as we got to the corner of the road, OH spotted the dog on the driveway. Largeish, boxer sort of dog. No lead. Looking calm and following owner around.
He told me to stop and not cross over to that side of the road. Said the dog was a dangerous type.
I stopped, not 'cause I was worried but 'cause he had said. However, once the dog turned to follow owner back up to the house (rather than walking towards the footpath), I continued crossing the road.

OH feels this was risky. I do not. AIBU?

YANBU

I wouldnt have stopped though, I would have kept walking but then again I don't have a fear of dogs and I don't look at certain breeds of dogs and judge them. I think its the owner that makes the dog.

Has your DH had a bad experience with a dog for him to be like that?

YANBU, take care that your dh doesn't pass an irrational fear of dogs onto your dc.

DH is not generally scared of dogs - had alsatians and other dogs growing up.
He was chased by a dog once - I was there too - but this was in a case of us walking along the perimeter or someone's property (it backed onto the sea and we were walking along the shore) and they were guard dogs.

I am also not scared of dogs. I would say that if I see some breeds of dogs unattended, I'll tend toward caution, especially with 2 small DCs but as they were on our shoulders I didn't feel in the least bit at risk at all. And the owner is a guy we see walking back from the bus stop sometimes who always smiles at the kids...fwiw

YANBU, your DH sounds like he has a bit of a problem though. If you don't want your kids growing up scared of dogs he really needs to either relax about it or if he can't, get help.

If the dog is on the owners property it doesn't need to be on a lead. I must admit if I saw someone making a fuss like your DH did I would think "what an idiot ".

YANBU, judging a dog by breed has always struck me as nuts. It's almost totally dependant on the owner.

Sunny In general, he encourages the kids to be good around dogs, learn to approach them calmly etc.

I was surprised at his attitude today, tbh and, yes, my thought was that I didn't want the kids to be randomly scared of that dog. Whenever he's been barking, and DD has asked why, I say that he probably wants to play or something like that, nothing negative!

I think he felt that the dog was on its own territory and with its owner so might feel brave and chase us.