AIBU to think that parents should educate there kids about the dangers of unknown dogs.

[LouiseSmith]

Sorry folks another dog one.

I'm asking because I had a situation the other day where I was walking my dogs down alley next to a field, and my little dog (Shih Tzu) had lagged behind. I turned and a little girl had hold of her around her tummy, back legs off the floor. Her father (I presume) still on the phone, I asked him to remove the child from my dog, and that she may snap as she doesn't know the child. His response "If it bites her it'll be put down."

Not only that ive lost count of the many times over the years ive been walking and kids having come running at the dogs, not even a "Can i touch the dog?" I mean we spend years telling our kids, "don't talk/go/take sweets off strangers." that we fail to tell them the simplest "don't just walk over to dogs and touch them." Why? The parents would be the first to moan if the dog snapped at the child. But I bet you'd be pretty pee'd off if Mrs X from next door came up to you and started scratching your ears.

[MadAsFish]

My son never approaches or touches a dog without asking the owner if the dog is gentil...um, calm? friendly? Ah, nice, or friendly, thanks Google traduction.
It's absolutely a two way street - people must teach their children how to behave; dogs are a fact of life, and dog owners must control their dogs, especially if they're not especially fond of people in general.

[MadAsFish]

Wow, Karin, what horrible people, large and small. That's such a nasty thing to do to a dog, the risk of being bitten aside. Were it my child they would be in big trouble for being a cruel bastard, something perhaps the mother is as well.

[Grennie]

I used to find I had to protect my dog from children, not the other way round. YANBU

[muddylettuce]

This annoys me too. My dog is super nervous around people (rescue) especially children as they are unpredictable and loud. I try and educate them myself by showing them how to approach a dog, offer their hand first, touch them gently etc. I haven't had a negative response from a parent yet but if I encountered such ignorance I'm afraid I might get myself into trouble! Parents should take responsibility for educating their children, I certainly will. Yanbu.

[spongebobsmallpants]

havent read all the comments but im completely with you on this.
Dd is 3 amd loves animals but shes been taught ask if the dog is nice and can she stroke him/her.
Shes been shown how to let it sniff her hand first.
She really good and normally says 'mummy is it nice' and I prompt her ask the owner

[mymiraclebubba]

I am a dog owner and a parent.

You were not being overly responsible as you shouldn't have walked past your dog, you should have waited for her

However yanbu to expect parents to teach their children better about strange dogs. I am forever drumming it into my dsc's that whilst our dog and my parents dogs lobe them to bits not all dogs will and they should ask before going near them.