to wish that people would keep their fecking filthy dogs to themselves?

[BubbleGirl01]

Lots of people on the school run (mainly mothers), in my area, take their dogs with them for some unfathomable reason. Most mornings DS3 and I have to dodge the fucking things as the owner has them on a long lead and they block the path with them and allow them to walk up to people.

This morning we had one pig ignorant woman let her dog almost trip DS over by the dog walking at his heels.

Another woman standing on the path talking to someone over the road, dog lead blocking the whole path, lets her dog jump up at my shopping bags, I have to ask her to move her dog.

Then further up, massive dog doing a big stinking shit (FFS who wants to smell that first thing in the morning in the street) dog lead again blocking the whole path, while woman chattering away on her phone, dog then comes to sniff at my bags.

ABU to say to people 'keep your filthy animal to yourself' and kick the next one who invades into my personal space.

I hate dogs ! The owners if these dogs you passed today sounds like they need a not so quiet word said to them

Altinkum no, you don't understand.

I don't have children in school, I live near schools, I walk past them, with dog.

I would not know if anyone had an allergy or anything.

Walking past a school is not quite the same as hanging around at the school gates is it

Why should a child have to use a different school gate to enter the school they attend

I totally agree with you Altimkum

Why should a child have to use a different school gate to enter the school they attend

Because you can't stop people doing something perfectly legal. The school has no power to ban parents from standing on a public footpath with their pet. All they can do is ask, or find alternative safe solutions. That solution may be a 'safe' gate to get the child on to the premises while the threat to the child is outside of another gate.

It's like when we have a child with food allergies. For example, we can ask parents not to feed their children peanut butter or eggs for breakfast on schooldays, or to make sure teeth are brushed, hands washed, etc, but we have no right to demand it, and no way of policing it. All we can do is keep up awareness, have children wash their hands upon entering the classroom and being aware for any warning signs and act quickly. We control the variables we can control.

MidniteScribbler Don't say that! I now feel obliged to tell DD and she will want to go to your school! She could start, say tomorrow?

Sorry, my post was about MidniteScribbler's earlier post about dogs at her school.

X-Posted. Could the school allow your boys (and you) to wait in a library, hall or other area? We have one child for whom the 'morning rush' is not a good environment for him, so mum brings him early and reads books in the library until after the bell, then the TA brings the child to class when everyone is in their classrooms. Unusual situation, and not normally permitted, but it's the right option in this situation.

Taz1212, how does your daughter feel about Australia lol?

I have not mentioned banning at all

To consider others is what I feel we should do

Why is it necessary to take dogs to school it just simply isn't but is for children to attend school

If dog owners do not want to be inconsiderate to others not much can be do w but at least admit that you (not you personally) do not give a toss

Yes, I did say it.

Where I live there's about a dozen of schools. I do try and avoid walking past them during drop off and pick up because it's not pleasant, TBH, screaming children, hassled mums, cars on the pavements, scooters, the lot but sometimes I have to and I have my dog with me.

Hope you can find a way of dealing with your child allergies, I see it's very hard for you.

EveDallasRetd are you the Crown Prosecution Service?

I'm not mad fan of dogs and I am most definitely not a fan of dog owners who seem to expect me to love their dog as much as I do!

What always amazes me on these threads is how much some people seem to think their pets are...well. human! or as important as humans. I just can't get my head round that!

If people are dim enough to treat a dog like a christmas present they're dim enough to feel entitled to take it to school. You need someone at the gate every morning shooing them away.

I adore dogs, and am currently mourning the loss of my beautiful boy who passed away last month. We'd had him since before the children and I miss him so much. He was an absolute gent but I did put a lot of time and effort into training him. However I wouldn't go and sit outside the school gates with him. It would be too stimulating and he'd get excited and want to say hello to everyone. It just wouldn't be practical.

I'm sure some of these parents could take their dogs out when they got home. Altinkum your situation sounds awful. I've never met anyone with such a severe allergy, to dogs or otherwise. I hope you get it sorted out.

I did see the wink, not sure what that changes though.

I always read a post before I answer to it.

Midnite DH has cousins in Australia- DD can go live with them and go to your school! I will buy her plane ticket tonight!

"What always amazes me on these threads is how much some people seem to think their pets are...well. human! or as important as humans. I just can't get my head round that!"

I am not even sure what you mean when they say that. Is my dog as important as a human being? In what sense? He is important to me. Very. More important than my kids? Nope. And no, I don't expect everyone else to think he is more important than them. But nothing about the actions of the dog owners in the OP suggest they think their dogs are more important than humans. They are simply there, taking their children to school, with their dogs on a lead. I don't suppose any of them expect you all to love their dogs, but if they were aware just how passionately some people dislike dogs, simply dislike being in the same space as them, and even feel nauseous at the sight of them (that took me aback I must admit!), maybe they would act differently. Before I read so many threads on MN, I assumed that people either liked or were indifferent to dogs. I know differently now.

Iranian and Confused dog owners who let their dogs run up to me, rub against me, jump up, sniff me, harrass me in a country pub or tell me "he's only saying hello" as he weaves around my feet on a walk perhps don't expect me to love them. Perhaps love was the wrong word They do expect me to like or tolerate them. And agree with them how wonderful they are. I have no idea why!

I don't dislike dogs. Not at all. I'm completely indifferent to them in general to be honest. They don't even ripple my consciousness most of the time. But I do dislike being approached by them n the ways I've described above

And IMHO anyone who lets their dog do any of those things or who blocks a path with a lead DO think their dogs right to jump up at me is greater than my right to walk down the street in peace. And that is what puzzles me

EveDallasRetd are you the Crown Prosecution Service?

Yes. Yes Bitoutofpractice, I am the major prosecuting agency in Britian, masquerading as a human being typing on the Internet. That's me. You've blown my cover.