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To instinctively protect my child

145 replies

Dailymailpretendreporter · 28/04/2016 13:54

I was in the children's enclosure a couple of weeks ago with my wife, 9mo dd along with 4 nephews and nieces having a family play day out. A number of the children (including my nephews and nieces) were playing with a dog that one of the other parents had brought in.

My wife and I were distracted for a moment talking about her end of mat leave and dd wanders over to the other children. The next moment my wife screams and I hear dd crying and trying to run/waddle back towards us as fast as her little legs can carry her because the dog was chasing her and nipping at her clothes. I react by jumping up, shouting and chasing the dog out of the enclosure.

The dog owner has now been going around telling everyone that'll listen that her £5000 'harmless' dog needs to see a doggy psychiatrist and her son was traumatised. Apparently she'll be recovering the costs from us in due course.

OP posts:
Sapph1r3 · 29/04/2016 07:52

Any Fucker Grin

splendide · 29/04/2016 08:43

If we are going to race 9 month olds (I would attend this event) then we could use small dogs to chase them down the track. Or we could use rice cakes or bread sticks where the hare usually goes.

SurroMummy13 · 29/04/2016 08:45

What a moron!

Are dogs even supposed to be in there?.

And you can tell her to back off.

MackerelOfFact · 29/04/2016 08:58

So many things about your post are weird.

Your baby was being chased by a dog and your wife's reaction was to scream while yours was to chase the dog out of the enclosure. Surely the instinctive parental reaction would be to just grab the baby immediately?! I can't entertain the idea of doing anything else.

NeedACleverNN · 29/04/2016 09:01

If it looked like a husky but was small it was probably an Alaskan Klee Kai.

They are still rare in this country and probably do cost a small fortune.

She shouldn't have allowed her dog in the children's area but at the same time you as a parent should have been watching your child.

A 14 year old is not acceptable

Bravada · 29/04/2016 09:08

Hahaha! Splendide

TheCrimsonPleb · 29/04/2016 09:25

You have a Filofax OP. Wow this thread is an education, walking baby overlords and people still using Filofaxes, who'd have thunk it.

TheCrimsonPleb · 29/04/2016 09:26

Could the tiny overlords race each other on the backs of small dogs?

bolleauxnouveau · 29/04/2016 09:33

Rice cakes and breadsticks? What about the olives and hummus?

TheSkiingGardener · 29/04/2016 09:36

Not necessarily a typo. DS1 and 2 were walking then and DS2 could run by the end of 9 months. Very oddly written OP though.

Natsku · 29/04/2016 10:21

A filofax! Have we gone back in time?!

Mine could walk at 9 months (started just before - was lucky enough to capture the very first steps on video!) and was definitely running by 10 months (and backwards too Grin she was always eager to be on the move. Looked so weird! My friends had the nickname for her 'The Glorious Leader' so I expect she was a tiny overlord.

Would love to see a race of 9 month olds!

Natsku · 29/04/2016 10:22

Oh though the early walking was the extent of her tiny overlord abilities as she didn't even start talking until 19 months so quite late to command her minions.

bloodymaria · 29/04/2016 10:28

Filofax!!

Also, childrens enclosure.

Utter nonsense.

Floggingmolly · 29/04/2016 10:29

Do you know the woman? How do you know what she's saying to everyone who will listen?? And how far away from your baby were you that you couldn't see the dog until it was "nipping at her clothes"? Confused
You are not unreasonable to want to protect your child; what a ridiculous question.
But you may have slightly fallen down on the job...

Bravada · 29/04/2016 11:47

Oh yes and DD was walking at 9 months too. She could move pretty quickly. I never set a dog on her to see just how fast she could go, but I would have entered her in this race for sure!

Slowlygettingthehangofthings · 29/04/2016 12:22

YADNBU!
I probably would have moved my children away if a strange dog turned up, but if there are no signs up to specify that you cannot bring a dog into the children's enclosure (and even if there were) you would likely have encountered a lot of hostility from the owner if you'd ask her to take her dog elsewhere.

Frankly, the woman is lucky her mutt only got a tap with a filofax.

SideOrderofChip · 29/04/2016 13:03

Trip trap.

Topseyt · 29/04/2016 14:52

My DH used to swear by his filofax - more than 25 years ago.

Original poster
Dailymailpretendreporter · 29/04/2016 23:39

I give up...

They still sell filofaxes in paperchase as well as online. I find pen and paper is nicer and its exclusively to use for baby stuff than my phone. I don't need to worry about breaking the screen on it when I'm balancing baby + buggy + bottle etc.

Thank you, I know my dd is amazing she gets it from daddy Grin

OP posts:
Bambooshoots14 · 30/04/2016 13:47

Why did you take your Filofax to the park? So you could read it and ignore your imaginary baby?

SquinkiesRule · 30/04/2016 13:51

Two of my three walked at 8 months and were very confidant walkers by 9 months so not that unusual.
I'm surprised you still have a filofax though. Dh had one bought new in the 80's, he still talks about it and misses it. Grin

hownottofuckup · 30/04/2016 13:57

I'm currently on my phone ignoring my quite real baby. You don't need a filofax to achieve that.

What's a filofax?

liz70 · 30/04/2016 14:12

Never mind how much the woman's dog cost, how much is her house worth?

Natsku · 30/04/2016 14:23

I miss my spy filofax I had in primary school.

RaskolnikovsGarret · 30/04/2016 14:29

Why are people not believing the OP? My DDs love their Filofaxes, and I've seen several babies walking scarily young, unlike my 17 month lazybones.

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