Just that really. Been out over 2 weekends in local parks with my dd (6) who is recovering from an accident and is low in confidence physically due to the accident, and still has a stitched wound which she is very aware of and worried about knocking even though it's been a couple of weeks.
On both occasions dogs have been off the lead running towards us and jumping around us. Today a rotweiller wouldn't go back to its owner when called, and before this was being allowed to bound around a very packed area in the park. My dd was sat down on a bench with an ice cream, the owner couldn't get the dog back, when it was running around us my dd very scared just wanting it to go away. Last week we were in a grassed area, not a busy park this time a staffie type dog was off the lead running with a stick, not a problem until the owners started to talk to another dog walker the dogs kept snapping at each other, they didn't put their dog back on the lead and their own kids ran towards us (we were sat on the grass) with the dog and the stick shouting "wind him up" tormenting the dog with the stick.
My dd can't move very fast at the moment and we both felt very vulnerable with the dog running towards us at full pelt whilst being wound up. I shouted "keep your dog away from us" on this occasion. What should happen in these circumstances, are dogs allowed off leads (genuinely asking as I don't know)
AIBU to expect to not have to do this?