Dogs on buses near babies

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Just to be clear, this isn't a goady thread about dogs and I don't hate dogs. Interested in others opinions as I have to take the bus daily!

I think owners should keep them away from prams and only take them on buses if there's plenty of space! AIBU?

Today, coming back from a long walk at a local beauty spot, someone plonked their husky-type dog right next to DS in his pram (pram was in the area with fold-up seats, 2 other prams opposite). As dog was on eye level with 10-month DS I asked him to move the dog. He assured me dog 'won't hurt him' but I said I'd rather not take the risk thanks, especially as DS will try to grab anything furry and interesting. He reluctantly moved dog into the aisle, where it meandered around on the end of a long lead, sniffing people and getting in everyone's way.

I've had similar with someone's dog licking my ankle on the bus, owner didn't seem to think it mattered

Did I overreact or AIBR to think dogs should be kept on a short lead on buses, sitting next to their owner, away from babies/small children?

Yes my dog is a wild animal you should see him now all curled up in a tiny ball. Wild, he is

I would be extremely surprised if it was a pitbull.

I would never take my dog on the bus. I isn't even know it was allowed.

lurked yes me too! These massive dogs that are either as big as the pushchairs, or the pushchairs that are as low to the ground as the dogs, must be amazing to see

It seems on mn that now slagging off dogs or cat is the new sport.

If it's not a dog thread, then it's a thread slagging off cats.
I've been here a while.

You can't compare humans to dogs!

Yes poor cats, they get a hard time on here too.

Both my ds went through a stage of being frightened of dogs, if a dog had got on a bus then they would have been hysterical. I don't like them myself so I wouldn't like it either!

All dogs, regardless of how docile they appear to be, have the potential to bite. If anyone can come on here and prove definitively that it's not true then everyone has a right to feel cautious. I don't see how the debate can be prolonged until then. Dogs can be dangerous. It's the potential that worries people and it's the blasé attitude of some owners that rightly pisses people off.

And being licked by a dog when you don't want to be licked is just fucking disgusting. I'm not at all scared of dogs, I just don't want them slobbering all over me, it's rank.

OP, YANBU.

I don't think it is reasonable to ban dogs because some young children are scared of them. Ds is scared of babies and toddlers but I doubt anyone would think it would be reasonable to ban them. All that is required is if there is a choice of seats, people use some commonsense about where they sit and everyone makes an effort to stop dogs or humans licking or sniffing anyone else.

Navy, I'm intrigued to know how you reached that conclusion. Beyond all possible doubt, is it? Your dogs are just special are they?

If it worries you that much, don't travel on the bus. You could walk.

The hysteria surrounding dogs is depressing. People need to stop passing their fear, ignorance and mistrust of dogs onto their children.

This, absolutely! Fear is a learned behaviour in children, parents must stop getting hysterical about dogs/spiders/wasps whatever, children pick up on it and become unnecessarily scared too!

I'm very wary of people that don't like animals..

Navy, I meant this:

"Not that my dogs would ever just randomly lick someone or slobber on them or bite them."

You can't say definitively, 100%, without doubt that none of those things would ever happen. Can you?

And yes I can say 100% without a doubt my dog wouldn't bite anyone.

Then again he's a 4lb Yorkshire terrier

Look how scary he is! Ready to tear anyone to shreds! He's scared of everything though so I'm not sure it will be likely.

domesticated WILD animal, missed a trick there.

You forgot to bold the WILD, Alaslas2.

It's a bit of a contradictory statement that, was it WILD or was it domesticated.

Pmsl at the dangerous ankle licker. I was pushing a friends baby recently and a toddler came over and touched the baby. Was definitely not on a lead and could potentially have hurt the baby. My dog however would ignore children but he is much to classy for public transport and would probably eat chewing gum off the floor