Dog owners put them on a lead!!!

[BusyJessica]

I am a runner, Im so tired of people's dogs running and jumping on me while i'm on a run. Its always dog owners with the larger dogs, if you have a dog that is excitable and is known to chase jump and be a general nuisance to others trying to enjoy the park please put it on a lead.

I suffer severe allergies and today a dog jumped on me while i'm out running and scratched my leg. I have now got a 4 inch scratch which could scar from the knee down. The lazy owner had the dog off a lead and was very overweight so could not keep up with the dog running off ahead.

She then had the nerve to tell me i was out of order for kicking the dog off me.

Please Dog Owners put your dog on a lead.

In that situation, Navy, yes. How was she expected to get the dog off of her when the owner wasn't doing anything to help?

To be honest if someone's big dog jumped on me, injured me and the owner done nothing to stop or (let alone prevent it from happening in the first place!) I would be tempted to "lamp" the irresponsible owner too.

Well, hmm. I've got teenagers. Two nice well-behaved teenagers who do their homework and have friends and a social life and are often a pleasure to be around.

Oddly enough I still believe that some teenagers are causing their parents serious hassle and heartbreak and are stealing and staying out all night. (NOTE: I am not suggesting btw that their parents kick them, or indeed that it's 'all the parents' fault'.)

Miserable, rude and over dramatic OP

I don't think so. You seem to have missed the bit where the OP said that she was severely allergic to dogs? I cannot imagine this response being posted on a thread about someone being allergic to - say - nuts...?

SeamstressfromTreacleMineRoad
Think some people lose perspective when it comes to pets, as part of my job had to follow up a child (12 months) who was bitten by family jack Russell, the au pair took baby to hospital and when parents questioned they said au pair overreacted and so the fired her and jack Russell was sent to dog training but remained in family home🤔

or more reasonably, op, have you reported the dog that hurt you yet? Please make sure you do. People with nut allergies avoid nuts...people with cat allergies avoid cats. Perhaps running in a park full of dogs isn't the best plan for someone with severe dog allergies and anxieties about dogs.

Well you'd get a boot from me Lweji if you did.

You could try.

But more likely, if your dog injured me, I'd report it to the police.

And, as pointed out earlier, you too for attacking me.

This thread is absolutely barking pun intended crazy, crazy people suggesting that a person should do nothing when being injured by a dog. It really does clearly highlight the problem and it is not the dogs, just doing what dogs do. OP carry a stick, branch from a tree, while you run through the park and the dogs won't come to do. And yes by the way dogs do go for runners, I think they make the dog nervous.

Navy so what do you suggest a pedestrian should do, if jumped on by an unknown dog, meaning he has no idea if the dog is dangerous?
When the OP wrote "kicked" I understood it as a defensive gesture to get the dog to leave him alone, not an aggressive kick - the latter is absolutely wrong.

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In all seriousness though op, don't ever kick a dog. My friend's dog was abused and is only just starting to show friendly interest in people again and had it been him you kicked, he would probably have taken your leg off. Remember, to them, jumping up is a friendly invitation to play. Bloody annoying and rude but they don't understand that. They're just being playful. If you get aggressive with them, you have no idea how they will respond. It's a good way to get attacked again. Best thing to do is tell the owner loudly, to get their dog, he's annoying you. Or instruct them to get down yourself. It's the owner that should be kicked, not the dog.

If your toddler came up to me and tried to grab at me and I kicked them to get them off me because I hate kids, would that be ok? Of course it wouldn't. They don't understand that it's not acceptable.

OP I think you come across quiet entitled and rude to be honest but I do agree with SOME of your points

I think dogs that jump up and chase should be on leads - as you say what about small kids in the park?

But if you want to run totally undisturbed you need a treadmill in your bedroom.

I also run regularly in the park - I like seeing all the different dogs having fun, distracts me from the horror of that last 2k - I saw a dog the other day I swear to go he was grinning he was so happy!

Dogs are much more fun than teenagers who shout crap at you or bloody cyclists who take up a whole tow path and expect you to jump in the canal rather than have them slow down and share the path!

lighten up or buy a treadmill

StarryIllusion A toddler is not a physical threat to you, a dog is!
Mmh I guess you could argue that some toddler could bite you... but do you see my point? I have never been scared for my physical integrety when a toddler approached me, I have been when a dog did.

She obviously meant harm to it as the dog owner was annoyed with her.
This is wrong. I am sure not a lot of people will defend this kind of behaviour.

But would you agree that as a dog owner it is your responsability not to let your dog jump and scratch someone's leg?

YABU for kicking the dog OP which could have gone very badly for you but YANBU for thinking dogs without good recall should be kept on a lead. I had a dog jump at me while I was out running and it bit my jumper tied around my waist and refused to let go. Owner almost completely useless in getting the blasted dog to let go.

Disclaimer: I am not a dog person.

Dogs have to be on leads almost everywhere else for example by roads and then in the summer they have to be on their leads at most beaches.

Why shouldn't they be allowed to run free in the park (under control of course)?

Without question overexcited dogs who jump up at strangers should be kept on the lead in public. I can't believe anyone would argue this.

A properly dog wouldn't behave this way. I'd probably have kicked it too or shoved it away, Id imagine fight or flight kicked in.

I don't think I've ever been to our local park without seeing a child/adult made anxious by large bounding dogs. I think maybe dog owners don't notice it happening because they feel there is no reason to be anxious.
The man whose dog ran up to me and buried its nose in my crotch thought it highly amusing and reassured me it wouldn't hurt me. He called it to him but it ignored him. What do I do? Just trust him!? I dared not touch it or push it off, so I turned slowly away and eventually it got fed up. He walked away probably thinking it was an amusing incident.
It wasn't, not to me. I don't want dogs bounding up to me or touching me.
If that's being 'entitled' then I think I'm entitled to be entitled. YADNBU