Ok it’s a dog one - so am prepared...
I walk my 6 month old puppy in a local park. It’s a large park, but has a small gated off section which is spefically for dogs off lead. To point out other areas of the park include two gardens, tennis courts a large area with no dogs allowed, play areas, cafe etc.
The part with the off lead dogs is small and fairly scruffy and not particularly tempting to sit in.
Anyways. I took my pup there this evening walked into doggy area and let him off lead. His recall is sketchy and I’m working hard on training him and, to me, this is the ideal place to do it (many local owners do the same).
Now, to my aibu- there were a group of five teenagers sitting hanging out on a bench in the doggy area. My pup went toddling towards them (not really paying attention to be honest) and two of them jump up screaming and running away- at which point, he did start to pick up a bit of a run! I obviously put him back on the lead before he reached them, but aibu to say- don’t hang out in the dog area if you are scared of dogs.
(Ps dog is small-ish and fluffy, think King Charles cavalier) - not that this makes a difference , if you’re scared you’re scared, but he’s not a particularly threatening looking dog iyswim l)