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Loose dog

47 replies

Needlemaker · 07/02/2019 15:44

You dont let a stange german shephard into the school playground at pick up time?

Yes I know he shouldn't have been loose in the first place im in bits being loose is technically out of control and dangerous dog territory even though he's not got a mean hair in his body but he had been tied up to the railing outside the school secured by a collar, harness and leather lead and we have done this 2 or 3 times without incident at school and many other times before with no problem

Today however the idiot dog slips both collar and harness meaning he's loose in the school car park which is fenced off from the school playground till some utter moron decided to let him in the playground!

I know my dogs safe but they don't and they just let it loose on a load of kids who does that?

I'm drafting a letter of apology to school now and I won't be walking him at pick up ever again but when I find out which idiot let him through the gate WIBU to go neicular on them?

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Darkbaptism · 07/02/2019 15:50

Maybe someone was passing through and the dog barged his way in. Many people would be too scared to try to hold back a dog.

PinkGin24 · 07/02/2019 15:51

'Let him in' as in opened the gate and let him happily trot in? Or they were walking through the gate and your dog slipped through?

I am the biggest dog lover going, usually always side with dog owners, but in this case how is it anyone elses fault that your dog was loose?

DoneLikeAKipper · 07/02/2019 15:53

Today however the idiot dog slips both collar and harness meaning he's loose in the school car park which is fenced off from the school playground till some utter moron decided to let him in the playground!

Are you sure that someone let him into the playground? Is there no chance he got in there himself? Even if someone had let him into the playgroup (agreed, stupid bloody thing to do), perhaps they were concerned your dog was going to cause a car accident?

adaline · 07/02/2019 15:57

Surely it's your fault your dog got loose in the first place?

I say this as a dog owner. My beagle has run off from me once - luckily he didn't get far but I took full responsibility for what happened. His harness wasn't secured properly and he slipped it and ran off to play with a border terrier!

But it was my fault. My dog, my responsibility to make sure he's under control and/or properly secured in public.

Drum2018 · 07/02/2019 15:58

YABU. You own the dog. It's up to you to make sure it is under control at all times and in this case you failed. And you're looking for the 'idiot' who you claim opened the gate to let him into the school yard? Maybe you should look in the mirror as it is simply your own fault this happened.

TinyTwat · 07/02/2019 16:00

Why would you leave your dog unattended at all? So many dogs are taken while tied up outside shops and other places.

pineapplebryanbrown · 07/02/2019 16:00

I never, ever tie my dogs up to fences etc. What if someone "rescues" them, steals them or they run into traffic?

Wolfiefan · 07/02/2019 16:02

Don’t leave your dog tied up and unattended outside the school.

BiteyShark · 07/02/2019 16:04

This incident has probably done you a favour. Anyone walking by could take your dog or let him off 'for a laugh' yes there are horrible people about.

MotorcycleMayhem · 07/02/2019 16:04

So you tied your dog up and left him unattended? Why? Anyone could have stolen him or let him loose. Oh wait, he...

Slipped his collar and harness. In a school car park. He could have been killed by a car, badly hurt, bitten or nipped or jumped up at a kid or anyone else if he felt cornered on his running about if they tried to capture him, disappeared by running off....

As it was he may have slipped past someone coming in the gate rather than been permitted entry. People unused to dogs won't know how to body block one through a gate.

You got lucky.

Please can people not tie dogs up and leave them unattended? I had a major fall out on my local Fb gossip girls page over this - docile dogs are vulnerable to theft this way and may be taken by anyone. God forbid they end up as bait dogs.

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Needlemaker · 07/02/2019 16:08

I am not disagreeing it's my fault he got loose give it to me with both barrels I couldn't feel worse if I tried

He wouldn't go with anyone else

I was on my way to the gate about 15 meters away after grabbing my eldest when the adult in question opens the gate to let him in

I am upset knowing a parent (not knowing my dogs temperament) let him into a primary school playground full of kids

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x2boys · 07/02/2019 16:08

Did the dog not not through the gate when someone was walking through it? Im Sorry but I think it's your fault for not securing him properly.

Wolfiefan · 07/02/2019 16:11

Or they could just let your dog run into the road and cause an accident? Confused
You’re at fault.
We have multiple reports of people trying to steal dogs round here.

whydoineedanickname · 07/02/2019 16:12

I don’t know how you think this is anyone’s fault except yours.

adaline · 07/02/2019 16:15

How was he let into the playground - surely he escaped his lead and got in? Or do you expect someone to grab at (to them) a completely strange dog and try and restrain it?

I'm a dog lover and I wouldn't try and grab at someone else's dog unless I knew the dog, or the owner asked me to try and stop them. Otherwise, no way. Dogs can be unpredictable and lots don't take kindly to strangers being in their personal space.

I think you're just upset because your dog escaped - be grateful that he went into the playground and didn't run into the road and get injured or worse!

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Needlemaker · 07/02/2019 16:24

No I don't expect anyone to try and grab him

Yes I'm upset that for the first time ever after having him for 7 years and after owning dogs for 20 odd years my dog got loose

Yes I blame myself he got loose

I do not however blame myself for someone letting him into a fenced off playground full of kids

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BiteyShark · 07/02/2019 16:28

The problem is OP no one could have let him into the playground if he hadn't got loose. He could only have got loose because you left him unattended.

No point being angry with the other parents because ultimately you would be the only one to blame for the reasons above.

werideatdawn · 07/02/2019 16:29

Hmm I don't think anyone is at fault but you. I get fed up of all the parents who walk their dogs to school and then tie them up at the gates to harass everyone that needs to get in. Just walk your dog some other time fgs.

adaline · 07/02/2019 16:29

I do not however blame myself for someone letting him into a fenced off playground full of kids

I don't understand this. Someone opened the gate into the playground and the dog got through - because he was loose! If he was under control he wouldn't have been able to escape.

If I was opening a gate and a dog got through next to me I wouldn't really know what to do to stop them - if an owner called out to me I'd try and stop the dog, but otherwise there's no way I'd go to stop a strange dog - they could be fearful, aggressive or unpredictable.

So what did you want the adult to do in that situation?

SileneOliveira · 07/02/2019 16:32

The "idiot" wasn't the one who opened the gate. The idiot was the one who didn't tie it up properly, left it unattended and then tries to aim the blame elsewhere.

Control your animal. Your responsibility.

SoupDragon · 07/02/2019 16:32

He wouldn't go with anyone else

He was happy enough to go with someone else through the gate.

SoupDragon · 07/02/2019 16:33

...and then tries to aim the blame elsewhere.

The OP has fully accepted the blame for the dog getting loose.

adaline · 07/02/2019 16:36

The OP has fully accepted the blame for the dog getting loose.

But she still won't accept that him getting loose is the reason he got into the playground in the first place.

SoupDragon · 07/02/2019 16:36

Come on, it's common sense not to go through a gate letting a loose dog through. That was bloody stupid. Obviously the dog shouldn't have been able to get loose and the OP has taken absolute responsibility for that but how can anyone have thought letting the dog though was OK?

SoupDragon · 07/02/2019 16:37

But she still won't accept that him getting loose is the reason he got into the playground in the first place.

That is the reason someone was able to let him into the playground, yes, but the reason he got into the playground is because someone let him. It's just semantics.

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