children that are firghtened of dogs and how i find some parents are encouraging their fear

[haychee]

I have 2 medium to large dogs and i get so cross when i come accross children that just lose the plot if the dogs go near them. I can understand that they are frightened and i call the dogs away from the child instantly. But what makes me cross is the parents responses, "that dog should be on a lead" or i just get looks that could kill you dead. My arguement is, that if the child is that frightened then why would you take him or her to a place where dogs are everywhere in a dog walking area. Why do parents encourage their childrens fear by making these comments? what good does it do for the child? I actually saw one mother once who picked her child up every time the dog was anywhere close (like 4-5meters away). The child got increasingly anxious and the mother ended up having a go at me. I know and fully appreciate that some dogs are dangerous but mine arent and i think that when parents react like this infront of their children the message they are displaying is that its ok to be this frightened of dogs.

My daughter was once frightened of thunder so i purposely sat up with her watching a storm and saying things like "wow, that one was very loud" and " cor, look at that lightening isnt it beautiful". Because of this time i spent with her and the way we watched it together has dulled her fear - infact she gets quite excited if there is a storm brewing now.
Any one else feel the same or can understand where im coming from? or maybe your one of these types of parents that react like this? I would like to discuss the issue if anyone has any comments?

me too Filly, but this is strangely compelling

tis like, oh, aerobics or something - you don't really enjoy it at the time but it feels so nice when you stop...

PMSL puppy, with medals, can be recalled in a second.. after scaring small children.

Get a shovel, dig yourself a BIGGER hole. You are full of shit.

I also dislike it when irresponsible dog owners allow their damn dog to bounce all over my terrified dog who is a rescue and has had a shitty life and is absolutely terrified of other dogs and then say oh its ok he's only playing its all fun when I ask them to get their bloody animal under control.
Do you have any phobias haychee, spiders maybe, snakes, rats? Have a bit of consideration for others.

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doodle do worry about your language. Mine has been pretty bad on here. Waiting on a warning from MNHQ

meant dont fecking spelling today

oooh i swore on here.

have never had a warning

oooh

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come on Haychee, waaalkiieeeees

Just for a moment, I will stick up for her due to this post...

[quote] ive had dogs for years and id say 85% of people i come across do not have any issues or fears of dogs. Then there are the other 15%, the types who stay right out of the way - thats fine. Its those who take their kids to a park where there are numerous dogs off leads having a good run, when there is another park further down the road where dogs must remain on leads at all times. So i and all the other dog walkers out with their dogs off leads are expected to stop what they are doing and put their dogs back on the leads because some daft mother has arrived with a frightened child. If you do not do what she says then you will feel the force of her tongue and nasty glares.

Although having said that it seems i am the only person in the entire country that has parks that have either dog off lead or dog on lead rules.
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To be fair, in the situation she is in I see her point, I would take my child to the park where dogs have to be on a lead if my child were scared of dogs to the extent some people on here say. It seems she is lucky to have the two types of park. I will probably get flamed for sticking up for her but I do see her point, and a lot of people on here seem to be missing that point, reading the OP then wading in without reading her other posts.

Oh and for those that say you shouldn't own a dog unless you have a garden big enough for it to run around it, you must be joking, it would have to be huge. Dogs need to have a good run its their nature, it would be cruel NOT to let them have a decent run.

But I'm sure no-one will listen to the other side of what she is saying, condemn her for the OP and twist what else she has to say regardless...

Haychee I think you are banging your head against the wall if you are to change peoples opinions... I would go and have a drink

Only read OP.
Your big dogs have very sharp teeth, and if your lovely big dog decides it going to sink those big teeth into one of my children and it is at face level with one of them there is FARK ALL you could do about it, and lovely though they may be, I dont want your dogs off their leads near my dds.

My sister was attacked by a dog when she was 4 and narrowly missed having half her face ripped off. She's one of the lucky ones.

I also went to school with two children who had terrible facial scars from dogs.

I have owned or been around dogs for most of my life, however, I think it's only natural that small children are scared of big lolloping dogs that come bouding towards them.

And yes, I think dogs should be kept on leads in public places. Parks are for everyone to enjoy, not just dogs and their owners.

Medals?

HAR!

They could be medals for farting for all we know!

lazy!!!!!

maybe some photos?

why are you being such bitches?? (excuse the pun)

isn't it obvious?

*gives out tomfoolery and farting medals

MEDALS!! I mean....MEDALS!!!

When I was little I had a German Shepard attack me so horribly that I still have several scars on my legs. Up until it attacked me on that day, the dog had been considered friendly by the owner who did not have on leash.

After I was attacked, I was frightened by dogs that if one came near me I would jump on the nearest thing...including a couple of peoples parked car. My mom was so concerned about my fear that she bought me my own puppy (aaahhh). I loved that puppy so much but today this day I am afraid of dogs I don't know.

One of my children loves dog and he would pet any stray he saw. I pulled him aside and explained to him that all dogs are not friendly some of them will bite and so that he should not approach strange dogs.

the fact they my dogs have medals is apparently something to be joked about. How very amusing in itself. The fact they have medals prooves the point that i take my dog ownership very seriously and am very committed to them and their behaviour.

My dogs do not go into the park and look for children to chase they are far more interested in sniffing etc. So here is the scenario; im out with my dogs and they are not running about knocking people over they are just sniffing around as dogs like to do. A child some disatnce away is with its parents and it starts screaming and running about because it can see my dog over by the bush (doing nothing much), my dog instantly pricks his ears up at the commotion. I immediately call him back and we move well out of the way or put the lead on if there is no other way past. But the mother shouts over, "that dog should be on a f-ing lead!"

How do you think this is reasonable?

I wonder what proportion of the population of uk dogs actually had ever shown aggression towards humans. We always hear of the bad stories and the good go unnoticed.