Dog walkers

[Lockdowner13]

I’ve noticed that since the places we can visit are restricted at the moment due to virus, just how many dog walkers there are.

I’m finding it impossible to take kids out without seeing dog off it’s lead. I really don’t like dogs much.

I’m finding that dog owners round here are selfish. Taking up the whole of the path so I need to run in the road, off lead when kids are walking, taking over the local green space.

AIBU to think that during lockdown some better rules should have been implemented. Eg dog free hours for exercise. We usually go to dog free places for our fun. Eg kids parks, cafes, national trust. Now I’m being forced to mix with dogs and it’s annoying me.

[Lockdowner13]

I got to give it to you, this thread has entertained me today. The spider bit had me in stitches. And my dh thinks mumsnet is even stranger than before. I’m thinking about namechanging to tarquinsmummy.

[AwrightDoreenTakeAFuckinDayOff]

Good call. For then we will always be able to spot the shite speaking spider whisperer.

[Alymcnabs]

Hope you haven’t left your washing out to be darked on OP! Those spiders willies are a force to be reckoned with 😱

Any link yet?

Tarquinsmummy - suits you. Go for it 😉

[shitespeakingspiderwhisperer]

Come. Come brothers. Wipe your little 8-eyed willies on the OP and shite in her handbag before running amok down the high street.

Come brothers - let us leave piles of shite in the high street and blame the dogs.

Come brothers lay booby traps of shite in the trees so that we can smear the pram.

Raise your little legs and fight the good fight. For we have willies waiting to be wiped all over your washing and you don’t know where they have been.

[nothingcanhurtmewithmyeyesshut]

Oh don't be ridiculous. I don't like kids, wish parents would just keep them in their damn buggies so I don't have to keep dodging them wiping things down where they've put their disgusting little hands all over everything and there ought to be child free hours where you keep them at bloody home so I'm not forced to mix with them.

You see how silly it sounds? For Gods sake just ignore them, they aren't interested in you. They have as much right to be out and about as you and your kids do.

[PissBoring]

And now we've got 2017 on line one. He's saying that the spider jokes were never funny and he needs them back.

[AwrightDoreenTakeAFuckinDayOff]

Nobody is listening to pissboring radio though....

[AwrightDoreenTakeAFuckinDayOff]

Anyone missing any socks since lockdown?

[Sonichu]

"You see how silly it sounds? For Gods sake just ignore them, they aren't interested in you. They have as much right to be out and about as you and your kids do."

Did you just compare dogs to children??!!!1111 😱😱😱

[SkiingIsHeaven]

I bet that the dogs have been going there for years. You have just started going there and want people to conform to what you want.

It doesn't work like that. You need to be more tolerant or go somewhere else.

[nothingcanhurtmewithmyeyesshut]

Did you just compare dogs to children??!!!1111 You're right. Dogs are way better behaved.

[strugglingwithdeciding]

I keep my dog on a lead at the moment if where we are is busy but let him off if we have space from people ? He's not very people oriented when a ball is out anyway but I think it's common decency to keep him on a lead near people
Whilst out walking last week someone's dog ran straight at me and nearly sent me flying if I had been a kid I would of been knocked over this was a narrow path and not suitable for off lead and although they apologised they never put the dog on lead after , they had 3 of them running all over some people just don't use common sense

[strugglingwithdeciding]

As for dog zones in some parks in London they do have specific areas where dogs are allowed off lead in fenced off area for dogs only , which are quite good for when teaching your dog recall etc as well as they can't get out too easy , I think they are a great idea and should be more of them everywhere , I hate it when my son plays football and people let their dogs crap all over the pitches rather than all the large grass areas around and behind not all pick up either , so in these areas would love to see fences off areas for dog off leads

[Mittens030869]

Seriously, life’s a little bit harder and we all need to be more tolerant and more understanding of each other.

^This 100%!! I always think how exhausting it must be to be annoyed so easily. I'm not a dog owner (I have 3 cats, they're much less work!), but I don't have a problem with dogs or their owners as long as they pick up the dog crap. Sadly, too many don't, so my issue is with irresponsible owners, and definitely not dog owners in general.

Complaining about dogs being out and about is completely pointless, as there are a lot of them around and they need to be exercised.

Look on the bright side. This won't go on much longer in all probability, as dog free play areas will be open again soon, more than likely.

[Overthinker1988]

I don't like other people's kids much and neither does my dog,he's a rescue and doesn't like being approached by strangers, and is scared of kids. At the moment all the local green spaces are overrun with kids and parents that allow them to approach my dog to pet him and chase him, even though he's clearly unhappy, trying to get away with his tail between his legs. He's small and puppy-like, so this happens a lot. I wish there would be child-free hours and that parents would keep their toddlers on a harness. (I don't really, just trying to show it works both ways). We all just have to compromise and tolerate each other's presence.

[Lockdowner13]

Overthinker, if he’s on a lead when out and about if he doesn’t like people. Especially around children.

Let’s just say your dog bit a kid, the police are not going to prosecute a kid for running near your dog. You might find yourself in trouble though if you have not controlled your dog properly in a public space.

[Alymcnabs]

Let’s just say your dog bit a kid, the police are not going to prosecute a kid for running near your dog. You might find yourself in trouble though if you have not controlled your dog properly in a public space

Good Afternoon Tarquinsmummy 👋

If everyone controlled their children around dogs they wouldn’t get bitten. Save a dogs life and keep your kids away from dog walking areas if you can’t control them.

[mencken]

there are around 250,000 dog bite victims each year - we only hear about it when a child is killed.

if it happens to you, call the cops and also get to your nearest minor injuries, you will need treatment and antibiotics.

The police do have powers to get dangerous dogs kept under control and if/when the owners refuse, to destroy.

[Floatyboat]

Can you make a civil claim. Ie sue the dog's owners if you get bitten?

[Wewearpinkonwednesdays]

Perhaps we need to have dog zones. If you want to let your dog go wild, chase others, and shit all over the place... you go to a specific place.

I know this was way back on the first page, but I think it's strange that usually you go to places where dogs aren't allowed, because you don't like them, (absolutely, sensible) Now these places are shut, you want to take over the dog walking areas, where people have probably been walking their dogs long before lock down, and you want the dogs to fuck off so you can have it as a dog free zone 😂 entitled much!

[WeveGottaGetTherouxThis]

@Alymcnabs If everyone controlled their children around dogs they wouldn’t get bitten. Save a dogs life and keep your kids away from dog walking areas if you can’t control them

This is the most offensive thing I’ve read in a long time. Ignorance at its best. I really hope you have said this just to be antagonistic rather than truly believing this BS.

[Alsohuman]

This is the most offensive thing I’ve read in a long time

Goodness, you do lead a sheltered life.

[WeveGottaGetTherouxThis]

Perhaps you hadn’t seen my earlier post where I described where I had been seriously facially mauled by a dog at a very young age, but old enough to remember the trauma. I can assure you I was not out of control in any way and did not provoke the dog. I was sitting quietly in a corner of a room and it attacked me. The surgeons who operated on me where astounded I wasn’t left blinded because it ripped me to shreds.

So, no, not sheltered. I just know - from experience - that that ridiculous sweeping comment was utterly inaccurate. Victim-blaming bullshit at its finest!

[AwrightDoreenTakeAFuckinDayOff]

I’m sorry that you were injured.

But from another perspective, a neighbour’s child was bitten by the gentlest old dog I think I’ve ever known. Mum made such a fuss and the dog was taken to the vet to be checked as it was so out of character. Turns out the nipped kid had shoved a sharp stick right into the dog’s ear.

Children can be blameless of course. But they are not always innocent.

For the record, the gentle wee soul was put down after complications caused by that injury. The true victim was the dog but listening to the child’s mother her kid was the victim.

If you want to blame anyone for the thread and the contents blame the goady one.

[WeveGottaGetTherouxThis]

Yes, I absolutely agree that dogs can and have been provoked; it was the sweeping generalisation from the PP I took issue with. I really like dogs - my mother made sure I was surrounded with them after the attack as she didn’t want me to have a lifelong issue with them (and fortunately, I don’t). I’m just realistic about what they’re capable of and some dog owners are so dismissive of this that it is worrying.

I’m sorry to hear of your neighbours’ situation - no winners there unfortunately.