Bloody dogs in park burst my son's football!!!

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6 And 7 year olds playing with their football in the park, bloody dog comes over and grabs the ball and bursts it. No sign of dog owner 2 v upset children.

Personally I would never take expensive kit to the park just because could so easily get lost or ruined.

When I was younger we always took cheap balls etc. to the park and kept the decent stuff for home.

No, her dog sounds like an animal who is reacting to people having behaved like dicks.

It is not uncommon for mistreated dogs to have things thrown/kicked at them, so of course they won't treat balls as fun

This happened to my DD, she got upset but we’ve surely got to put it into perspective & have a laugh about it. Otherwise they become neurotic adults. Could you have found the owners & askedfor them to replace the ball.

@coffeecupsandwaxmelts what an odd way to live 😂

Make it bite its selfish owner with its sharp teeth. And then laugh it off.

Why is that odd? 🤷‍♀️

Meh

They should feel a bit miffed perhaps
Not "very upset"😬

The tide is turning against nuisance dogs and their idiot owners. Pubs here have reintroduced dog bans as have corner shops.

Picnickers in parks behave very badly, have you ever seen the mess they leave behind for locals to 'enjoy' the next morning? Humans are pretty disgusting to be honest .🙄

It's not me going down the park bursting random children's footballs for a laugh.

I think people should have control of their dogs and pay for property they damage.

There is a huge difference between teaching your kids to wail and gnash their teeth in the face of a relatively minor drama, and wanting to have the out of control PTS because it inconvenienced someone.

It really is time for dogs to be licenced again. With a visible collar/harness tag. Service dogs, free of charge, others depending on the type of dog, and so on. Less if the owners do training etc. (and the licence being dependent on insurance)

And we have rules and laws to police their behaviour. We don't, in an ideal society, just laugh it off.

Who went to the park to deliberately burst a kids ball for a laugh?? 🤔 Are you on the right thread?

I'm waiting to hear why that's odd too. Everything you've said sounds pretty sensible to me!

The resilience comment also stands in respect of your first paragraph. Your fear might be explainable, but being terrified in this situation wouldn’t have helped - whereas some resilience would have been better for you.

If it was my dog, I’d been MORTIFIED and would replace the ball (but I wouldn’t let my dog have the opportunity to do this).

If it was my ball, I’d be a bit annoyed but convince myself and DC to see the funny side, because there is zero benefit to stewing on it and being angry/upset.

Can anyone actually tell me what the funny side of having a dog come up and burst your football is?

my DS was asked by a dog walker in the park, where DS was playing with his mate on the actual football pitch with goals, to stop because their dog finds the balls irresistible and they couldn’t be liable for what would happen. Sadly I wasn’t there to give a retort because I most certainly would have.

on the beach at Easter, my 3yo niece made a sandcastle. Two dog walkers, paying no attention to their dog whatsoever, passed. The dog pissed up the sandcastle and my nieces bucket and spade - the owners finally looked - and just shrugged.

and yesterday, two people walking down our road (which is privately owned and they shouldn’t fucking be on anyway, but I’m trying not to be a killjoy blocking off a shortcut to some local woods) deep in conversation ignoring their off lead dog who stopped and took a massive runny shit on my front grass.

I know it’s not everyone but it’s still utterly disrespectful and annoying. People like the above really tarnish dog owners.

Same here!!

Well it’s not really but that’s life isn’t it, laugh or you cry, you’re a long time dead, it’s a football not your pet tortoise.

You know that really is not true . I walk my pup in country parks and beaches local to me , I'm very lucky to live close by beaches and country parks , and by far the biggest menace to these places are humans .

Surely the point is it could have been a child rather than a ball.

Hate unaccompanied and uncontrolled dogs!! Ugh.

@Skinnermarink someone with some sense!

So many kids on here scared of every little thing. Yes annoying and out of order for a dog to burst your ball. Ask for money to get a new one. But how is that scary?

God knows how these kids will grow up and survive in the real world 🤦‍♀️

I didn't mean funny as "what a hilarious thing to happen".

I mean funny as in "a silly accident/mistake". "The silly dog was just wanting to play and didn't burst your ball on purpose!"

Just because something upsetting happened, doesn't mean you need to create a huge bloody drama out of it.

The OP said her children were upset not scared.