Dog in school

[Coffeeandcatsforlife]

The head teacher has a Rottweiler dog who is by nature a huge dog. He’s brought in to school a lot and the children get to play with him and look after him. Aibu feeling uneasy about this. It’s a primary school.

The - beautifully trained, only kept in a non-child bit of the school, pets as therapy - labradors in my sons school have really helped him deal with his anxieties. I’ve requested special time for him with the school dogs after, for example, he was knocked down by a dog during the holidays.

but the dogs are a part of the school family, tightly controlled and no one who is unwilling ever has to go near, or be in the same room as them.

that’s a world away from being your dog to school day…

What did you base this intelligent response on?

Then I what?

@Cutestfeet

Where do people push their dogs onto you do tell as I think that bollocks

People let their dogs jump up at strangers. Regularly. They have them on trains and buses where you have to step over them. I've had a couple of visitors bring their dogs to my house, where they are informed the dog is not allowed in.
They are in most part, initially, disbelieving. Until they realise I mean it.

In fact when one friend's dog was refused entry I was asked if I had an allergy.
Like that could be the only reason.

Depending on how this is done I think this is a great idea. So many parents let their small children run up when you’re walking your dog it’s quite shocking. I hate to think what would happen if the dog was reactive. I’ve seen it happen to my cats too and certain cats can be quite violent, not mine thankfully but with all the dog bites and violence happening maybe it should be something covered in school. That way they can teach children that you shouldn’t approach a dog unless you ask and that perhaps running at any animal isn’t the way to go.
If it’s just a pet dog in school though with no one explaining this it could have the opposite impact and could just make the children think all dogs are approachable.

Where do you live that this happening as I only see folks bitching on here about it. If it happens as much as it’s posted here the laws would have changed years ago.

trains and buses allow pets on have done for years this isn’t a recent thing by the way.

if you have no pets and folks bring theirs you do have the right to refuse as that is rude in my book.

Unfortunately though, anyone can stick a lead or harness on a dog with the word 'Therapy' written on it and people assume that dog will have undergone particular training and assessments when in fact there is no formal/standard training or assessments. It's perfectly legal to call any dog a Therapy Dog. It's why some airlines are now having to point out to people that 'Therapy Dogs' and 'Emotional Support Dogs' do not have the right to travel with passengers in the way that guide dogs, hearing dogs and medical dogs that sense seizures etc do. Everyone thinks their dog is an emotional support dog to some extent. Schools call their dogs 'Therapy Dogs' before they have even started training, before they are vaccinated / old enough to go anywhere for training... with those first pictures they send around before they have even collected it from the breeder. The failure rate for guide dog training is huge because the training is so strict and careful. Not so with 'Therapy Dogs' and 'Emotional Support Dogs'.