To say you'll know if I hit your out of control dog

52 replies

Lovedogsbutnotyours · 30/11/2025 12:26

Don't you just love it when you're in the park with your 4yo, 2yo and dog (who is, as a dog should be, well trained and under control) and someone else's out of control dog comes charging over and starts jumping up and grabbing at your ball thrower while the owners do... absolutely nothing? And then when the dog finally goes they don't put it on lead, but let it do exactly the same thing again five mins later nearly knocking the kids over.
Owners finally ran down when I pushed the dog away. Apparently I'm in the wrong for moving their dog away and he's "scared" of the thrower (least scared dog I've ever seen, he was having a whale of a time grabbing, tugging and barking at me) and I'm a bad mum for hitting their dog. Mate, you'll know if I hit your dog and if you can't control it I'll control it for you and will absolutely push it away from me and my kids. For future reference, the correct response is to apologise profusely the first time, put your dog on lead and get some training.

OP posts:

Original poster

Lovedogsbutnotyours · 30/11/2025 18:49

rainylake · 30/11/2025 17:21

Was in a cafe today where a dog (on a lead) by the cafe door kept barking loudly and jumping up. DD(6) was trying to get out of the cafe to join her sister in the play area outside but was terrified by the loud barking close to her face. Dog owner got super defensive and kept saying “it’s no worse than a baby crying and she was once a baby”. He couldn’t understand that it’s not just that barking and jumping is annoying but that it is really scary but if you are a child nearly the same size as the dog. I tried pointing out that he might feel intimidated by a 6 foot tall dog barking in his face but he just kept telling me how he had the dog under control so she had no reason to be scared and she should just walk past. A stranger intervened and asked if he would just move the dog out of the way so she could get past but he refused. His dog wasn’t the problem- everyone else in the cafe was.

DD was so upset by the dog and feeling told off by the owner that she ended up crying at the back of the cafe until the dog had left while her sister played by herself. She likes dogs but is sensibly wary after being knocked over several times by out of control dogs in public and we have been told in the past gems like “the dog won’t hurt her so you need to teach her not to be scared” when a dog is jumping and knocking her over.

I like dogs but selfish and entitled owners who can’t be bothered to train them give dogs a bad name.

That is outrageous. I'm surprised the cafe didn't intervene at this point, must've been putting loads of customers off.

OP posts:

IsFearrCuplaFocalNaCuplaFuckAll · 30/11/2025 18:58

I’ve kicked more than one out of control dog before. Unfortunately I was wearing flip flops when the worst one came over and couldn’t get it. I’ve also been called a bitch more than once. I don’t care. People will only learn to control their dogs when something really bad happens and it’s too late. You did the right thing. Do it again next time.

Flip

1 2 3