AIBU to think bringing a large dog into a play park is inconsiderate?

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Had DS3 in the play park this afternoon. The park was gated with a sign that said no dogs at the entrance. Someone came straight in with a toddler and a massive mastiff dog. You could see children and adults were avoiding it. As the owner was leaving the dog actually nipped him on the finger.

Am I being precious or is it really inconsiderate to bring dogs, especially really big ones, into a park with children? The dog was jumpy when children were running past too close etc which made me feel even more uncomfortable.

The size and breed don't matter - if there is a sign saying no dogs then there should be no dogs in there.
I would imagine it is as much about 'toileting' as it is about the safety of the children

AIBU to think bringing a large dog into a play park is inconsiderate?

Your title needs amending slightly, but, YANBU.
Dogs don't belong in children's play grounds. They shit as well as having the possibility of nipping or worse.

Honestly that’s really rude of them.

Bringing any dog into a play park is inconsiderate.

We used to have a school mum who got a new puppy and would every day bring it to the play park and let it roam off lead to ‘socialise it with children’. 🙄 This was during COVID so we all went there a lot. I kid you not, literally every single day this dog bit a new child. One child ended up being chased up a tree in tears. It was only a teeny little white floofy thing but it was vicious and had been taught no boundaries.

If you can’t leave your dog at home, you don’t come to the playground.

You obviously live near oiks. Take a photo and send it to the council. These people know nothing will happen but at least protest!

Inconsiderate? You mean a selfish, fucking arsehole of the highest order. I'd be taking my kid out while giving the owner a nasty look. I like the idea of reporting them to the council, I suppose calling the police is a tad extreme.

YANBU
If there is a sign saying 'No Dogs' then they should not take their dog in there.
My local park has play areas like that too, and they are fenced off. But they are small enough that anyone with a dog and small children can still safely keep an eye on their kids and not be in the play bit too.

Thanks guys. Looks like I’m on the same page as everyone else. I was doubting if I was just being overly grumpy about it! I haven’t had a dog as an adult but we did have a family dog when I was growing up. It seems having a dog is very different now than it was then, with them going a lot more places now with their owners than they used to.

The no dogs sign means no dogs. It shouldn't have been in there.

As a dog owner, YANBU.

YANBU at all OP and I say that as someone who has dogs & children.

Our parks are also all no dogs allowed and to be honest regardless of the size or breed of the dog nobody should be taking them in there. My niece is terrified of dogs, as in literally tries to walk off the pavement in front of a car than have to walk on the pavement beside a dog coming the other way even if on a short lead and not going to touch her, it’s not fair on kids to have dogs in the actual play parks.

This happened.

Yup I hate it. We have a park I can see from my upstairs window. Sign on gate no dogs.

9/10 when I look out there is at least one dog in there even if there are no children, so people are deliberately just taking their dogs in for zero reason.

I was jogging through my local park when I saw a large cane Corso off- lead. I instinctually slowed down so that I was very slowly walking past it and avoiding eye contact. I was terrified. I think the answer is to have large dangerous dogs made illegal to own

No dogs = no dogs
Doesn't matter if it's a teacup chihuahua or a great dane

How do you know it was dangerous?

You may as well ask me how do I know the pet lion at the park was dangerous

Was is it lunging and snarling? Or was it just stood near its owner and minding its own business?
A big dog =/= dangerous.

its size and strength

St Bernards are huge strong dogs.
Would you be scared of seeing one too?

It was with its owner on a lead, but when children were running past it or being loud it was very obviously on edge. I’m not scared of dogs, but I was scared of it.

As a dog owner I agree not just inconsiderate but bloody wrong, but this will just descend into usual anti dog MN rhetoric.
I take mine to private dog parks.

Did nobody pick the fluffy white thing up, hand it back to the owner and tell her to remove both herself and her dog?! I would not have hesitated personally (but I also don't give a crap about 'causing a scene' when people are being obvious wankers and putting others at risk with their inconsiderate behaviour, which I appreciate others prefer not to do).

YANBU. But next time tell them. Really.

I'm not very brave about these things, but it's funny how much support you get from other parents in these situations as soon as you speak up. I had to do it once. I choose small, gated parks so they don't have dog crap in them, and where if one twin runs off they're not far and contained, and won't encounter anything more dangerous than a pigeon. Selfish dog owner.

Sorry but what a ridiculous question.

Given the daily reports of attacks, including fatal ones, I think the default position of most people would be to afraid of a large , powerful dog such as a Cane Corso wandering around off lead.