Parent went mental at my Ddog!

[WesternAmy]

Can someone please tell me how Ddog was at fault here?! We were walking on a footpath close to our house earlier, and a woman was pushing her toddler along on a sort of bike thing.

As we were passing, the toddler dropped a cuddly toy. Ddog instinctively went to pick this up (it resembled a dog toy) and I stopped him.

The woman went mental, shouted at Ddog “NO, NO” and I hurried us away.

I can tell it has impacted him, he has been really subdued since which is not like him at all.

Am I wrong to think the woman should have had some restraint?

Dog either didn't try and touch other property, or owner is completely 100% solely in the wrong.

Don’t think she asked for your advice, and the dog obeyed the command so is clearly trained, but in any case all the stuff in your first paragraph had absolutely nothing in common with this situation so maybe don’t project. Of course a dog shouldn’t be in a fenced off kids playground, but you realise the ground is dirty too right?

The cheese tax 😆

Entitled dog owner thread number 719293.

My lovely labs would do this too if they had the chance,retrievers and all that! Sounds like she was way over told too.

Ha! Agree!

Don’t worry OP - some people are weird around dogs. I once got told my golden retriever was a wolf.
I’m sure some cheese will make your boy forget the trauma.
(from a labradoodle mum).

🤣 oh man crying 🤣

That’s a relief. I support DDog 😘

Im a dog lover and a dog owner (currently have 2) and I’m on the side of the mum and child. They don’t know your dog is tame or that it won’t attack the toy or the child. Her delayed response may have been a processing delay between realising what was going on and vocalising.

We have a strict liability when it comes to ensuring our dogs appear to be behaved in public and there’s nothing wrong with the mother shouting No! At the dog to ensure it doesn’t pick up the toy, especially if the owner is (hypothetically) squeaking in a high pitched non committal voice “come on now silly mr ruffles, leave the toy” as they walk past. It’s a dog, it’s feelings aren’t hurt by someone else barking a command at them (and if well trained they ought to respond to no whomever commands it) and it’s not traumatised by the interaction. It’s not a child ffs.

I have a crazy neighbour who calls her overactive and very bouncy lab her son and it gets away with all manners of bad behaviours that she thinks are just cute or normal. Nothing could persuade her otherwise. It would steal a child’s toy and she’d give a tinkly laugh. You’d probably get on OP.

Can we haver an answer to this please?

FFS, she said 2 words! She didn't scream or swear or hit out. If your dog is that rattled by 2 words then it's clearly rather anxious.

How many threads have you seen on here where a desperate parent is trying to replace their kid's favourite toy because it got lost/broken etc?

If DS had dropped his prize Thomas on the floor and a passing dog had gone to grab it I would've panicked too!

Nobody but you is happy to prioritise your dog. If she'd kicked or hit it I'd be in agreement, but 'No, No!'?!!

Total overreaction.

It's madness how entitled some dog owners are, really.

I'm on the mother's side. I would not want a dog picking up my child's soft toy after the blessed thing had been sniffing other dog's arses and pee-ridden lamposts.

People can be so ridiculously precious about their dogs. DDog - for heaven's sake!

Also, 'went mental' is an absolute REACH!

This kind of post drives me mad. So it would seem that we are a nation that cares more about the feelings of a dog over that of an obviously stressed mother and her toddler. She was obvs worried the dog would ruin the kids toy but she is 'mental' for protecting her kid's happiness. I would have done the same. For the record I'm sick of dogs in pubs and bars, especially in the evening. Sick of them in cafes, shops and parks off the lead. Suck of them jumping up at my kid who is now terrified of dogs. Sick of all the shit everywhere. Sick of people thinking it is ok to let their dog piss up my car. That was cathartic. 🤣

YANBU about the toy but you are unreasonable not to post a picture of your DDog

😂

hahahahah yes.

also does Ddog mean Dangerous.lol

OP is clearly DMail reporter covering tracks. Come ON people- think about
the story… It all sounds convincing until we learn that Ddog is in fact a DLab that was sad and subdued. -Has anyone ever actually seen a sad and subdued Lab?Nope. Thought not.

You can’t fool us OP!

As an aside - maybe the mum was doing you a favour. If a dog were to come anywhere near my daughter’s favourite toy all our ears would be suffering and we’d all be pretty subdued! Don’t sweat it. All ok now.

Stop with the 'Ddog' talk.

I hope you both got therapy.

Why on earth would you want a random dog slobber all over your toddlers toy. Totally understandable why that woman wanted to stop your dog from grabbing her child's toy especially a lab. Yabu

Have you ever met a dog?
My labs don’t have slobbery mouths -when they pick something up it’s not wet fgs.

You stopped him, she sounds like a massive bellend. Probably on here whining about them being allowed in cafes.

This! ^
I am so tired of dog owners thinking that their Ddog is the world’s best ever and letting them roam around and approach any passer by - some people fear dogs, have allergies, babies etc.
I can understand this mother who was clearly afraid the dog may hurt her baby, or not not want the dog slobber over the toy, she doesn’t know the nature of you dog.

OP You know your dog surely, and maybe he would never harm anyone but DO try to understand where others are concerned from too and restrain or train your dog to stay in his/her lane.