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?

I think anyone who has a ddog and only writes "dog" is extremely weird. Don't they love their dog? I would be suspicious. If it's not a ddog, they should give it up to someone who DOES think of it as a ddog!

It's traditional on MN (Like DH, DD, etc.) We had dchameleon once. I think it's sweet.

I went to an event recently and the woman sitting next to me said, "I'd better go. I told the dog I'd only be an hour."

Are people using their dogs as an excuse to go home rather than hanging round with you often?

I love this!

I love the arrogance that they believe there’s something wrong with the dog owner rather than their conversation. It’s an excuse to get away. Nothing more.

Lol DDOG! Dwtf

Latecomer Ddunce

I think it's sweet, too!

Me too!

I wonder if ddog was wearing a watch!

I think all the posters who are mocking Ddog for being upset are really mean!

Ffs it’s a dog! Will only momentarily be traumatised. Stop putting human feelings into/onto dogs. It’s hardly like the mother hit it hard.

Also, ffs it was a cuddly toy. Hardly the end of the world the dog glanced at it.

I think it was the event she was bored with, rather than my company!

But they do have many of the same feelings we do. They feel anger, happiness, loneliness, depression, sadness, fear, joy, contentment. The only reason that humans can labour under the impression that they do not is because they can't talk. They would have plenty of feelings to express if they could! Also, remember how sensitive dogs' ears are. When the woman shouted, it must have deafened him. Him, note, not it!

Yes but only in that moment. I can guarantee that the dog won’t have held onto those emotions for the same length of time OP said it would. My cat gets pissed off if you yell at her (not often) but is over it in a short time.

I know dogs and cats and other animals have similar emotions to us too. Well aware of that.

Guess I’ve traumatised a neighbours dog and it’ll now need months of therapy, after telling it to fuck off.

🤣🤣🤣

Why would you speak like that to a defenceless animal? He or she (not "it") will know from your tone that you were being horrible. Also, the dog might well recognise the word as a sign of aggression, since humans use it that way so often.

You only swore at it because you know it can't answer back. 😡

Well, why not? Dogs can remember things for a few hours.

Lenny must be horribly traumatised - I swear at him quite frequently when he brings his friends in to play. 🤣

I’m an experienced dog owner and I can assure you that “ddog” won’t have been impacted and been subdued by being told no, loudly or otherwise 🙄

It’s that kind of thinking that has resulted it a nation of babied, badly behaved dogs that are allowed to do whatever they want because apparently their needs come before the general public’s.

Oh please.

Thank you for posting this!