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?

"No No" is not "going mental". I am more offended by your use of "mental" as an insult than I would have been by her. She was telling your dog NO which you also did.

Its in the op that the dog stopped when op, um, stopped him.

That's a massive reach, I dont let my kids do any of those things, wouldn't want a stranger dog approaching out belongings.

He's impacted? The vet can usually take care.of that.

This 🙄

Yabu. I wouldn’t want dog drool all over my child’s toy either. She did nothing wrong telling the dog “no”.

Solution- buy your DDog a Dtoy. He obviously feels deprived of his rightful, pavement, discovery. (I quite like DDog, BTW).

Nah, I'm a parent and hang out with other parents. They want to not control their kids, as when it suits them, and freak out about others at their arbitrary whim.

It's exhausting.

"the most bizarre behaviour"

Really? A mother not wanting a dog to go for her child's day - at best slobbering over it, at worst destroying/damaging it

YABU, what kind of mother would be comfortable with a dog going for their kid's toy?

I bet you’re popular with these parents you hang out with!

I’m on team DDog DDarling …

I agree. OP has really overreacted to this non event

Lucky for me, I don't need the validation of others through popularity!

Sounds like an overreaction by both of you.she was worried her DC toy was going to get dog slobber. You are being over protective of a dog.

She did nothing wrong, that woman. On a separate note, nothing to do with dog slobbering - dog's slobbers are nothing compared to what this soft toy would have picked from the pavement (helminth eggs, particles of dog excrement, etc. etc.).

A person shouted "no, no" at your dog who was trying to pick up their child's toy and you think they "went mental"? That's a bit of an overreaction on your part. Most people don't want their possessions going into the mouths of random dogs.

I like DDog. And there's nothing wrong with a bit of DDoggie drool - good for the immune system 😁 She should have been grateful! So definitely YANBU.

OP you sound entitled and insufferable.

YABU.
I would have done the same thing as her.

Your dog has not been “affected” by it 🙄

'impacted' by someone shouting no?

Possibly just responding to your emotional response to this.

yep, as I thought! 😆

Here's your medal and biscuit! Enjoy!

It was probably her child’s precious soft toy and she panicked thinking it might get destroyed or slobbered on (I have a dog btw)

She was probably very frightened of dogs. Neither of you did anything wrong, she was reacting out of fear & anxiety.
A phobia is exactly that an irrational fear & reaction to something.

I'm sure D-dog will get over it!!