To be verbally abused by this dog owner

[moana1234]

This is an extremely honest account of what happened to me this evening and I am still shook up over now. Out walking my dog with my 2 sons age 2 and 6 dog is very friendly & likes to play, we pass a dog with his male owner and 3 sons near some outdoor fitness equipment both his and my dog are off lead so my dog goes over to say hello both dogs are excited and run in a circle around the fitness equipment. I turned my head and in that moment it is alleged my dog ran and knocked over the man’s son who is obviously upset. I ask if that was my dog and if so I’m sorry and hope the boy is okay. To which I am given a torrent of abuse, the man shouts at me to get my dog under control and on lead. I said sorry she is very friendly and wouldn’t have meant to it was an accident and his dog was playing too. He continued screaming and shouting at me telling me to train my dog and if I didn’t he would train it for me... I was so took aback I asked if he was joking then when he continued shouting I asked if he would just stop so I could firstly put my dog on a lead (I really didn’t need to as she had come back & has good recall but I didn’t want to provoke anything) and secondly not shout round the children (my 6 yr
old was visibly distressed) I got the dog on the lead and as I was walking away he shouted arsehole. I am ashamed to say I was so stressed and upset I actually soiled myself and can’t stop shaking and crying about this. Was I in the wrong here??

If his dog wasn’t off the lead and your dog been larking about and knocked his dine over then fair enough I guess. Not that you should’ve had abuse. It’s the fact that his dog was off lead so you’d have to assume that he would be ok if his dog had knocked his child over. Sounds like someone who escalated it really quickly. I guess was the son ok? Then are you ok?

His dog wasn't doing exactly the same. Only her dog knocked a child over.

Both dogs were running about together. His dog could have hit his own child over too.

...but didn't.

Justice for the bloomers.

Dogs don't aim for children. They don't hit them over on purpose. They don't want to collide with something and get hurt. It was an accident that OP's dog was involved in. The man's dog could have done the same.
It was just an accident. You are looking to find blame where there is none.

Everyone needs to keep their dogs and their kids under control. Sorted.✔️

and their bowels ✔️

Do you have kids? Did you shit yourself when giving birth?

Dog owners apparently have no empathy when they inflict their shitehounds on the rest of society.

My patience ran out a long time ago.

Did the OP give birth after her dog demolished a child ?

I said about a relative who lost their spouse and have found comfort in their dog. Their dog is the reason they are still getting out.
You go on about poo bags.

Sometimes, we have shitty thoughts and need to keep them to ourselves. I think your post was a prime example of that.

Can you please say where on this post where OP's dog actually demolished a child?
I think you are being goady now, and given your comment about my bereaved relative finding comfort in their dog, you need to step away from here as you are being really nasty for no reason. Get a new hobby.

I think only nuclear war would stop some MNers being ridiculous about dogs. Actually, not even.

He's just a dick who gets a kick out of intimidating women. His poor children will be learning to do the same.

There will be more and more of them coming out of the woodwork at the moment.

Don't question yourself. You behaved responded like a decent human being. He is the one with the problem. Just be glad you aren't married to him.

The wonderful thing about human beings is that we are all different and we all get our enjoyment/pleasure from life in different ways. I personally wouldn’t go pot holing but admire people that do. Life would be so boring if we were all the same.
I walk 365 days of the year come hell or high water in my case gale force winds and pissing rain. I watch the seasons change, the snowdrops coming out, then the daffs, bluebells and wild garlic now its meadow sweet willow herb cow parsely red campion soon honeysuckle then autumn arrives and our trees change colour and everything is so beautiful then winter arrives its dark here and winter is hard but then 1 January morning I see 1 snowdrop and so we begin again. I watch out for the swallows arriving and the migratory geese leaving, the curlews calling with their haunting call across the bay in the autumn winter then they too go for a few months to rear their chicks and then return. Yes you can do all of this without a dog but in my very extensive experience most people don't not 365 days of the year. I say to my local non dog owning friends "have you been to X" most havent, "how did you find it?" they ask. My friend with her dog showed me. We go "Gosh I've lived here all my life and didn’t know this existed."
For many many people dogs significantly improve their quality of life. But I accept for many people they wouldn’t or don't both points of view are fine.

Sorry posted the same comment twice.

It isn't an accident when you let your dog approach a family with three children and a dog calmly sniffing around them.

The second dog "being friendly" is what changed the situation and OP's dog knocked over a child.
And the OP didn't even see it!

Of course there is blame here.

I love this and it brought a tear to my eye.
My dog died in January this year, and we did so much together.
Life is so bland now without her **

I have read the OP several times now, and it reads like her own dog was running about with the man's dog too.
They were running about together. His dog could have hit OP's child too.

Bit dogs just go and live their best life and zoomie together.

The other dog seemed to be calmly with it's family.
The OP let her dog approach it - which resulted in both dogs running close to the men's children and the OP's knocking one over.

When she allowed her dog to approach without asking the man first, she changed the relatively safer situation for his children to less safe.

And than she came here explaining how her dog is just friendly.... no reflection, not reasonable.

I had no insight into the world of dog ownership/companionship until a few years ago when I started minding my niece's dog. I can honestly say, I'll never have a dog of my own now. So many dog owners behave in an irrational manner in public with their dogs and are bloody rude to boot. I just couldn't be doing with it.

The other owner should have stopped his dog running about too. But he did not.

Both dogs were running about, and one collided with a child. It happens.

Ive only briefly read this thread but didn't the OP say she didn't even see her dog knock the kid over? So it could have been his dog? Or both of them? Or maybe the kid just fell over! Angry man could have made it up just because he fancied shouting at a woman and intimidating her.

Surely this post is a wind up? 🤣