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AIBU to be upset after a dog jumped at our baby?

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KellyK2026 · Yesterday 12:14

Okay, so myself, DH and baby were at a country park the other week. Baby was getting hungry so we sat ourselves down on a park bench and got some food out. A woman was walking with her family and dog and the dog must’ve smelt the food as it suddenly
comes bounding over and is jumping at baby (who is on DH knee) to get the food. We don’t know this dog and don’t know what it's capable of. I scream at the owner that we have a baby and to get her dog under control. At this point, she’s pretty far away and is taking her time to come over. My DH then kicks the dog to get it off them as it just will not stop. The woman wasn’t particularly apologetic and seemed shocked. Did we overreact?

OP posts:
lavendersweetly · Yesterday 23:58

OP, I mean this with all due respect, I have read through this entire thread and I feel that your responses are very combative and argumentative which is a real shame. You came here asking if you're being unreasonable and you can quite clearly see that the general consensus is that you are not, but equally, you asked for opinions and you are getting them. If you're going to disagree or have an answer for every single reply then you perhaps should remove your post, IMO.
I think we, as rational adults, can absolutely all agree that a dog with poor recall skills should have been on the lead. This incident should not have happened to you and you are absolutely entitled to feel however you wish to feel about that, but kicking a dog is wrong and just not proportionate to the event 😕

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