Kids here do activities on a Wednesday, so this afternoon I dropped two off at judo and took the baby to listen to stories at the library. I left the dog tied up outside (as usual). About 20 minutes I heard the dog yelping, and as I got up I saw a librarian running out and shouting out "whose dog is it?"
There was a gaggle of kids around my labrador, hooting and cheering as a four or five year old laid into the crouching dog with his feet, kicking and kicking the dog. A woman (their mother) was standing watching.
I ran out and the librarian grabbed the little boy, who was just calmly walking away, she asked him if he would like to be kicked like the dog and he just laughed as did all the other children and the woman. The librarian and I did our stuff, trying to explain that he should not do that and that it was wrong and really telling them off. They all just laughed, and the woman just smiled then they all sauntered off laughing and taking the piss out of my accent and what I had said. The oldest child couldnt have been more than 10 and the youngest was about three.
My dog was limping on the way home but seems fine now. In retrospect I wish I'd called the police.
