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What is the law regarding dogs on leads in parks hassing small toddlers and slobbering over them please?

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oliveoil · 03/01/2007 14:14

Do they have to be on a lead in parks or "under control" in some way?

I am sick to death of having something the size of a donkey come lumbering over and scaring my children, whilst the owner yells (from a distance) "ooooooh it's ok, he's lovely!!!".

I DON'T CARE! GET IT'S STINKING FACE AWAY FROM MY CHILD!

And they shit everywhere.

So. Can I complain to anyone or is that it, put up and shut up?

Thanks.

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StrawberrySnowflakes · 03/01/2007 14:52

i absolutely HATE this..think of the tots in their buggies or even walking being confronted by a scary arsed looking dog..happend to my dd when she was smaller and stupid woman wanted my dd to stroke to great big golden retriever to 'show' her it was not going to bite her??WTF, if you came eye to eye with a slobbery creature full of fangs and it slobberd all over you face (no, not the same as when your out on town and had too many vodkas!)..i doubt anyone would be happy!
same woman informed me a few months later after her other dog bounded over to me dd that I was making my dd afraid of dogs!!!!!!!!!!!!!..she obv didnt recognise me, but she certainly did afterwards!

great big rotweiler/doberman cross type roaming aroun park in designated LEAD area last weekend, owner saw my face as i scooped dd away from it and said oh he's harmless!!!!!!!!!!!..firstly, it should have been off its lead and secondly, isnt that what everyone says just before the dogs tears into someone??

Enid · 03/01/2007 14:57

foxy yes we still have the dog

she is not on heat anymore

there are a couple of nice things about having a dog

but tbh it is a big fat pain most of the time

I think she goes this w/e

foxinsocks · 03/01/2007 15:00

aaah you must be relieved (though bet the girls will miss her!).

JoolsToo · 03/01/2007 15:01

I'm with you Olive. I wouldn't want its stinking boll*cks on my carpet either! eeewwww

DizzyBint · 03/01/2007 15:01

the dog that knocked me unconscious was a police dog, not sure that should make a difference though.

handlemecarefully · 03/01/2007 15:04

Think it is perfectly fine for dogs to be off leads in parks if they are recalled by their owners before they pester people and respond promptly (like my dogs - ahem!).

It isn't appropriate to let dogs jump up or slobber - absolutely

Hate all this rabid anti dog sentiment currently however (not including you in this OO)

And must admit it annoys the crap out of me when I get the occasional wary / disapproving look simply for having a dog! (believe me it happens)

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oliveoil · 03/01/2007 15:14

bet you have a poodle hmc

or one of those things that Britney et al had for about 5 mins

go on, you have a dog handbag....

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Boobooroastingonanopenfire · 03/01/2007 15:16

How do you post photos? Can't find any intstructions in Member Profiles.

Want to show you my beautiful dog.

3rdTriMossTer · 03/01/2007 15:19

There's a great stretch of open ground near ours. I walk them both there off the lead with impunity. Only hardcore dog walkers go there and even they're rare!

However, if I'm in a public park I'll walk one of them to heel, and then the other dog, who is a bit lax about coming back when called, will be on the lead.

And no matter where I am; waste ground or park, I'll always clear up after them.

Sometimes, I'll be in the park, and I'll spy a tot in the distance and call my dogs to me. The parent/s will then say, "oh it's okay, s/he's fine with dogs!" and they have a little stroke and a play. But other times I'll be in the process of calling the dogs over to me and I'll get a glare for even daring to have a dog.

But I can't complain, it's better than the other day when I had a woman shout at me for letting my dog do a poo when I was actually walking over with a plastic bag in hand to pick it up!

Boobooroastingonanopenfire · 03/01/2007 15:21

lol Mossy. How dare your dog not keep it in until he reached the nearest flushable toilet?

Judy1234 · 03/01/2007 15:22

I hate the way owners say - he won't hurt you. I know he won't hurt me but he'll in effect do criminal damage to my skirt and put saliva down my leg. If I went up to them and spat all down their skirt they wouldn't be too happy.

Bozza · 03/01/2007 15:23

I think that saying "children aren't born scared of dogs" is being a bit simplistic. My children are both scared of my sister's dog, a rather boistorous but quiet (never barks) lab. It is not that much of an issue because we don't go there much. DD was a little bit wary of my ILs dog (Collie) but DS was not at all. DD is just getting over being scared of my Dyson. She is slightly wary of my food mixer. And apparently not happy about MILs electric knife. Also very scared of the radio controlled car.

She is scared of things that move unpredictably in her mind and make a noise. I think being scared of dogs is slightly more reasonable than being scared of a radio-controlled car, mind you.

Bozza · 03/01/2007 15:25

Forget to add that as she is 2 she is not big on reasonable.

Boobooroastingonanopenfire · 03/01/2007 15:27

Lol at the picture of you slobbering down someone's skirt, Xenia.

(I agree with you, btw).

donnie · 03/01/2007 15:32

agree wholeheartedly with the OP. Dogs can just get out of my face.

3rdTriMossTer · 03/01/2007 15:57

Oh Booboo they're both fully toilet trained of course it's just that there isn't a loo in the park.

Xenia ikwym! Lol at you slobbering on someone's skirt!

One of my dogs isn't great around really small, yappy dogs, they freak him out. If I see one coming along I'll call him back, and then the owner'll say "it's okay love s/he doesn't bite!" Yes, but my dog doesn't know that!

I guess it's the same with children, you know your dog won't hurt them, but the child doesn't know that!

Wallace · 03/01/2007 16:11

When my sister was 6 her leg (femur) was broken by a dog. She was in traction for 6 weeks over Christmas

And the big fierce dog?

...that was my 4 month old labrador puppy They collided as they ran round a corner and snap

ruty · 03/01/2007 16:12

And I am SICK of trying to avoid the dog shit that litters the path to the meadows where i live. It is a path dog owners, people have to walk on it, children too. Clear it up!

paulaplumpbottom · 03/01/2007 16:17

I always clear up after my dog and I think it is disgrcaeful when people don't.

handlemecarefully · 03/01/2007 17:13

"But other times I'll be in the process of calling the dogs over to me and I'll get a glare for even daring to have a dog".

Oh thirdtrymoss - I can soooo relate to that!

Lol OO, how did you rumble me. Little Twinkie-woo-woo just loves to snuggle up in my hermes handbag

Judy1234 · 03/01/2007 17:19

I suppose I can avoid them licking my legs by avoiding going near dogs which is what I do but I still don't understand how the owners can think it's fine that the dog spit goes on your legs. I wasn't even happy at Paris air port in the summer when you were forced by the emn in uniform to stand still whilst a dog licked all over your legs and bags. You feel ike saying and here's the dry cleaning bill. Perhaps they should let you cover the bag and your legs in see through plastic bags first before they slaver down you.

May be the next time the owners says it will not hurt you and it spits on me I will go over to her and say - this won't hurt either - and give her the same quantity of spit down her leg.

Pablothelittleredfox · 03/01/2007 17:53

We were walking in the park once and ds2, who was about 2.5 at the time, was running ahead of me. From the canalside at the edge of the park a black 'pit bull type' dog (sorry, no idea what it was but it was scarey looking ) ran full pelt at him and knocked him to the ground.

He was absolutely terrified and as he was running back to me in tears it ran after him. I was f*cking livid and had to try and scoop him up while I also had 1 year old ds3 in my arms while the monster of a dog jumped up at my legs .

The owners, probably in their early 20s, didn't even call it away or anything. Fuckwits.

Another time, a dog ran into our garden from the rugby field behind. It was quite a big one and ran up to ds2 who was stood against our gates so couldn't really go anywhere. I was in the kitchen so it was only when ds1 was screaming that I realised.

Not surprisingly ds2 is terrified of dogs.

They are horrible stinking things anyway and I detest people who coo 'oooh, he won't hurt him' - especially when they look at your child like he's a freak for even looking nervous. Getting your effing mutt under some control you knob.

Hmm, feel strongly like you Olive!!!

Pablothelittleredfox · 03/01/2007 17:55

And I absolutely cannot fathom why people with dogs let them stick their noses in the faces of babies and children. They sniff other dogs arses FGS. Oh it's vile.

motherinferior · 03/01/2007 18:02

I'm with the 'not hog-whimpering wild about dogs' crowd.

Vile beasts.

Cats, on the other hand, even vomiting furry buggers of dubious morals, now cats are fine.

saadia · 03/01/2007 18:11

Cantwaitforthesnow can I ask about the dog repelling things you mentioned earlier? I hate going to the park as I'm always looking around for lumbering dogs and it totally ruins things for me, so one of those things sounds good. Are the legal?

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