[Closed] Dog, children, dog owner, park.

peter1979 · 2022-07-07T20:40:05Z

Took my two young (9 and 7 years old) kids for a kick about over the local park earlier, my son also took his bike. There was a youngish lady walking a golden retriever (probably not a year old dog) and the dog came over and tried to get to the ball and then got excited round my son, who in turn got pretty scared and did the whole running away thing, which then excited the dog more and turned into a short chase with some jumping about. I got in between the dog and my son and held the dog away, the dog owner couldnt call the dog away but managed to come over and hold it, but by this time my son was in tears. Now, I realise the dog is just being playful and is probably unlikely to go for my son, but he's 7 and his instinct was to run away. About 3 days before the same woman was walking the dog over the park and it went for our ball then and the lady was on her phone and couldn't be less interested which was pretty annoying. This time I made a point of saying her dog should be on a lead if it can't be controlled round children. She was obviously upset about it and told me her dog has as much right as my children to be off the lead in the park. I walked away to avoid more conflict. It's a crap situation because the dog is friendly, I'm sure, my son shouldnt have run away, but he's 7 and the dog was nearly the same size as him. I'm annoyed because I was polite but to the point and my instinct is to protect my kids. How should I have handled it better and are dogs supposed to be on leads in a park? (this in on the fields where there are football pitches and regular matches/training). I feel bad for my son, he was scared and it's gonna probably play on his mind now. My daughter just hid away when it happened!

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Drac

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And done.

Posted : 08/07/2022 3:27 pm

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