Just been to the park with Davies and Scarlett and Lucy and the Rs. It was full of people with dogs, which is fine. All of the leads, which in a public park which allows this is again fine. What isn’t fine is allowing your bloody dogs to come right up to complete strangers, sniff at them, jump at them and wander through the middle of their picnics. I wouldn’t let my children do it so why the hell do people seem to think it’s ok to not even bother calling their dogs away from people or watching where they are going and stopping them from even approaching strangers.
I had to lay there while a dog came up right behind me, sniffed at me and lurked behind my ear before getting bored and wandering off while I was quite literally frozen in terror. I’m sure the owner was perfectly confident that it wasn’t going to savage me and to be honest on a rational level even I knew it was unlikely but I just wish people would realise that if someone is scared of dogs (which is actually quite a legitimate phobia) then allowing your bloody great dog to come and sniff at me while you wander way way behind is equivalent to throwing a jar of spiders in the face of an arachnaphonic. And actually even if I were a dog lover I’d really rather not have someone else’s canine come sniffing at my crotch and picnic.
And then, if you are sitting on the ground, always the potential they will pee on you.
Comment by Joyce — 22 May 2007 @ 3:53 pm
I agree. And as for the extendable trip wires that count as having the on a lead…. pah.
Comment by Merry — 22 May 2007 @ 4:32 pm
Thoughtless selfish arses
Comment by Ali — 22 May 2007 @ 7:41 pm
Could you set the chicks on them?
Comment by Ali — 22 May 2007 @ 7:41 pm
we had our picnic totally trashed by some loonatic puppy last yaer – after he’d run all over every last item of food on the rug he inhaled hlaf the butties before his owner managed to catch up with him and tell him what a naughtly little puppy wuppy he was …. he was very lucky to be a still alive b****y puppy…..
Comment by t-bird — 22 May 2007 @ 7:49 pm
as a total dog phobic, 100% behind you
Comment by HelenHaricot — 22 May 2007 @ 8:06 pm
Yep. Totally agree. P was pinned up against a fence one summer by a jumping dog that was easily as tall as her. Owner didn’t even offer an apology in spite of P screaming and bursting into tears.
And as for the sh*tty shoes that we often bring home… I sometimes think I’d like to trace the owner and get them to clean my floors.
Comment by Allie — 22 May 2007 @ 9:50 pm