Dogs in public parks

John Charlie wrote: »

my question is simple, legally are dogs allowed to roam without a lead in a public park. Some people just dont get it, leaving their dogs loose. As a result my kids are frightened of dogs. It annoys me to hear the owners say "ah they wont bite". I dont care if they dont bite but they could as was the case 2 weeks ago when 2 dogs started fighting resulting in 20 stitches on the smaller dog. Dont get me started on the dog poo.

I’m a dog person. Have a lovely dog. Bring him to the park all the time but always on a leash. You’ve every reason to be annoyed. Idiots don’t keep their dog on a leash in the park and especially at the moment when they are jammed. Signs in my local park say dog must be on a leash and not allowed roam. I hate meeting a person with a dog and the dog isn’t on a leash my dog had a bad experience and he gets nervous and dogs not on leash will naturally sniff my dog and it makes him want to bolt so believe it or not the no leash thing really annoys dog owners as well.

John_Rambo wrote: »

That's terrible about your poor dog, I hope it's ok now. Unfortunately there's risk in everything we do, even before we leave the house.
I don't have a dog, but I agree with of lead times in parks. It's good for socialisation, behaviour, training and basically having dogs used to people and other dogs.

there is a long and angry thread going on in one of the community facebook pages about gamgs of teenagers pushing elderly people in a Lidl carpark and screaming and lashing out at people while filming it on the escallator going into the shop. Should these teenagers be let out unsupervised - no. Should they be locked in their homes and not let out until they are trained properly - arguably. Should all teenagers in the area be locked into their bedrooms because of the violence and crimes of some - no.
Same with dogs.
All parks, beaches and demenses have different rules - legally - most allow non restricted dogs off lead.

In some areas it states that dogs must be under control, but don't state they have to be on a leash.

I walk my dogs regularly in a local forest. I let them off leash, but they will obey command.

If I see people approach, I put them on lead and wait until the person has passed before unleashing again.

(These are small toy breed friendly dogs)

At the end of the day, it's about having respect and responsibility.

karlitob wrote: »

I couldn’t care less what’s healthy for your dog, if it comes near my child I’ll presume it’s trying to do harm and kick it.

?? that's just silly. I doubt you'd actually do that. In real life.

Some people should not be allowed to have a dog. Letting them sh*t everywhere and run around off the lead.

I was in Waterstown Park in Palmerstown a few weeks ago and they have a dog run where dogs are allowed to be off the lead. I had the baby sitting on the fence as she loves dogs. About 10 dogs in there having great time running around.

Outside the run there was a man with a lurcher/greyhound type dog. He was heading towards the gate for the dog run and I said to the wife that they love chasing other dogs and I hope he can control it.

He lets the dog off the lead and it tears around the place chasing all the other dogs barking and frightening them. Started fighting with one dog. It might have been playing but the other dog didn't like it. The owner was miles away and rambles over. The owner of the other dog says "he shouldn't be off the lead". And the other guy says "He's grand. He's only playing". We were walking on at this point and looked back after a while. It was just the guy and the lurcher/greyhound dog left in the dog run. Everyone else felt they had to leave.

karlitob wrote: »

How’s it silly? And how would you know? When a dog comes near my child I’ll kick out. Why does your dog get to frighten my child?

You're asking to be bitten or worse cause your child to be injured. If a dog approaches you or your child remain calm and encourage the kids to do so too. It's very rare a dog will come up and attack your child, you hear about the cases that happen, you don't hear about the much more common cases where dogs approach kids and nothing happens.

It's a silly debate anyway, I don't believe you'd actually do it. Internet forum talk.

karlitob wrote: »

How’s it silly? And how would you know? When a dog comes near my child I’ll kick out. Why does your dog get to frighten my child?

If this was witnessed or filmed you'd be looking at criminal prosecution.

If the video was put on social media, you'd find yourself probably moving house fairly quickly.


Imagine if your child slapped a dog and the dog owner gave your child an almighty kick?


But I know you are trolling, you have similar big bully type posts in other threads, so I sort of laugh at the stupidity of your posts.

Low post count member posts anti dog rant in the Pets forum. Is joined by a few more anti dog trolls. Don’t feed the trolls people. Nothing to see here, thread closed.