Aggressive Child Owner in Peckham Rye Park

[Loz]

It is useful for winding up types of parent who think the world should revolve around their little bast... darlings.

[haruki]

Reading this thread (and others on the forum) anyone would think the hound of the baskervilles was loose in south london.

While I completely agree that agressive dogs should be kept under control and on the lead, it's completely impractical to suggest that dog owners ought to ask everyone they meet if it's okay for their dog to approach strangers.

It's also worth getting some perspective here. Although dog bites are on the rise, they're still far from being prevalent. The NHS usefully collates hospital admission statistics, and looking at the under 15s (people seem most concerned about kids here) dog bites/attacks fall at number 28 on the list for 2010-11 (1422 incidents). As a comparison, falls from playground equipment is at number 2 (8149 incidents) and kicking/scratching/bites from people is at 22 (1822 incidents).

Given that people are clearly more dangerous than dogs, perhaps we should be asking permission of everyone we meet in the park if it is okay to walk near them?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Just to put some perspective on the title, it was posted originally in the ED section following a post titled "agressive dog owner in PRP". Perhaps a misguided attempt at humour.

[ClareC]

haruki Wrote:

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> Reading this thread (and others on the forum)

> anyone would think the hound of the baskervilles

> was loose in south london.

>

> While I completely agree that agressive dogs

> should be kept under control and on the lead, it's

> completely impractical to suggest that dog owners

> ought to ask everyone they meet if it's okay for

> their dog to approach strangers.

>

> It's also worth getting some perspective here.

> Although dog bites are on the rise, they're still

> far from being prevalent. The NHS usefully

> collates hospital admission statistics, and

> looking at the under 15s (people seem most

> concerned about kids here) dog bites/attacks fall

> at number 28 on the list for 2010-11 (1422

> incidents). As a comparison, falls from playground

> equipment is at number 2 (8149 incidents) and

> kicking/scratching/bites from people is at 22

> (1822 incidents).

>

> Given that people are clearly more dangerous than

> dogs, perhaps we should be asking permission of

> everyone we meet in the park if it is okay to walk

> near them?

I wish there were a 'like' option :)

[????]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> Just to put some perspective on the title, it was

> posted originally in the ED section following a

> post titled "agressive dog owner in PRP". Perhaps

> a misguided attempt at humour.

thanks PGC I was waiting for some 3/10 type posts and then everyone seemed to be taking it very seriously and I thought that it was perhAps me who was wrong. Rubbish post/thread/wind up.

[the-e-dealer]

I take your point. It is usually dog owners that are agressive not parents.

[Otta]

Good post from Haruki.

I thought it was obvious that the title was meant to be a piss take of the dog owner threads, but I'm not sure it was a trolling effort. Either way, it is a valid point that SOME parents do seem to think that once they bring a kid in to the world, the rest of us should just work around them.

[Voyageur]

the-e-dealer Wrote:

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> I take your point. It is usually dog owners that

> are agressive not parents.

I think both can be aggressive and intolerant of others TBH, as the OP demonstrates (but maybe not in the way she intended). Re the latter - I was walking briskly towards my train the other day when a kid ran out in front of me suddenly causing me to trip and fall over in an attempt to avoid landing on the little boy. As I tumbled I instinctively yelped 'Watch out'. Cue a torrent of abuse towards me from the boy's mother as I clambered painfully to my feet for daring to say 'Watch out' to her kid - I was staggered (literally).

Back to dogs running up to kids etc., if the owner can't control the dog it isn't the poor dog's fault but the owners's. I still think Etta's post is the most sensible on this thread.