Sick of people w/dogs walking them up to and on elementary school property

[Anonymous]

All of you, take note: I have lost two dogs recently, and am adopting a new dog today!

If anybody hits or kicks my dog, I will pummel them in the face. Repeatedly. And I work out.

[Anonymous]

Okay, pumpkin. Thanks for the warning.

[Anonymous]

I would think genuine dog lovers would want this thread to die, too.

[Anonymous]

I don't let any dog get close enough to my daughter to lick her face. I scoop her up right away. I also confront rude dog owners who break the law by not putting leashes on their animals.

[Anonymous]

To all you would be dog-kickers: Don't be so sure you would be in the right if you kicked someone's dog for being near your child. Unless the dog was attacking (and by that I mean trying to bite), you could be subject to prosecution for cruelty to animals and/or assault. (I'm a former prosecutor in DC and have seen plenty of cases where people are arrested, prosecuted and convicted--what a nice example to set for your child being hauled away in cuffs).

This thread is completely out of hand and the posters would so anti-dog really need to take it back a notch. You do realize that you are instilling your fears and negative biases in your children. I can only hope you are more tolerant of other people who are different from yourselves. I completely agree that we all must protect our children, but frankly from reading these posts I am more concerned about protecting my child from the negative, angry and self-righteous posters on this thread than any dog.

I guess by way of perspective I would ask those posters who started this awful thread to think about some of the seemingly benign things they do in daily life that put children more at risk than a parent walking their child to school with a family dog--for example, driving will talking on your phone or texting--I see moms in minivans doing this EVERY SINGLE DAY, Speeding through residential neighborhoods, pushing to get through a yellow light, to name a few.

Let he or she that is without sin cast the first stone....
Peace. Kill this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Peace. Kill this thread.

Sure, now that you've had your say, we can. (What took you so long?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To all you would be dog-kickers: Don't be so sure you would be in the right if you kicked someone's dog for being near your child. Unless the dog was attacking (and by that I mean trying to bite), you could be subject to prosecution for cruelty to animals and/or assault. (I'm a former prosecutor in DC and have seen plenty of cases where people are arrested, prosecuted and convicted--what a nice example to set for your child being hauled away in cuffs).

This thread is completely out of hand and the posters would so anti-dog really need to take it back a notch. You do realize that you are instilling your fears and negative biases in your children. I can only hope you are more tolerant of other people who are different from yourselves. I completely agree that we all must protect our children, but frankly from reading these posts I am more concerned about protecting my child from the negative, angry and self-righteous posters on this thread than any dog.

I guess by way of perspective I would ask those posters who started this awful thread to think about some of the seemingly benign things they do in daily life that put children more at risk than a parent walking their child to school with a family dog--for example, driving will talking on your phone or texting--I see moms in minivans doing this EVERY SINGLE DAY, Speeding through residential neighborhoods, pushing to get through a yellow light, to name a few.

Let he or she that is without sin cast the first stone....
Peace. Kill this thread.

My child was recently bitten in a "No Dogs Allowed" park. It was very frightening because the owner is an unemployed loser dogwalker who walks multiple dogs illegally in our park. My husband had to attack the dog to get him off my little girl. Just so you know, the dog was taken away from his owner who also received a fine and was told by the police that he was about to go to jail when he started talking back to them.

I know he got his dog back eventually, but I'm not sure of the process. I do know that he didn't even have a leash with him, and he lived very far away from the park.

OH, and I'm told that the dog bit another child a week later. I don't know any details because I want to put the whole thing behind me and my family. My daughter is now terrified of all dogs.

This incident did not need to happen. My child was NOT afraid of dogs until this happened. She's lucky she won't have a permanent scar and I thank god she didn't need stitches. If you are going to have a dog in a crowded city, you need to follow the laws and watch out for young children who can't protect themselves. The dog that bit my child weighed 100 pounds according to the police, and my little girl weighs about 30 pounds.

[Anonymous]

Get a life! Dog's on a leash are fine near schools, as long as the owners clean up after them if they crap. I really dont go near the kids in the playground anyway if they are in recess. Some idiot dweeb up near my home by the Hepburn Lycoming Elementarty School here in PA tried to tell me some dog walking crap too, I just told him off and kept right on walking. Kids were off that day for Christmas too! I didnt' see any NO DOGS signs either! Some people just think they are God and want to boss everybody about nothing important!

Please, won't you go back to the Cogan Station, PA Rural Moms Listserv??? Or spoil for a fight on the Hepburn Lycoming PTA listserv? Well at the very least please refrain from posting on the DCUM private schools forum, outraged that some people would actually apply and pay to attend a school.

[Anonymous]

My child was recently bitten in a "No Dogs Allowed" park. It was very frightening because the owner is an unemployed loser dogwalker who walks multiple dogs illegally in our park. My husband had to attack the dog to get him off my little girl. Just so you know, the dog was taken away from his owner who also received a fine and was told by the police that he was about to go to jail when he started talking back to them.

I know he got his dog back eventually, but I'm not sure of the process. I do know that he didn't even have a leash with him, and he lived very far away from the park.

OH, and I'm told that the dog bit another child a week later. I don't know any details because I want to put the whole thing behind me and my family. My daughter is now terrified of all dogs.

This incident did not need to happen. My child was NOT afraid of dogs until this happened. She's lucky she won't have a permanent scar and I thank god she didn't need stitches. If you are going to have a dog in a crowded city, you need to follow the laws and watch out for young children who can't protect themselves. The dog that bit my child weighed 100 pounds according to the police, and my little girl weighs about 30 pounds.

PP here. So sorry to hear what happened to your daughter. My post was certainly not aimed at the scenario you describe, which is very different from that posed by the OP. The example you give, where an unleashed dog attacks a child in a No Dogs Park, is an example of extremely reckless and careless dog owner behavior and he should definitely have been ticketed. As for a dog biting a child, unprovoked, I am shocked he got the dog back.

However, my post was in response to the original scenario posted on the thread--leashed family dogs being walked to school with their owners and children. Very different set of facts.

Again, so sorry about your little girl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Peace. Kill this thread.

Sure, now that you've had your say, we can. (What took you so long?)

What took me so long? I have a life and am just have some time off for the holidays to waste time reading some of these threads.

Lose the attitude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of you, take note: I have lost two dogs recently, and am adopting a new dog today!

If anybody hits or kicks my dog, I will pummel them in the face. Repeatedly. And I work out.

Consider therapy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To all you would be dog-kickers: Don't be so sure you would be in the right if you kicked someone's dog for being near your child. Unless the dog was attacking (and by that I mean trying to bite), you could be subject to prosecution for cruelty to animals and/or assault. (I'm a former prosecutor in DC and have seen plenty of cases where people are arrested, prosecuted and convicted--what a nice example to set for your child being hauled away in cuffs).

This thread is completely out of hand and the posters would so anti-dog really need to take it back a notch. You do realize that you are instilling your fears and negative biases in your children. I can only hope you are more tolerant of other people who are different from yourselves. I completely agree that we all must protect our children, but frankly from reading these posts I am more concerned about protecting my child from the negative, angry and self-righteous posters on this thread than any dog.

I guess by way of perspective I would ask those posters who started this awful thread to think about some of the seemingly benign things they do in daily life that put children more at risk than a parent walking their child to school with a family dog--for example, driving will talking on your phone or texting--I see moms in minivans doing this EVERY SINGLE DAY, Speeding through residential neighborhoods, pushing to get through a yellow light, to name a few.

Let he or she that is without sin cast the first stone....
Peace. Kill this thread.

Prosecutor, what happens to the dog owners who "pummel" a human after their dog is kicked?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of you, take note: I have lost two dogs recently, and am adopting a new dog today!

If anybody hits or kicks my dog, I will pummel them in the face. Repeatedly. And I work out.

Consider therapy.

Agree!!!

I think the post about pummeling people was made by the infamous Amy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
My child was recently bitten in a "No Dogs Allowed" park. It was very frightening because the owner is an unemployed loser dogwalker who walks multiple dogs illegally in our park. My husband had to attack the dog to get him off my little girl. Just so you know, the dog was taken away from his owner who also received a fine and was told by the police that he was about to go to jail when he started talking back to them.

I know he got his dog back eventually, but I'm not sure of the process. I do know that he didn't even have a leash with him, and he lived very far away from the park.

OH, and I'm told that the dog bit another child a week later. I don't know any details because I want to put the whole thing behind me and my family. My daughter is now terrified of all dogs.

This incident did not need to happen. My child was NOT afraid of dogs until this happened. She's lucky she won't have a permanent scar and I thank god she didn't need stitches. If you are going to have a dog in a crowded city, you need to follow the laws and watch out for young children who can't protect themselves. The dog that bit my child weighed 100 pounds according to the police, and my little girl weighs about 30 pounds.

PP here. So sorry to hear what happened to your daughter. My post was certainly not aimed at the scenario you describe, which is very different from that posed by the OP. The example you give, where an unleashed dog attacks a child in a No Dogs Park, is an example of extremely reckless and careless dog owner behavior and he should definitely have been ticketed. As for a dog biting a child, unprovoked, I am shocked he got the dog back.

However, my post was in response to the original scenario posted on the thread--leashed family dogs being walked to school with their owners and children. Very different set of facts.

Again, so sorry about your little girl.

Thanks for clarifying your position.
-Mom of bitten child

[Anonymous]

Apropos of nothing, we were at Rose park last weekend and a fierce boxer type dog off a leash ran up and violently attacked a dog that was on a least and tied to the fence so it couldn't escape. The attacking dog's owner finally ran up yelling " No Sweet Pea, No!"