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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have kids and I have a dog. I will not let my dog off leash in an area that's not specifically for dogs or is enclosed for dogs. Definitely not around a children't playground. No way. Never.

I have a wheaten terrier who is good with kids. Still, I would never let him loose in a public place that's not fenced in just for dogs. I don't get the mindset of owners who do that.

In the same vein, I get irritated when people let their kids run around in enclosed dog parks. But, that's not too common.[/quote]

I appreciate this.

I love dogs but my kid is TERRIFIED of them. We don't know why, we are working on it. I have come to really resent people who let dogs off leash in non-designated areas because if a dog comes bounding up to my kid, even if the dog is friendly and not dangerous, she will lose it. It's terrifying to her. I do get it on some level because she's still small and a lot of dogs are bigger than her (though she is also terrified of small dogs, so it's not just this).

I am careful not to take my kid to parks with a ton of dogs (even if people are good at keeping them on leash, it's too much of her) and would of course never take her to an actual dog park. So it makes me mad when people let their dogs off leash on parks with clearly signed restrictions on this. We also have a number of playgrounds near us where dogs are not allowed and it's clearly signed and it makes me really angry when people bring their dogs to these places, even on a leash. These are some of the few places in our neighborhood where we can feel confident there won't be dogs. When people break those rules, it just makes it even harder for us.

And all of this is making it tougher to acclimate our kid to dogs, and maybe even get one some day. The more she encounters off-leash dogs, or dogs on playgrounds, the harder it is to get her to understand that dogs can be safe and even wonderful.

Please do not let your dog off leash in places where that is not allowed, and do not take your dog to schools/playgrounds where they aren't allowed. No matter how friendly and harmless they are. You cannot assume that everyone is excited to have a dog come up right up to them, for some people (especially some kids) that is terrifying.[/quote]

My dog is terrified of kids so I would appriecate all kids to not come running at us waving their arms and screaming to pet my dog.  And btw, I will walk m dog in the neighborhood past a playground if need be.[/quote]

(1) Literally never seen a kid run up to a dog screaming and waving their arms. If that happens, it is not a common occurrence. Whereas I see unleashed dogs bounding up to strangers or other dogs all the time, that's a normal dog behavior.

(2) No one said you couldn't walk your dog past a playground. They are saying don't bring your dog onto a playground, especially not one with signs posted clearly saying dogs are not allowed. All the playgrounds in my neighborhood have fences and gates, so if there is a dog on the playground, it means their owner walked right past the "no dogs" sign to get there. D**k move.[/quote]

Kids run up to pet unknown dogs all the time. It’s a real issue. [/quote]

I had a kid about 3 years old run up to my dog and throw her arms around his neck for a hug and then HUNG from his neck. My child-loving Golden boy is very tolerant and this was ok, but it was really alarming to see from a parenting perspective. For anyone who knows anything about dogs, a lot of them don't like being hugged and are skittish around fast-moving kids. This behavior is just asking for a bite. [/quote]

+1  I went to a winery with friends and they told their 5 year old kid "yeah you can go pet that [giant] dog [belonging to a stranger]" so my kid was like "Let's all go!"  I had to be the bad guy and cut them off and say, "You have to ask the owner if it's okay, just pet it on the back not the face, etc." and the other parents (who have a cat, of course) tried to give me flack for it.  "Larla loves dogs, and they love her.  It's fine."  No, it's bad parenting and if that dog snapped at your kid for surprising it you'd probably demand it be put down.  Lots of people like dogs, that doesn't mean you get a free pass to sprint at them when you see one.  And sadly you cannot count on the dog owners to self-select and only bring very well-trained dogs to public places (sincerely, a dog owner who quit going to her favorite VA winery because it's a GD dog park at this point and the dogs can be quite aggressive with each other and people).[/quote]

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