rottweiler at school gates - opinions?

Dave101t

never got smileys to work sorry!

loobylou2

It does seem to be a bit irresponsible taking such a large dog to the school gates. I've had this experience myself and it isn't a pleasant one. I didn"t feel worried for my own safety but I was worried about the safety of the children coming out of school . The ages of children at primary school are between 4 and 11 and so obviously there are some very small 4 year olds coming out as well as larger 11 year olds!!!! I like dogs as well but think a degree of common sense has to be exercised in this sort of situation and Rottweilers rightly or wrongly have had such a bad press that turning up at the school gates with one probably isn"t the most sensible thing in the world to be doing. Its just thoughtless and insensitive.

kaya

there's no such thing as a bad dog
only bad owners
around 80% of the people i meet when we take ours out haven't the first idea about animal husbandry, although im sure most of them are very nice people, its the owners that need training or in a few cases putting down

woody01

katglasgow wrote: »

Although an animal lover I am very squeamish and overly sensitive to large dogs. SO I was distressed today to see a woman standing at the school gates holding a very large rotweiller. She was on the pavement so just outside school property but only just and IMHO did not have a very firm grip on the dog's lead. It is a huge powerful looking dog. I felt really uncomfortable walking thru the narrow gateway past her with my 6 year old child and toddler in a pushchair. I didnt say anything, but wondered if I should have/could have? I dont know the woman personally, but have seen her about and kind of have a feeling I might have got a bit of lip back (dont think she is a verr clever lady either). But thats hardly the point - to me it just doesnt seem appropriate to be sttod right at the gates of a primary school witha huge rottweiler! By the way - I have just joined the school parent council, so perhaps I should also feel a bit responsible for other parents too?
I would really appreciate opinons from others if they would have felt put out / what I could do?
Thanks!

My advice to you would be wind your neck in and mind your own business.
The dog clearly wasn't being aggressive.

Oh...and while we are at it, you call this women stupid although not even knowing her. This is laughable in itself as your spelling is shocking!

MrsTinks

Woody - please remember to be nice to all money savers...
And that goes all round

mikey72

I had years of delivering milk, big dogs are much worse than little dogs. When they try to bite you, a little dog is irrattating, a big dog will take out a larger bite, and is much more persistant. To a child a "big" dog looks huge as well. If you think they are so lovely, get on your knees next time you see a strange dog, like an alsatian and push your head into theirs.
Thankfully our local bobby would be sensible, he would speak to a parent if it was obvious the dog was causing a nuisance, for example if the kids were walking into the road to avoid it.

Curious_George_2

woody01 wrote: »

Oh...and while we are at it, you call this women stupid although not even knowing her. This is laughable in itself as your spelling is shocking!

you should always spell check yourself when complaining about other people
To be honest your nit picking... she has made a couple of mistakes that look like shes typing fast, not that she cant spell... its hardly "shocking" and no worse than your grammar.
does being so pedantic really help the thread??

mikey72

kaya wrote: »

there's no such thing as a bad dog
only bad owners
around 80% of the people i meet when we take ours out haven't the first idea about animal husbandry, although im sure most of them are very nice people, its the owners that need training or in a few cases putting down

Heard that as well. Still hurts when the dog bites you though.

kaya

mikey72 wrote: »

I had years of delivering milk, big dogs are much worse than little dogs. When they try to bite you, a little dog is irrattating, a big dog will take out a larger bite, and is much more persistant. To a child a "big" dog looks huge as well. If you think they are so lovely, get on your knees next time you see a strange dog, like an alsatian and push your head into theirs.
Thankfully our local bobby would be sensible, he would speak to a parent if it was obvious the dog was causing a nuisance, for example if the kids were walking into the road to avoid it.

you can't compare that with the op, you were entering the dogs own territory so the dog would behave differently

kaya

looks like the spelling and punctuality police have hi-jacked the thread now