Dogs knock over my mother, broken arm, what can I do.

lostinrates

digimortal wrote: »

Yes I thought it was law to have your dog(s) under control in public places at all times. Hopefully people will read this and think twice before letting them off uncontrolled when around other people, yes countryside area is different, parks and grounds where people walk should have consideration.

Country side is different? Where things like sheep and crops are? Parks and grounds seen far more ideal in many circumstances for free running dogs. And free running dogs are often, healthily doing normal dog activity, sometimes necessary for them to 'sprint'. A world where they are all on leads becomes a very much less safe place IMO, where poorly socialised and under exercised dogs are frustrated and liable to 'act out' on their leads.

But, your poor mother! What kind of dogs were they?

PasturesNew

digimortal wrote: »

Basicly a 67 year old,

Hang on, you said elderly.... that's not elderly. That's just old.

PasturesNew

Are dogs actually allowed to be loose in that part, or in that whole estate? A lot of NT is either "no dogs" or "on a lead".

wondercollie

PasturesNew wrote: »

Hang on, you said elderly.... that's not elderly. That's just old.

In nursing circles 80+ is considered old

ouchy2012

Loanranger wrote: »

This wasn't an accident at all, it was negligence by selfish people who don't give a toss about anyone else and who don't care that others get hurt by their actions.

Are you serious? the dog owners clearly do care or they would not have gave their details. Wondering if OP would be asking about this had the owners not mentioned their dogs were insured...

I do feel for the poor mother but it was an accident, the dogs did not deliberately knock the lady over and the owners did not let them of the leads thinking they were going to injure someone.

hardpressed

If you're calling your 67 year old mother elderly, it's a wonder she hasn't tripped you up with her walking pole!

Bennifred

Incidents of carelessness are not accidents - they're careless! Not the same thing. Just because you did not intend something to happen does not make it an accident. Imho!

con1888

Accidents happen, if the dogs jumped on her and knocked her down then thats different but if she tripped over them then not the dogs fault.

Personally if someone fell over my dog I would help them up and apologise, same as I would if someone fell over one of my children. Wouldn't do anything else.

Bennifred

The OP says the dogs knocked her over.

ouchy2012

Bennifred wrote: »

The OP says the dogs knocked her over.

That is one of the things with internet forums we only have the OP version of things, she has been knocked over as the first post says but also as mentioned in another post by OP they say the dogs took the legs from under her like a dangerous rugby tackle...so it could be they ran into her legs or it could be that they ran up to her and she tripped over them or even that the OPs mother didn't see them as was busy chatting away and tripped over them which would not have been the dogs fault BUT then if that had happened the OP would not come and say 'my mum tripped over a dog as she didn't see it, she has broken her arm and now we want to sue the owners'