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Originally Posted by woob
Please. Yes, a dog owner should have their dogs on a leash if they're not in an off-leash area, that much is a given. As well, an owner should restrain their dogs if they can see someone is uncomfortable. But, if you're going to classify the owner as 'dumb', you yourself are firmly in that same boat. Let's see:
-Prior knowledge of your daughter being scared of dogs
-Two off leash dogs approaching with their owner steps behind them
-Though appearing to be friendly they are still unknown and could be jumping all over you and your daughter upon contact.
-You let the situation proceed without doing anything to remove your daughter from it by simply picking her up
THAT is dumb.
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Well, yeah, I picked her up. Running wouldn't have helped and I guess I forgot my teleporting machine. How else was I supposed to get her out of the situation? I wasn't scared - she was. So I helped her. I've already conceded it would have been better to call to the owner in addition to helping my daughter, but my options were fairly limited. If they became aggressive I was going to kick them with all my might, but that wasn't necessary.