Dogs and Babies

[souc1a]

At about 12 o?clock today I was giving my baby her luch in Dulwich Park, when from nowhere a dog ran over to us and jumped on her face. Fortunately with a panicked effort on my behalf I managed to remove him/her before any damage was done, but this was quite a frightening incident. I then heard two girls trying to call after the dog, calling him ?other dog? ? they obviously didn?t know its name. After I checked my daughter was OK I went over to the girls, who were apologetic, but they had six dogs, not on leads, which they weren?t in control of. It turned out they were dog walkers, who clearly didn?t know the dogs very well nor were they aware of the chances of dogs running away when not on leads.

As I pointed out to the girls, there were many mums and dads with their babies and young children enjoying the fine weather in the park and dogs can be unpredictable (as can young children) and the combination can be quite dangerous. Fortunately my little girl was Ok today and other than being quite disgruntled that the dog then stole her lunch she bares no scars, but I can?t help but think it could have been much worse.

So.......if you use a dog walker could you please remind them to keep the dogs on a lead at all times and make sure they are aware of their surroundings.

Thanks

[Sue]

Suggest you post this in the General ED Issues section of the forum, maybe people more likely to see it?

Glad you and your daughter are OK, sounds very frightening.