Aggressive Dog Owner in Peckham Rye Park

[wildflower]

Hi all -

I had a rather unpleasant and odd experience this morning when walking/ playing with my dog in Peckham Rye Park.

A blonde woman, 40-55 years of age with a young black lab got very irate when her dog came over to mine. My dog doesn't bother much with other dogs, but doesn't mind them being around. However, as she clearly wanted her dog to come and was coming over to get her dog I didn't throw the ball I had in my hand and waited for her to get her dog.

I greeted her in a friendly manner after which she called me a "plant". I said I didn't know what that meant and she said she knew I didn't. She then led her dog off by his collar.

I then continued to throw the ball for my dog. A couple of minutes later her dog returns and she is yelling/ calling him back to her, towards a bench she has sat on that was nearby. Her dog (a lovely young lab) just wanted to play and picked up my tennis ball and walked away with it. As I saw she didn't want her dog to play/ be away from her, and that she was irate, I leashed my dog and went and got my ball from her dog.

At this point she once again came to get her dog by the collar, even though we were leaving, and proceeded to yell a stream of derogatory comments directed at me. I have no idea why.

This all happened in under 10 minutes.

This is the first time I have ever come across this woman. Has anyone else had a similar experience with possibly the same person?

Thanks.

[davidh]

thank god `I've never met her... unless she has a bag of some sort of and sits on the grass by the overgrown area at the bottom of hill facing peckham rye. if it her steer clear, she is "unwell". did you catch the dog's name at all?

[wildflower]

She had a plastic bag of newspapers with her - that the same bag as what you saw? I think that the dog's name was Paddington.

[beebee]

Hello,

she managed to upset my missus last week when she was a little rude about our dog, she told me her dog is called pladdlington because he likes to swim and he is gorgeous. I found her a little abrupt but harmless enough all part of the characters you meet when walking your dog, although i doubt my missus will ever forgive her for daring to criticise our pride and joy!

[wildflower]

thanks for that, beebee. aside from the mass of verbal insults she directed at me I also got the impression that was the extent of it. just thought I would check-in with the community. she did criticise my lovely pooch as well - for not wanting to play, even though she didn't want her dog to engage with my dog. but, I don't think my dog heard :)

[boosboss]

She does have problems. Sometimes she's quite nice, so if you're aware and can suffer her outbursts without getting too upset, your encounters with her may be easier.

[beebee]

she did make me laugh a little as she said her dog loved swimming but when she was trying to get him to jump into the pond he was avoiding it like the plague so expect a name change for him soon.

[wildflower]

I think you're right, beebee. The key is to not take it personally and steer clear if she is in a negative mood. I just feel a little blue for her pooch :( Not that I perceived any mis-treatment, however he wasn't allowed to just be his friendly, puppy self. Maybe that was just today. I think she may have an idea of how she would like her dog to be (i.e. super-swimmer canine!), but that not what he is (well, not yet anyway!).

[davidh]

wildflower..... you will be distressed to learn that she is, in fact the "lady" I referred to. the dog's name, in fact, is Sweet Pudding. you couldn't make it up

[KatyLou]

I know the lady you are talking about. Her old dog, a black lab cross which she had from a puppy was called sweet pudding. It got very aggressive and we used to make a detour when we saw her with it because it didn't wear a collar, she never walked it on a lead and she couldn't control it. She had brown hair then as well. I hadnt seen her for about 2-3 months and then saw her last weekend with the black lab puppy you mentioned and newly dyed blond hair. I think the new puppy is called pudding (minus the sweet). This one has a lovely nature, a collar and lead and she seems to be doing her best to train it. I'm not sure whether the original sweet pudding went to. She has isn't always pleasant and you never quite know how she'll be so i just tend to avoid her if i can.

[Prunella_Gatsby]

Yes i have met the same owner on few occasions when i walk my Springer Spaniel, the first time she was rude with me i gave her short shrift back! now she's fine with me and does'nt bother me or my dog....!

[Renata Hamvas]

If there are concerns about a dog/dog owner it may be worth metioning it to the Peckham Rye Parkie, Mark Newell.

07940743929

Mark.Newell@southwark.gov.uk

Renata

[boosboss]

Talk about 'Crack a nut with a sledgehammer'! The lady's not dangerous, just different. Being aware of her is more than enough.

[Badi200PR]

Yes some people dont take care of their dogs

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[boosboss]

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> Yes some people dont take care of their dogs

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[wildflower]

thanks for all of the responses everyone, and for the contact, renata

re. the 'crack a nut with a sledgehammer' - I appreciate your comment, however I definitely don't think that is the case at all, nor what anyone is suggesting. of course different is totally okay (in fact the world would indeed be a boring place without different!). but as my first (and as yet only) experience of her was so verbally aggressive/ abusive (I have never had someone shouting at me and calling me names before... well, maybe my sister or brother when I was young, but not in public!) I just wanted to check in with the community. I think you and others are correct, it is not a case of dangerous.

thanks again all - wishing you all happy park walking!

[Sue smith]

Yes I too have come across this lady. She is a little odd but her dog is lovely, and yes he is called Pudding.

[MarleyLover]

Yes I do have come across this lady - lovely dog and yes she is a little abrupt but I just assume its her way and still continue to greet her with a smile. I think if anything she is a little lonely and perhaps shy.