08-02-2014 9:15 AM
Some of the comments underneath the article disagree.
http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2014/02/07/dog-owner-found-not-guilty-after-his-pet-mauled-toddler/
08-02-2014 9:58 AM
08-02-2014 11:01 AM
08-02-2014 11:29 AM
08-02-2014 2:16 PM
Yes, I think it was fair. I have been in cafės and restaurants where sprogs have been left to run wild, while their parents have been fiddling around on mobile phones. Were they to run into a waitress/waiter carrying hot food and drinks and were then scalded, whose fault would it be ?
I suppose the waitress/waiter's fault, for not looking where they were going.
08-02-2014 5:56 PM
Yes, I think it's the right decision. I blame the parents 100% for not minding their child. They can't have been attentive if the child managed to get into a private part of the pub and jump on a sleeping dog.
08-02-2014 10:46 PM
The parents are to blame. The child should not have been wandering around on his own, into private rooms or anywhere else. The dog had a right to be there, the little boy did not. The dog was asleep and the child jumped on him to play. I may have lashed out too in those circumstances.
I don't think kids should be allowed in pubs any way. With all the fuss being kicked up about smoking around children ( which I agree with totally ), but it's OK to expose them to alcohol / drinking / drunks. Besides that, there is nothing worse than going for a quiet drink or a nice meal, and having screeching kids running around. Once, a little girl came over to our table and snatched food off my plate. The parents thought it hilarious.
That said, I wish the little one well. He's not old enough to know better so it wasn't his fault either.
13-02-2014 1:15 PM
I think its the right decision the dog snapped it didn't attack there is a differnce, I would be very careful with the dog in the future though especialy around children.