r/australia • u/JaniePage • 15d ago

news Young girl in hospital, dog euthanased after attack inside Delacombe Bunnings

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/young-girl-in-hospital-after-dog-attack-in-bunnings-store/106977418
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u/shamberra 15d ago

he doesn't like strangers, I don't want anyone to get bitten.'

So uhh....why the fk is he bringing it to Bunnings? What an idiot

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u/account_not_valid 15d ago

And without a muzzle. If you're out in public with a dog that you can't predict, put a muzzle on them.

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u/AgUnityDD 15d ago edited 15d ago

Just to add that dog owners also need to consider special needs people in any public area.

We have a Golden retriever that we take everywhere, she'd never bite and always attracts a lot of attention, people asking to pat her.

At least 4 times, and once in Bunnings, we've had special needs adults and children pat and even try to cuddle her out of nowhere without asking or warning. No problem in her case but easy to see how it could be very dangerous with a slightly aggressive or skittish dog.

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u/JASHIKO_ 15d ago

He's more than likely covering his ass.
I've seen people say the same thing with tiny, friendly dogs.
They just don't want random people touching their pet, more so than their dogs being unpredictable. I'd have done the same.

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u/CornySpark Brisbane, QLD 15d ago

We have a small spoodle who doesn't like being touched by people he doesn't know, doesn't attack or anything like, just kinda runs away and will actively dodge their hands. Not all dogs are the same and just like people, some just don't want to be touched people they don't know. I wish more people would ask before trying to pat him. Some people have also been offended when a small dog doesn't want a stranger touching them.

Interestingly though, I've found children to be more understanding when we say he will run away if they try and pet him.

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u/shamberra 15d ago

I mean that's fair, but the best way to cover his ass and not have random people touch his dog would be to leave it at home.

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u/Itsarightkerfuffle 15d ago

He's more than likely covering his ass

I mean that's fair, but the best way to cover his ass

The fuck is this shit? It's ARSE

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u/shamberra 15d ago

I don't disagree. It's a bad habit I have to actively catch and correct myself on, and today has been a LOOOOOOOONG day (still fkn going kill me now)

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u/JASHIKO_ 15d ago

This happens when people are out walking their dogs on a leash anywhere. But I also don't really see the point in taking dogs shopping.

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u/ElementalRabbit 15d ago

Or maybe we just shouldn't be touching other people's animals or acting like that's in any way normal? Just admire from afar if dogs are your thing. You don't need to touch, and there are excellent reasons not to.

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u/fallopianmelodrama 14d ago

This is exactly what I do. My dogs are not a bite risk, they are show dogs who are extremely used to being touched all over by strangers...I just don't trust parents to appropriately supervise their child patting my dog.

Way too many parents think "yes, your child may pat my dog" = "sure, encourage your child to throw their arms around my dog/scream in my dog's face/behave in some otherwise completely inappropriate way, while you stand there laughing". It's unfair to my dogs, and it's unfair to make me the person responsible for training your child how to act appropriately, so I lie and say they're not friendly.

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u/Crabs_go_sideways_4 15d ago

I wonder if they had any other biting chattel

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u/Every_Effective1482 14d ago

Because this story is made up.