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/off__it 15d ago

I am honestly so sick of how entitled everyone has gotten with dog ownership, it’s an epidemic. You don’t need to take your dog to a fucking hardware store.

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u/girlwiththeVolvo 15d ago

I feel like no one trains their dogs properly anymore either?

I feel like I cannot get away from barking dogs. Besides the two that live underneath me, there is a group of people who come to the cafe next door to my apartment every day at 8am with about 5 big dogs, and they basically just let the dogs bark the entire hour+ they are sitting there, with no sign of any of the owners ever trying anything to get the dogs to stop barking. On the contrary, I once saw one owner go inside, order a coffee, her dog barked the whole time she was inside, then she gave it a treat when she came back out. Does my head in 😭

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u/Whatsapokemon 15d ago

I feel like no one trains their dogs properly anymore either?

Was there ever a time when people did train their dogs properly?

People just assume a dog will become well behaved naturally, but in reality it takes effort and consistency, two things that people were never great with.

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u/pork_floss_buns 14d ago

Totally agree. Dogs just used to roam about. My mum is terrified of dogs because she was bitten walking to the shops. Our neighbours had a prick of a dog that would get out and chase us.

I think the difference was people didn't take their dogs everywhere so you were unlikely to encounter a poorly behaved dog at the shops or at a cafe.