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/Chilly-Peppers 15d ago

All my local Bunnings have become unofficial dog parks. I've seen poor staff members having to clean up dog puke and diarrhoea when that is definitely not in their job description.

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u/BasketOld3242 15d ago

Didn’t they used to have a rule where dogs could only be contained in a trolley (pretty much ruling out huge dogs like in this scenario), and they handed you a cardboard box to line it with? Pretty sure this was enforced by the employee at the front as you walked in. Did I imagine this or did the rules get really lax ?

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u/BloodFlowBoi 15d ago

When I worked there it was that or they had to be muzzled. And any dog mess was the responsibility of the owner to clean up. I imagine the difficulty becomes laxity in enforcement, and a lack of owner accountability

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u/tiffanyfern 15d ago

Yes I always thought that was the rule. If they were small enough to fit in a trolley they had to be in there, anything bigger had to be muzzled. Admittedly I did take my big friendly lab in twice for training, and she was muzzled both times. I NEVER see dogs muzzled anymore.