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Author	Iggmeister
Comment	In the park near mines a couple of days ago, my 9 yr old daughter was 50 yards in front of me on her bike while I was walking. A bulldog that I hadnt seen ran from the side right up to her, gave her a good sniff, then ran away. Nothing happened obviously, but to me that's dangerous af, very alarming, and other than not allowing my daughter out of the house, theres nothing i can do to prevent this is there? The dogs owner was a 50 plus lady, the dog wasnt on a leash, and had no muzzle, and when the dog was running to my daughter she called on it to stop and it didnt - ie the dog had no recall training. On the same walk/cycle round the park, a Rottweiler the size of a fking Megalodon was off leash, no muzzle, and running around as it pleased - owner/walker again was a lady, younger, and quiet slight. What is wrong with these people - these dogs (Rottweiler less so) are extremely dangerous and kill people. BTW, i'm not certain the bulldog was an American Bully, it almost looked like a cross between an American Bully and a traditional British Bulldog - but it was a big muscular powerful dog and would have done serious damage had it wanted to. This list below makes for sombre reading concerning American Bully's , horrific actually [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_fatal\_dog\_attacks\_in\_the\_United\_Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_Kingdom)
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/14s8tq3/rise_in_people_with_xl_bully_dogs/jqxr3fp/
Created	Thu 6th Jul 2023 9:34pm
Status	normal ()

In the park near mines a couple of days ago, my 9 yr old daughter was 50 yards in front of me on her bike while I was walking. A bulldog that I hadnt seen ran from the side right up to her, gave her a good sniff, then ran away. Nothing happened obviously, but to me that's dangerous af, very alarming, and other than not allowing my daughter out of the house, theres nothing i can do to prevent this is there?

The dogs owner was a 50 plus lady, the dog wasnt on a leash, and had no muzzle, and when the dog was running to my daughter she called on it to stop and it didnt - ie the dog had no recall training.

On the same walk/cycle round the park, a Rottweiler the size of a fking Megalodon was off leash, no muzzle, and running around as it pleased - owner/walker again was a lady, younger, and quiet slight.

What is wrong with these people - these dogs (Rottweiler less so) are extremely dangerous and kill people.

BTW, i'm not certain the bulldog was an American Bully, it almost looked like a cross between an American Bully and a traditional British Bulldog - but it was a big muscular powerful dog and would have done serious damage had it wanted to.

This list below makes for sombre reading concerning American Bully's , horrific actually

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_fatal\_dog\_attacks\_in\_the\_United\_Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_Kingdom)