Today, my neighbor scolded me for "allowing" her son to be bitten by one of my dogs. This would be reasonable, except for the fact that her kid had jumped my fence and tried to steal a rattle out of my daughter's hands. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my neighbor's 4-year-old daughter came up to me and asked if she could have my dog. When I said no, she started crying so much that her mom came out 5 minutes later and demanded that I give her daughter the dog. FML
Today, I went to let my dog inside because she was barking. I saw my neighbour standing at my fence, screaming that she was going to kill my dog with a shovel for barking at her. My dog was only doing it because my neighbor was putting her trash in my garbage bin. This isn't a new thing. FML
Today, my neighbor yelled at me because her two kids got into my pool. They scaled a two-meter wall to get to my backyard. They used a tree in her yard that hangs over the wall. I guess I could install razor wire on top of the wall. FML
Today, my child was refusing to leave the playground. I had to pry her, screaming and crying, from the monkey bars. I then realized I had been assaulting someone else's kid. FML
Today, I was screaming at my neighbor to shut his dog up. After 30 minutes of bellowing, he yelled back that it was my dog that was barking. He was right. FML
Today, my dog was barking at a squirrel in the yard. I opened the door to let him chase the squirrel. I went to look at the dead squirrel and found out it was the neighbor's chihuahua. FML
Today, I entered my neighbors’ yard around a shorter corner than usual. Their old dog is getting a bit slow, but unfortunately only in her head: By the time she recognized me as harmless, she had already run up and bitten me. FML
Today, my mom got mad at me. She told me that the neighbor was stupid for letting their kids play all over the street alone. I said it was fine, because the mom walked right next to the daughter as she played on her scooter. She argued, “Why do you always have to disagree with me?” FML
Today, as I was walking my dog, some self-righteous animal activist berated me on how it was animal abuse to put my dog on a leash. Despite warning her, she crouched down to undo it, my dog charged at her, giving her a gash on the cheek. She kicked my dog for it, and is now threatening to sue me. FML
Today, I got caught trying to steal my own cat back from my neighbor. FML
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bellles 18
Where do people's common sense go?
Khorlik 6
You should "let" your dog bite her.
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Comments (146)
AznLuvsMusic 26
Wow, I'm sorry you had to deal with a scolding from such a stupid woman, OP. Your dog is pretty awesome to jump to your daughter's rescue like that!
foxy_grampa 19
I really hate parents like that
Alextricity 3
Two things are infinite: The universe and human stupidity; And I'm not sure about about the universe. -Albert Einstein
skittyskatbrat 19
You know, about the only solution I can see for this is taking her to court and demanding that she put up a taller fence between you so that her child does not harass yours or upset your dog! Eventually the brat is going to get a severe bite or otherwise injure himself on your property; the mom obviously has no sense nor sense of responsibility. Might be an interesting court case! At the very least, get an established record of her pulling this shit so that when your dog IS triggered to bite more dramatically in defense of his family, you have obvious evidence it's NOT the dog's problem!
iateapenguin 27
'MURRICA!
cryssycakesx3 23
if OP is having a problem, OP should build a taller fence.
amb95x 17
If her child wasn't such a knob then it'd be fine. Nothing she can do about it because your dog was protecting your daughter! So give the dog a steak and some new toys as a reward for keeping your child safe :)
mannatee 19
Have your dog take a shit on her porch
ilovetraveler 17
tell her next time he won't be so lucky. I hate bratty little kids and parents that don't discipline them.
Beansforbill 14
Why does nobody give this ydi? A dog just bit a small child. You care more about the rattle than an animal biting a kid?
clrichmond2009 24
one, it says nothing about the kid that was bit being small. two, he went on the OPs property by hopping their fence. it's natural instinct for the dog to be protective of it's humans and home. the kids mother should've been scolding her own child for jumping the fence.
TheLadyOpal 30
Um, he trespassed in someone else's yard and tried to steal from a baby. I think he deserved what he got.
Treveyon61 1
Because the kid had it coming. I like animals more than people anyway. :D
DanielleinDC 34
A dog bit a rotten kid who trespassed in his neighbor's yard and tried to steal a baby's toy. The dog in question was doing his/her job of protecting his/her property and family. Hopefully the neighbor's shitheel son will think twice before climbing the fence to steal a toy.
sunnyray812 42
WHY should it be a YDI? 1. OP did absolutely nothing wrong. 2. The kid was a trespasser and a thief. 3. Is a dog not allowed to protect its owner and family? I honestly don't see at all how you can say OP deserved this in any way.
cryssycakesx3 23
I had said before, I get that the kid was a ********. but no one deserves getting bit by a dog
Queenie2014 11
What is wrong with you
sunnyray812 42
#75; If you're going to trespass and steal, yes you do deserve it.
mt631 18
Because the little turd trespassed on his neighbors property and tried to steal a toy from their child. The dog was just doing its job, protecting its family from danger. If I had done that as a kid my parents would have scolded me and had me apologize to the neighbor. They would have considered the bite as deterrent from it happening again.
smokecloud_ 37
So, 75, a person who mercilessly beats their dog doesn't deserve to be bit? Cuz I think they do. Just like I think the kid in this FML deserved to be bit. I have a 7 month, half GSD, half Rottweiler, and I can tell you being bit hurts. But some people deserve it.
Beansforbill 14
First of all I assumed the boy was small because he stole a rattle for gods sake. Who steals a rattle? Also there is nothing wrong with me. I don't treat dogs as if they are princesses that can do no wrong, like the rest of our ****** up society. Dogs are animals and I don't see why you would want one capable of biting a child on your property. What if it was another boy and not a dog? Would you still say shame on the boy who trespassed? I bet you all would be freaking out at how a boy bit another boy just because of a rattle.
boshbish 14
Dog's gonna defend his pack member when an outsider is causing distress. Dogs think of life as survival. Parent should have been supervising her dog and child but that little kid had zero business being in that garden. And, trust me, the dog snapped at the little boy as a warning. If he had bitten the kid, he'd be in hospital and the dog would've been destroyed. I have a high walled and fenced garden I let my dog chill out in in-between walks. I should be safe in the knowledge I can let me dog be in my own property. It is other peoples business to keep off my property.
clrichmond2009 24
88, I don't believe that all dogs can do no wrong. I've been attacked by a dog before for absolutely no reason. But that dog was defending his home and his family. It sucks that it happened, but that kid, no matter his age, should have known better than to hop the fence. And like someone else said, I'm sure the dog didn't bite the kid very hard. It was likely a warning snap that left a scrape mark at best, because I'm sure that if it had broken skin AT ALL the mother who came and chewed OP out would have inevitably called the cops about it.
horneyhic 15
88 part of the point of having a dog is to defend you house and family the dog was doing it's job.
squideth 18
To hell with the criminal-in-the-making kid. Good job to the dog. Stop babying asshole kids and maybe we'll finally see a dip in asshole entitled adults.
JazNim17 18
Because apparently, the dog didn't do much damage. I've been around large breed dogs my whole life, and there's a major difference between a "warning" bite, which doesn't hurt, and a bite from a dog who really wants to hurt you. If the dog actually wanted to hurt the kid, the kid would be in a hospital, but I don't get that picture from this FML. So no, I will not vote YDI.
RedPillSucks 33
@88 Just because the boy stole a rattle doesn't mean he's small. Some kids just steal to steal. They don't really do it because they want something, but because they enjoy seeing other people without stuff.
JayBunny 16
88...SMH he was a boy who TRESPASSED, STOLE from a BABY and the dog DEFENDED the baby from danger. It's INSTINCT was bite. Op doesn't deserve being scolded when the dog was just keeping the family safe!
skittyskatbrat 19
#75 Except Michael Vick....
Treveyon61 1
Hope the dog doesn't get sick from that little shit. Op if I were you I'd tell her to **** off and then go file a police report for legal protection.
mrbasilio 7
People seriously need to scold their children. Not beat, scold.