'It really isn't my responsibility to enforce her rules': Entitled neighbor gets mad at dog owner for letting kids pet his dog after she leaves them unsupervised in her yard

As someone who owns a reactive dog, we are very careful about how people approach her. The worst is when people just assume she wants a stranger's attention just because she's a dog and reach their hand out to her without knowing anything about her. This is a recipe for a not-fun scenario, no matter what kind of dog you have. The first rule you should know for interacting with any dog is this: ask the owner first. There are many times that people ask and we tell them no, simply because it's not something that will be good for our dog. Sometimes the answer is yes, and then everyone has a good time, but you should always ask first.

Here's where we get to the meat of the story below. A dog owner was walking his doggo around the neighborhood when two kids, playing in the yard approached him and asked if they could pet his doggo. Yay, they did the right thing and asked first! He said yes, but was subsequently berated by an entitled neighbor who told him he should have asked her permission for them to pet his dog first. Well, lady, if you wanted to give your permission, maybe you should have been outside watching your kids in the first place? Just a thought.

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[Am I wrong] for letting a child pet my dog?

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There is a pawsitively sweet satisfaction in knowing when you're right and rubbing it in someone's face. You know you shouldn't do it, but it's just too hard not to. This Karen mom knew she was in the wrong and hoped he would back down out of sheer force. She made a bet, and she lost.
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Right! If she doesn't want her kids interacting with stranger's dogs (completely understandable), then she should teach her kids to always ask her permission first, even if she isn't there. It's not his job to teach them that for her. What kind of backwards logic is that?
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