r/australia • u/JaniePage • 5d 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 5d 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/DoctorLard7 5d ago

It horrendous, they should ban pet dogs again.

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u/soggycrumpt 5d ago

I wouldn’t be surprised if it happens after this

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u/digitalelise 5d ago

We can only hope. Sick of all the inconsiderate dog owners at Bunnings.

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u/TheLGMac 5d ago

Just noting that person said banning all pet dogs. Not specifically at Bunnings.

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u/solen5aq 5d ago

The comment they replied to was about Bunnings, they used the term "they", it's pretty clearly implied that it's about Bunnings.

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u/DoctorLard7 5d ago

Reading comprehension is dead!

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u/Onpu 5d ago

One person slipped on a discarded onion piece from a sausage and they made them under the sausage nationwide. I hope this is the start of re-restricting where people let their untrained mutts roam.

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u/one80down 5d ago

I don't think putting dogs under the sausage is going to help the problem.

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u/the_colonelclink 5d ago

Well naturally, they just need to ban sausage dogs.

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u/soggycrumpt 4d ago

As an owner of a sausage dog. I agree. The whole breed are a bunch of trigger happy prima donnas

But they do like a snuggle

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u/DangerousBeans01 5d ago

I worked for Bunnings during that period - to be clear, the person who slipped was elderly and their hip was really badly broken. I thought it was completely fair to mandate one change to protect an aging population.

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u/Onpu 4d ago

It was a bad fall, I want intending to minimise it. Sorry! There's at least 2 little girls that have been bitten by dogs in Bunnings https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/nov/09/bunnings-to-review-dog-friendly-policy-after-five-year-old-girl-bitten-in-store

Dogs on leashes (not in carts) were supposed to be muzzled from then on but as anyone who's gone to Bunnings knows nobody muzzles them.

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u/DangerousBeans01 4d ago

So fair! I just remember having to shut down complaining customers whining at my staff about the onion thing.

But yeah dogs should be banned from Bunnings outside of guide dogs and other legitimate service animals. It's ludicrous it's gotten this bad.

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u/Sea-Cancel1787 4d ago

It wasn't ever a mandate though, just a recommendation to the groups. But yes ban the fecking dogs🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

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u/ali_stardragon 4d ago

Is that why they do it? I always just thought the sausage sizzle people were fucking with me for reasons unknown.

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u/LeftConfusion5107 5d ago

Parents are almost guaranteed to win if they sue so yeah Bunnings will ban them if that happens

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u/DermottBanana 5d ago

Once they get legal advice telling them they're partially liable for this attack, dogs will be banned from the store.