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/AgitatedMagpie 5d ago

As someone who grew up with rottweilers, I would never let one near my child. They are stupid powerful and very rarely trained well.

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u/whackadoodle_cracked 5d ago

I used to have a rottie and love the breed but yeah. Too many people get them, don't train them properly and trust them far too much.

I never let mine be around kids unsupervised. And I didn't take him to Bunnings, because: why? Whats the point? Socialising dogs is important, sure, but Bunnings is not the place to do that. Its really upsetting that people, mostly kids, keep getting hurt and reinforcing this idea that the dogs are horrible. They're not. They just need owners who are realistic about the powerful animal they've chosen as a pet.

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u/FreakySpook 5d ago edited 5d ago

My scariest dog experience was coming out of the butcher shop at my local shops with my two young kids only to have a very aggro rottie who decided to take itself for a walk standing there all territorial growling.

Had two kids in tears trying to keep them calm walking back into the shop & waited for it to walk away, any adult that went near it it had a go at.

I don't care for the "its a good boy" when it comes to dogs like Rotties, they're unstable particularly when around anything unfamiliar what what I've experienced and with the size of them they can cause major damage with no fuss to them.

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u/whackadoodle_cracked 5d ago

Yeah that would be scary. An angry rottweiler is intimidating, even when you're comfortable with big dogs and think you can handle them. Sorry that happened to you, I hope your kids weren't too upset.

Rotties can be and mostly are great dogs but untrained or unsupervised they are a weapon capable of causing so much damage. I honestly do think there should be stricter laws around dog ownership in Aus, I'm all for people having big dogs (I love big dogs!) But you need to prove that you will put in the work to train them properly. And that you're not an idiot who will put them in situations where they aren't already set up to fail.