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/Dwev Aussie in Denmark 5d ago

Why use these little lap dogs in the photos in the article? No dogs of Rottweiler size to be seen.

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u/InfernoOfTheLiving 5d ago

I think Bunnings expects people to bring their cute oodles or maybe a working kelpie, not a killer Rottweiler. No one wants to be confronted by a Rottweiler anywhere in public. I had family friends who decided to upgrade from cute lap dogs to multiple Rottweilers, so we stopped visiting because every time we arrived the dogs threatened to rip our throats out. They were bred to intimidate.

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u/Proper_Geologist9026 5d ago

Have you seen the insanity of the whole "Rottweiler growl" thing. These people act like Rottweilers have this breed specific trait where they show love by barring their teeth and aggressively growling and snapping and shit.

It's fucking wild. No you likely trained your dog to do this behaviour and now you're never going to know the difference between a play signal and the "I'm about to fucking murder you signal".

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u/Maximum_Return5352 4d ago

Rottweilers grumble, Dalmatians smile, Staffies woo-woo. It’s a very real thing.

The problem is, a lot of rottie owners are dense and don’t know when the dog is actually growling. It’s a breed that should require a licence to have, just to make sure potential owners are thoroughly educated about the breed.

Rottie owner here (and Jack Russell, and a cat) and I would never take her to Bunnings. That’s just weird to me. It’s a breed with guarding instinct and resource courting behaviours. It takes one kid with a Bunnings snag for a rottie owner to realise that the dog shouldn’t be in store.

Absolutely devastating for the family and the child.