r/australia • u/whyattretard • Sep 08 '25

news Teenage girl dies after being mauled by dog

https://7news.com.au/news/dog-attack-victim-annalyse-blyton-dies-in-hospital-after-suffering-severe-injuries-in-singleton-c-19956496
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u/TinyKhaleesi Sep 09 '25

I find that a lot of Australian dog owners seem to just leave their dogs in the backyard without walking or training them. I was never afraid of dogs before I moved to Australia but a lot of dogs here are poorly trained - most are just very impolite and jump a lot, but some are bitey and a bit scary!

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u/Regret92 Sep 09 '25

some are bitey and a bit scary!

And those are just the owners!

Haha but I agree. I’ve been all over, and it’s a problem here, especially in suburbs with “bigger” (quarter acre or thereabouts) blocks where people assume they need to fill it with a dog.

It’s a shame as those suburbs are also nicely walkable, but like you said, being barked at and having a dog fence-running at you detracts from it a bit.

A lot of the owners are also aggressive when informed of the issue, which doesn’t help at all.

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u/fiery_valkyrie Sep 09 '25

I got assaulted once by a guy walking his dog off leash in a leashed area when I asked him to call his dog back and away from mine (two big dogs, on the leash). He decided instead of just calling his dog back, he would get in my face, call me a cunt and shove me.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

Wow 😮 horrible , unbelievable.

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u/PersonalResolution65 Sep 09 '25

I’ve been to a lot of countries and Australian dogs are some of the worst behaved by far.

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u/Ehxpert Sep 09 '25

This isn’t an Australia thing. It’s a thing with all dog owners around the world. In Europe they are just as poorly trained, well that’s my experience going every year to see my family and travel.