Shortly after 9.30 a.m. last Sunday my daughter was enojoying the baby swings in Blythe Hill Fields when she was run at by two large dogs who were about to jump over the (very low) fence to the children's play area, barking and snapping, when luckilly their owner called them back just in the nick of time. The owner muttered "sorry" after and left the park sharp-ish with them. I've no idea what sort of dogs they were - they were large, muscular but quite lean, a sort of dark tan colour, very athletic, and had red harnesses on. There were just a few sunbathers dotted around in the park at the time. Anyone seen this man with these dogs before, or any idea what sort of dogs they might be? I've reported the incident to the SNT and the Lewisham Dog Warden, who have taken it seriously, but not much they can do really unless I go up there again and am unlucky enough to see him and his dogs again and call them.
The fences round the children's area are very low - most dogs could clear them. I've had (smallish) dogs run through between the uprights of the fence and come up to us as well. I don't even go in the open park any more, except to get to the children's area, after repeatedly being approached by other people's boisterous dogs, and have had staffies jumping up at me to get a look at my baby before.
Has anyone ever had a problem with dogs in this park?