I saw a nanny at Santa Monica Dog Park on Friday, July 30. She was blonde, tall, slim and dressed in black pants and a black sweater. She was at the Santa Monica Doggie park inside the big dog yard with a small black dog and two blond children. The first child was a girl very blond and around 5 or 6 years old. The second child was around 3 or 4 years old most likely 3 and a boy also blond. When I came into the big dog park with my big dog the little boy was drinking from the dog fountain. It is low to the ground and several dogs were surrounding the little boy. There is always water sitting inside the bowl and the little boy was licking inside that water and drinking from the faucet. He was on his knees and the little girl was running around with water all over her face so she most likely had drank from that as well. The water fountain has a taller fountain and the low down fountain. I have never seen any person even drink from the higher one as the tall dogs jump up and drink from that as well. But this little boy was lapping up the left over water sitting in the bowl. I said to the little boy oh baby don't drink from that it's dirty you will get sick where is your mom. He was laughing and just ran off way up to the back of the doggie area. I walked up there and saw a very blond lady and asked her "is that your little boy and girl". She said well no I'm their babysitter. I told her the little boy just drank out of the dog water fountain and he was actually lapping it up like a dog. The fountain is very far from where she was sitting on a bench. She said to the kids oh well don't drink from that we have a bottle of water in the car. I said to her you better tell his mother he could get extremely sick from drinking that water. She just ignored me but another lady came over to me and said a few minutes ago the little boy had the big dog scooper and had scooped up his dogs poop. This lady said when the little boy tried to dump the poop into the trash can he missed and the dog poop and everything else fell all over him. A little while later I saw the nanny had left the doggie area she was sitting on a bench and letting the two children ride their scooters up a hilly area near the doggie park. She was close enough and was calling to them but I'm just mentioning that as they both had razor scooters. This happened at 10:15 a.m.
Saturday
Santa Monica Dog Park in Santa Monica, CA
Received Saturday, July 31, 2010
I saw a nanny at Santa Monica Dog Park on Friday, July 30. She was blonde, tall, slim and dressed in black pants and a black sweater. She was at the Santa Monica Doggie park inside the big dog yard with a small black dog and two blond children. The first child was a girl very blond and around 5 or 6 years old. The second child was around 3 or 4 years old most likely 3 and a boy also blond. When I came into the big dog park with my big dog the little boy was drinking from the dog fountain. It is low to the ground and several dogs were surrounding the little boy. There is always water sitting inside the bowl and the little boy was licking inside that water and drinking from the faucet. He was on his knees and the little girl was running around with water all over her face so she most likely had drank from that as well. The water fountain has a taller fountain and the low down fountain. I have never seen any person even drink from the higher one as the tall dogs jump up and drink from that as well. But this little boy was lapping up the left over water sitting in the bowl. I said to the little boy oh baby don't drink from that it's dirty you will get sick where is your mom. He was laughing and just ran off way up to the back of the doggie area. I walked up there and saw a very blond lady and asked her "is that your little boy and girl". She said well no I'm their babysitter. I told her the little boy just drank out of the dog water fountain and he was actually lapping it up like a dog. The fountain is very far from where she was sitting on a bench. She said to the kids oh well don't drink from that we have a bottle of water in the car. I said to her you better tell his mother he could get extremely sick from drinking that water. She just ignored me but another lady came over to me and said a few minutes ago the little boy had the big dog scooper and had scooped up his dogs poop. This lady said when the little boy tried to dump the poop into the trash can he missed and the dog poop and everything else fell all over him. A little while later I saw the nanny had left the doggie area she was sitting on a bench and letting the two children ride their scooters up a hilly area near the doggie park. She was close enough and was calling to them but I'm just mentioning that as they both had razor scooters. This happened at 10:15 a.m.
I saw a nanny at Santa Monica Dog Park on Friday, July 30. She was blonde, tall, slim and dressed in black pants and a black sweater. She was at the Santa Monica Doggie park inside the big dog yard with a small black dog and two blond children. The first child was a girl very blond and around 5 or 6 years old. The second child was around 3 or 4 years old most likely 3 and a boy also blond. When I came into the big dog park with my big dog the little boy was drinking from the dog fountain. It is low to the ground and several dogs were surrounding the little boy. There is always water sitting inside the bowl and the little boy was licking inside that water and drinking from the faucet. He was on his knees and the little girl was running around with water all over her face so she most likely had drank from that as well. The water fountain has a taller fountain and the low down fountain. I have never seen any person even drink from the higher one as the tall dogs jump up and drink from that as well. But this little boy was lapping up the left over water sitting in the bowl. I said to the little boy oh baby don't drink from that it's dirty you will get sick where is your mom. He was laughing and just ran off way up to the back of the doggie area. I walked up there and saw a very blond lady and asked her "is that your little boy and girl". She said well no I'm their babysitter. I told her the little boy just drank out of the dog water fountain and he was actually lapping it up like a dog. The fountain is very far from where she was sitting on a bench. She said to the kids oh well don't drink from that we have a bottle of water in the car. I said to her you better tell his mother he could get extremely sick from drinking that water. She just ignored me but another lady came over to me and said a few minutes ago the little boy had the big dog scooper and had scooped up his dogs poop. This lady said when the little boy tried to dump the poop into the trash can he missed and the dog poop and everything else fell all over him. A little while later I saw the nanny had left the doggie area she was sitting on a bench and letting the two children ride their scooters up a hilly area near the doggie park. She was close enough and was calling to them but I'm just mentioning that as they both had razor scooters. This happened at 10:15 a.m.
Good posting OP! I can't believe the babysitter let the boy drink that water. How disgusting and dangerous that is.
ReplyDeleteI support it when children help out around the house with chores that are appropriate for their age. But picking up dog poop without help from a adult, no way!
Since dogowners usually go to the same dog run, maybe you can keep your eye out for their dog and spot the parents!
Oh EEEWWW!! I so hope the parents see this. 2 years ago when my son was 4, almost this exact thing happened and he got SUPER sick. He was playing near a *people* drinking fountain, trying to pull himself up tp it, and I told him if he wanted to drink from it I'd lift him up so he could reach. He then pulled himself up and lapped at the water sitting in it, then licked the bowl, in a split second. I freaked and told him "NO!! That's super dirty, you could get very sick"! and ran to pull him away. He giggled and licked it again before I could pul him off. Well, within 3 days he had a high fever and had a nasty fever for a week, and we went to the doctor 3 times before the fever finally started to subside on its own. I absolutely shudder to think about that happening with a DOG drinking fountain, and to this day I am always within touching distance of my son when he is near a drinking fountain, (except when he's at aschool when I can't be)
ReplyDeleteOh How disgusting! Good post OP. I hope the parents see this. This was just so many kinds of wrong....not mention dangerous.
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't even like my kids drinking from people drinking fountains!
ReplyDeleteI know this dog park very well and it is not a suitable place to take small children under any circumstances. There are some extremely large dogs there and I have witnessed some nasty fights between them. As for the water fountains, well that's just gross. My dog for one likes to use the lower one as a doggy urinal! Sounds like another lazy babysitter giving us great nannies a bad name.
ReplyDeleteI wish careless nannies go to ?ell. Childrens drinking in dog fountains, thats really disgusting!
ReplyDeleteI swear, as soon as I saw the heading for this one I was like what the hell? Why were these small children at a dog park in the first place!! The local ones here have strict rules about absolutely no one under the age of 14 is allowed to enter, doesn't matter if an adult is with them. I hate when nannies (or parents) let their kids play with strange dogs! Sure, YOUR dog is ok with kids, doesn't mean every dog is going to be. If your kid gets bitten, it is your own damn fault for being an idiot. Not to even mention how disgusting it is that the nanny let this little boy drink from the dog fountain. She needs to be fired!
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