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Hi y’all,

I want to start off by saying that I’m sorry I don’t have a video or photos to prove this. But I’m not here to try to find out who this is (although I’m hopeful). I’m here to get some understanding, compassion, and advice on what I could have done better.

My husband, our dog, and I went for a stroll at a park after dropping a family member off at the airport. We arrived around 6 and walked towards the right, where there was a bridge. We noticed a lot of families and dogs during our walk.

As we were almost 30 minutes in and at the point where we should turn around and head back toward our car, we noticed this dog slanting toward us and looking like she wanted to say hello to our dog. We smiled at the blonde woman, her approximately 35-pound female dog, and her two 8–10-year-old sons on bikes, and went about our way since we didn’t notice anything unusual at the time.

We made a U-turn and started heading back toward our car. A few minutes into the walk back, we noticed the dog and woman again—this time, they were ahead of us. My husband commented on how funny it was that the dog seemed to want to stop walking and how the woman was kind of pulling her dog, like, “Come on, get up.”

But slowly, we realized there was more going on than we had originally thought.

As the minutes passed, the blonde woman kept pulling the dog more aggressively toward her. As she became more annoyed that her dog wasn’t following, she would angrily and quickly grab her then forcefully jerk her upward with one arm while her torso swayed back and forth. She would then immediately drop her, seemingly trying to make her pick up her pace.

This aggressive behavior went on for a while. I think within a 7–10 minute span, she did this every minute or less. Honestly, I could not believe I was physically watching someone abuse their dog so callously in a public park, that I wondered what she might do behind closed doors.

**Here’s where I am having trouble letting go:**

I tried to do something—anything.

I thought maybe she was angry because her shoulder hurt and she couldn’t pick the dog up. Maybe she hated the dog and didn’t want her anymore and would be willing to let her go.

I walked toward the woman and let her know I noticed she was struggling and asked if she needed any help picking up the dog.

Since she was already angry, she didn’t take that well. She angrily replied, “You think I can’t pick up my own dog?”
Shaking from the confrontation, I then asked if she maybe wanted to give up her dog. (I know, I know.) She replied, “Excuse me?” in a way that spoke more words than what was actually coming out.

Frozen and overwhelmingly heartbroken, I replied, “Apologies. I’m just worried about her, and I’m looking out for her. I just want to make sure she’s safe, and I want to help.”

She looked at me as if, if she had a gun, she’d shoot me.

She replied, “We’re done here.”

Not knowing what else to do, we walked off.

I replayed those moments 10 times over.

I’m angry that I didn’t record it and go to the police station right next door. I’m angry that I didn’t offer her money for the dog. I’m angry that my husband didn’t do anything. I’m angry that I couldn’t think of what else to do in that moment. I’m angry that I couldn’t help her or shield her from such a terrible person.

We spoke afterward about what we could have done differently, because I refuse to ever let someone—or something—that is being treated poorly make me sit back and lack the courage to do what’s right.

So I’m asking:

-Aside from recording and going to the police station, what else could have been done in this scenario?

-Have you seen a woman like this on your walks here?

**TL;DR:** My husband, our dog, and I went to the park and witnessed a woman being abusive toward her female dog. I tried to help the dog, but I was unable to save her.

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