Australians are divided over who to blame after wild footage emerged of dog owners arguing over a stray pet, with one owner threatening to call the police.
Video footage shows a woman standing at the entrance of the park telling a man with a loose dog outside the park to put his pet on a leash so she can leave.
“Can you get your dog quick so we can go? You’re blocking us,” she yelled at him.
His manic dog kept running back and forth between them.
“Stop talking, stop talking,” the man said in response. “He’s not an attack dog.”
“That’s mine,” the woman said, as the man’s dog continued to run around them.
“Get your dog so we can leave. We can’t leave because your dog is there.”
“And what is mine going to do?” the man asked.
Three dog owners clashed with a woman’s behavior at a dog park, sparking a heated debate
“My dog is getting your dog. Can you get your dog?” she yelled at him.
“So it’s up to you,” he replied, still refusing to put a leash on his dog.
The confrontation then escalated and the woman told her partner to call the police.
“I’m calling the f***ing police, daddy. Get the hell out of here or I’m calling the police right now,” her partner shouted off-camera.
“You’re literally blocking us from getting out, yeah, I can’t get (the dog) until he’s gone,” she said.
The man then slowly walked away, his dog still loose.
Social media users were divided, with many defending the woman.
“Irresponsible dog owner. She has every right to complain,” one person wrote.
“She’s absolutely right about this. He’s an irresponsible tool. I’ve seen too many dogs on leashes lash out at dogs off leash with no respect for boundaries,” wrote another.
“That dog is totally unmanageable and my dog would bite him if he got that close,” wrote a third.
“I would just tell the guy that I’m going to keep my dog on a leash and go with him, but if his dog comes near mine, it’s not my fault if my dog bites him.”
But not everyone agreed with her: many said her dog was the problem.
“Has anyone else noticed that Karens have become an invasive species in Australia?” someone asked.
“That man did nothing at all, you two are exaggerating,” wrote another.
A man wrote sarcastically, “My dog will attack your dog, so if you don’t leave I’m calling the police.”