Eager for a day of playing at the park quickly headed south for a Rottweiler after another owner refused to let their dog play with him.
Owner Anouk Lodder shared the experience she had with her Rottweiler in an April 23 TikTok video posted to the account @dycederottweiler. Dyce, a 3-year-old Rottie, was so excited to play with a Labradoodle, but that dog’s owner refused, saying: “No, that black Rottweiler looks scary.”
The Labradoodle owner then walked away and let the dog play with the others at the park. Heartbroken, Dyce sat in the grass watching the dogs have fun without him.
The caption reads: “He was so confused…”
Lodder shared with Newsweek via email that she was feeling sad and angry at the same time when this happened. She couldn’t stand seeing Dyce be confused at doing absolutely nothing wrong. She was especially mad because a different Labradoodle in the past caused Dyce trouble.
“Dyce was bitten by a Labradoodle a few months ago,” she said. “So I felt so mad because it’s unfair to call a Rottweiler scary and the same breed bit him three times in a row.”
To take his mind off of it, Lodder called him over and she let him play with the ball. This, unfortunately, wasn’t the first time a breed prejudice has kept others away from Dyce. Lodder said it has happened a few times before.