To be completely facetious: how many reports are there of children or people being attacked by dogs? How does that compare to the amount of reports of dogs being attacked by unrestrained toddlers?
Whinge whinge whinge. Sounds like parents of little Naoise and Fionn are worried that the dog might bite their little angel. Meanwhile they have their kids screaming at the table beside you and the parents don't say a word because "I won't raise my children that way" or "don't tell me how to raise my child"
Build a bridge
I agree with Truthseeker. It's very easy to say to a child 'no no don't do that. He doesn't like it' and walk away if necessary. You can't reason with a dog so it is entirely the owner's responsibility to make sure he's not annoying or scaring people. Also, the law is that the dog should be on a leash so any owner who ignores this is automatically in the wrong. In any case, what kind of an idiot would let an excitable dog run around a pond jumping at small kids?
That is facetious, as my point (again) is that some parents can be completely clueless and quite happily let their children poke and prod at animals without any regard for the fact that they are indeed animals. I'd be interested to find out how many of these attacks are provoked by a finger in any eye or a tug at a tail!
That is facetious, as my point (again) is that some parents can be completely clueless and quite happily let their children poke and prod at animals without any regard for the fact that they are indeed animals. I'd be interested to find out how many of these attacks are provoked by a finger in any eye or a tug at a tail!
Of course not, but I completely disagree with the suggestion that all dogs (most of whom are calm and domesticated and not rabid crazy animals) spontaneously attack children for no reason.
does it justify a child being mauled or killed by an unrestrained dog because a curious child pulled it's tail?
I rarely walk them in public parks because i hate keeping her on the lead (seems a very miserable way for a dog to walk, just my personal opinion)
leashed walk imposes boundaries for the dog, which is a very important educational process for the dog as well.
I remember growing up in a small town during the 70s/80s and there were dogs roaming about everywhere and children were completely used to them.
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