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Originally Posted by WarChild
Actually, the truth of the matter is young children should never be left unsupervised with any breed of dog.  |
Agreed! They are not responsible or mature enough to take responsibility, and they often don't know when they are being hurtful. Many dog attacks on children start when the child unknowingly hurts the dog and triggers the defensive instinct in the animal. Pain is the fastest way to take a dog to base instincts.
I have two dogs, they are black lab/field-bred springer spaniel crosses. They aren't huge dogs, not small either, 50 pounds each or so. However, I will NOT leave any of my three children with them unattended, even the 8 year old, because often they don't realize when they are taking the dog's excitement level to a point where they can get hurt. And not even neccessarily from dogs biting or attacking, but a large dog can knock a small child over and maul them with love as quickly as they can with aggression, and the kid will end up hurt either way. Responsible pet owners and responsible parents will supervise ALL interactions between animals and children, and will in the process show their children the proper way to treat animals. I have *0* use for parents who let children have their way with animals, then cry and whine when their kids are blinded by a cat scratch or attacked by Fido, the family mutt who "never hurt a flea before". Ya, Fido suffers, but your little asshole kid is still running around ripping the ears of innocent pets.