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Originally Posted by Rerun
The owner is at fault. All dogs should be on a leash in a residential area unless they are specifically in an off-leash park.
But all that aside, I wish Sliver would introduce, in the proper environment, his daughter to some stable, well behaved dogs.... definitely start with the smaller breeds though.
I'd love to introduce her to Ryley but at 2-1/2 years old and weighing 75 lbs he's not the best first option for your daughter. Maybe in another couple of years when he calms down a little more. He'd never hurt your daughter but in his enthusiasm to greet and play with your child he can get a little over powering.
Please introduce your daughter to some well behaved dogs. You are doing her an immense disservice if you let her fear of dogs grow into a phobia <<ahem... cough cough>> |
Having been chased as a kid from one end of my small prairie town to the other on Halloween night by an aggressive German Shephard, I too was once afraid of dogs.
Got chased from one end of Warner, Alberta to the other by a pack of dogs as an adult while riding my bike once as well.
I chilled through time, my wife buying a Sheltie over my gurgles and eventually moving on.
Being terrified of dogs isn't a mental disorder. Occasionaly there's a good reason for it. Usually its a bad dog owner.
Cowperson