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Originally Posted by J-bo09
My point with introducing the child in a calm safe enviroment was seperate advice from the incident. I was suggesting that had this occured, maybe this this is very much a non-incident.
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Fair enough, and probably true all things being equal. My son used to not have any issues with dogs (the opposite in fact, he would approach any dog happily, even the fang bearing barking doberman). But anxiety is a funny thing and increased anxiety in one area of life can impact many other areas, especially with kids. There have been times when my kid has reacted in terror for no reason to the most innocent looking ball of fluff.
Not saying we have to make the world foam, but I think reasonable things are ok and a dog on a leash in a general area where kids are expected is reasonable (and you seem to agree).
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Originally Posted by J-bo09
As for the law breaking, I was merely pointing out that everyone will pick and chose what they want to follow. To say I am proclaiming myself as Ghandi was extreme...hate to quote an obvious one but "let he who is without sin cast the first stone"
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I see the Ghandi thing as a bit of hyperbole but I agree with his point.. civil disobedience to change society is one thing, but having the dog off leash isn't that thing.
We all do pick and choose sometimes, and lots of times for bad reasons. Choose to cross between crosswalks because I'm lazy, but we do it because we usually see the consequences as minimal (we might get a ticket), in this case part of it is the consequence (getting licked and jumped on and such) is viewed disproportionately by those choosing and those being subjected to the consequence without their choosing.
That's why I wouldn't do it, because I feel like I'm imposing my judgment about what's acceptable on someone else, but I'm also very much a product of uber-polite don't rock the boat Canadian culture.
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Originally Posted by J-bo09
I would never allow my dog off lease in Mission, but in Varsity it is a VERY friendly dog community along the gully.
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And I can see that as well how that could make a difference in evaluating how significant an infraction it would be. Walking across the street in my little off street is different than doing it elsewhere, and if I'm walking with my kid in an area I know vs. an area I don't, I'd have different expectation levels.