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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Even as a dog owner, I'm going to side with Sliver on this one. The woman in his story was 100% at fault. Unless she was at an off-leash dog park, her pets should have been on-leash and under her control. I would never allow my dog to do what the owner in the OP did.
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Especially to a little kid.
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Originally Posted by J-bo09
Im sure kids are fleeing in terror at my 15 pound Jack Russel s hitzu cross.
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Kids can be scared of Jack Russels, and Jack Russels can bite.
Ah, the daily CP pile on. Today's target was easy because it's Sliver and dogs. Ooh, nice... We get to criticize his parenting and make some assumptions. You guys are tripping because he didn't pick her up fast enough, and at the same time, you're accusing him of irrationally hating dogs. The guy stated in the OP that he could see that the dogs were friendly. This probably explains why he didn't immediately pick up his daughter. He's TRYING to teach her that not all dogs will maul and kill her. Even though he hates dogs, he's teaching is daughter otherwise. Did any of you people read that part, or did you just start rubbing your typing fingers getting ready to tell him how bad of a parent he is?
Anyway, is it irrational to be scared of dogs? Personally, I love them. I have two dogs as well as a one year old girl. She loves dogs, but I'll warn my fellow dog owners now, if you let your dogs come running up to her on the sidewalk and scare the crap out of her, I'm not afraid to kick a dog. If your dog is the kind that aggressively approaches people, you are a complete d-bag for not keeping them on a leash. I'm mad just thinking about some dog coming up and scaring my daughter. An imaginary dog is getting a steel toe in the ribs right now.