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Originally Posted by WilderPegasus

Only a dog owner would be try and equate a dog to a child.

Holy..

Sarcasm detector broken? I have to assume they are being sarcastic, just like I was when I brought up the comparison. Seems like you are just trolling.

Ya know, we could be reasonable about this.

Halfcreek Also, those that are saying that dogs are a part of society, I think they mean that they live amoung us. They are members of the family to most who own them, the concept of keeping dogs as pets has been around forever and it's not going anywhere, so we might as well accept that when living in our society, we will, at some points, interact with dogs.

WOW.. Thank you, I was the one who mentioned it first and that's exactly what I was talking about. Flames addiction talking about dogs following our laws and customs and would happen if people acted like dogs, was one of the weirdest things I have read on here.

I am really glad that he pointed out if humans greeted each other the way dogs do, it would be considered anti-social, haha.

SeoulFire

If an offleash dog runs up to my little girl and is scaring her and the owners laugh it off...the dog gets a few kicks to the ribs at the very least.

I would venture that more than half of dog owners no control over their pets. Most love the idea of having a dog but are too lazy or stupid to put in the energy required to train one.

I still stand behind the call for criminal charges against the owners of a dog in the case of a dog attack.

I always had (trained) dogs growing up (thanks mom and dad) and cannot stand undisciplined pets (or their owners).

Hey you know what helps make aggressive dogs? Abuse, really solving the problem there.

If an unleashed dog is scaring your kid thats not cool, I get it. If the dog is being aggressive, I get it.

If the dog is just running around and your kid is scared and you kick it, you're a real p.o.s. That is bad ownership, and I completely agree something should be done, but wow. If you kicked a dog that wasn't being aggressive and then it bit you, I would say you got what you deserved.

Teach your child how to act around dogs they will encounter them in their life, just like you teach them how to act around traffic. Setting an example of kicking a dog that is scaring them is going to get them in trouble at some point.

Most dog owners I have been around do have a degree of control over their dogs, guess we have a stalemate on that topic, since it's based purely on our personal experience. I agree there are a lot of bad owners, but that is because there are a lot of awful people out there. I certainly don't think they are the majority, and really that's mostly just subjective anyway.

I do agree with you on untrained dogs though. It drives me crazy when someone has a dog that is completely out of control and clearly has no training at all, gives all dog owners a bad name, and can be dangerous on top of that.