children do not naturally know how to interact with dogs (or any other animal). IMHO all children under the age of 12 should not be left alone with a dog. They (the children) are too immature to understand that a dog has only a few lines of communication - it is up to us as parents to teach them how to interact with other species - otherwise, WE have failed (not the child or the animal).
Animals do not attack anyone "without reason" - they attack because they feel threatened (without any other avenue of escape - just as we humans do), because they are hungry, or because they are desperate - also similar to ourselves. If someone seems to be attacking you, would you not defend yourself? Unfortunately, dogs and other animals do not have words, we do - and supposedly we have the ability to think and reason (but that is doubtful in many situations I can think of in human interactions).
Signature line > "You can't fix stupid"
children do not naturally know how to interact with dogs (or any other animal). IMHO all children under the age of 12 should not be left alone with a dog. They (the children) are too immature to understand that a dog has only a few lines of communication - it is up to us as parents to teach them how to interact with other species - otherwise, WE have failed (not the child or the animal).
Animals do not attack anyone "without reason" - they attack because they feel threatened (without any other avenue of escape - just as we humans do), because they are hungry, or because they are desperate - also similar to ourselves. If someone seems to be attacking you, would you not defend yourself? Unfortunately, dogs and other animals do not have words, we do - and supposedly we have the ability to think and reason (but that is doubtful in many situations I can think of in human interactions).
Signature line > "You can't fix stupid"