Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha - what a stupid generalisation....
Xena, I guess you and I are the most hated people here as not only do we own dogs, we rescue them, make them nice and fit and healthy, encourage more people to keep them as pets, send them all over the world, take dogs into schools for the kids to learn about them, let children come to the shelter and play with them and generally encourage kids to interact with dogs rather then chase them away....
As someone who has been bitten by dogs more times then I can count - I would rather be bitten by a dog then bitten by a cat (one cat tooth into my thumb left me unable to use my hand for 3 days) or bitten by a horse (chunk of skin taken out and a bruise the size of a beach ball!!)....
Kids have to be taught how to be around animals (and all animals can be dangerous - ever been bitten by a rabbit? painful to say the least!!) the same way they have to be taught how to be around cars and fire and strangers.
Excuse me - my 10 month old baby is currently using one of my 9 dogs as a climbing frame and he's just decided to try his new teeth out on the dogs ear. However I'm not worried as my dogs have been taught how to be around children and they know not to snap and just to walk away.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha - what a stupid generalisation....
Xena, I guess you and I are the most hated people here as not only do we own dogs, we rescue them, make them nice and fit and healthy, encourage more people to keep them as pets, send them all over the world, take dogs into schools for the kids to learn about them, let children come to the shelter and play with them and generally encourage kids to interact with dogs rather then chase them away....
As someone who has been bitten by dogs more times then I can count - I would rather be bitten by a dog then bitten by a cat (one cat tooth into my thumb left me unable to use my hand for 3 days) or bitten by a horse (chunk of skin taken out and a bruise the size of a beach ball!!)....
Kids have to be taught how to be around animals (and all animals can be dangerous - ever been bitten by a rabbit? painful to say the least!!) the same way they have to be taught how to be around cars and fire and strangers.
Excuse me - my 10 month old baby is currently using one of my 9 dogs as a climbing frame and he's just decided to try his new teeth out on the dogs ear. However I'm not worried as my dogs have been taught how to be around children and they know not to snap and just to walk away.
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