21-04-2013, 04:55 PM
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Re: Should Grandparents be allowed to look after dogs?
I have always had dogs and all different breeds. I now have a lovely chihuahua whose is really soft and loveable but having said that I would never leave any dog alone with a small child it's just a matter of being responsible, any animal can turn in my opinion.
01-05-2013, 07:39 AM
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Re: Should Grandparents be allowed to look after dogs?
I think dogs are (or maybe - can be) quite complex. I've read many reports about how soft and silly they can be with their owners and completely different with other people. I think the title to my posting is provocative and was actually a counter to all the press reports of it being hoodies out there with "dogs of type" that were causing the problem.I think you can put a spin on anything you have a prejudice against.I have to keep my side of the road clean so to speak, my dog has had aggressive encounters with other dogs but NEVER with a human. He hasn't any experience of children but wags his tail when he sees them in the park at a distance. I don't encourage children to come up to him and he is not allowed to go up to children - because I just don't know. In all likelihood, he'd knock them over and lick them.
It breaks my heart when I hear about children or adults killed by dogs - it all seems so horrific.
I think it's very important to remember that children killed by dogs is rare and minuscule compared to children killed by cars and other means.
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