Originally Posted by Grieverlion

I agree the owners of the dog should should a little concern about the child's health. But I have to disagree with how some people think of this incident... just like what The4BellsLondon was saying..."the dog had an ear infection..etc..etc...if I HAD KNOWN we would have told him to leave the dog alone". But she lets her child hugh the dog, which tells you a lot about the etiquette she has taught her child in approaching some one else's dog, regardless of wether it was friendly in the past and knows you, you just don't let your kid approach a dog like that.

I'm sorry but unsupervised children and dogs are not a good mix. I misunderstood a little, you said it was some one else's property and the dog had a bone and your son ran past the dog? Why would you let your child run around near a dog in a property that the dog perceives it as his turf? You spoke about the dog like it had a human mind, it's not like your son was running towards his bone, but how would a dog understand your child's behaviour? You ever heard the advice that says, if you ever encounter a wolf, cougar or a wild animal you should never turn your back and runaway? It sets off a predatory instinct. The same as in a guard dog. It's so obvious...run past a dog? Come on lady...you should'nt be so angry when it's partially your fault too. Similar to what you said, the blame is on the owners, well the blame is on the parents too.

The dog goes by instinct and let me tell you that dogs do not view children like they do adults, children are smaller, at the same eye level as a dog that can send the wrong signals, and children's awkward movements are strange to dogs that can make a canine raise an eyebrow. A child once ran past my labrador/pitbull at the dog park, he didn't do anything but the child was screaming and pretending he is an airplane by extending his arms, it made my dog alert and he had a look like, "what the hell is he doing?" than he started to twirl in circles and that raised a red flag so my dog barked and warned the kid, the kid stopped and I called my dog and he came to me with a wagging tail. By the way my dog loves cats as I have 2, he has been kind to even a seagal inured at the beach, he loves to play with people and other dogs too....He is not viscous, and I don't blame him for being startled by that kid.

"Visciously bitten". I saw the bite, yes it's deep, that's what fangs do, but was the dog dragging your child and shaking it's head? A real viscous dog would have turned your son's leg into ground meat. I'm sorry if I'm starting to sound like a jerk as I noticed so many people agree with sueing the owners because the dog bit the human kid, but this is what always happens, parents fail to take care of their children on ignorance, they think it's ok to let them run around domestic animals in some one else's place, they get attacked and now it's the dog's fault for being a dog. Of course you will always find sympathy for the so called victim over a common animal I can tell how you just brand this dog viscous because you're so angry it bit your kid, but you need to learn what went wrong here

I'm sorry if I sound rude but it's just plain and simple judgement, and I disagree on having the dog or the owners held responsible if what I know is true, you let your son run around in some one else's property with a domestic dog who has never met you before? You can blame the owners all you want, but it takes a fool to entrust your child's well being on the assumption that a dog will tolerate intruders running around him, regardless of wether it was viscous, you took the first step in this incident. My advice to you is you teach your son about dogs, after you learn about them too.

Originally Posted by The4BellsLondon

Woah there 1st poster - I was not in the house and my son was friends with the dog wich previously was happy to be hugged, petted etc once he had oinitially been introduced to it . .

he is well aware how to interact with a new dog thank you very much!

and what do you mean by @
"a dog like that" - had I said oh it was a snarling vicious dog, or the breed?? nope. twas a dog he knew.

Originally Posted by fuschiagirl

Crikey! With friends like you - who needs enemies

Originally Posted by AlexInBC

Just karma'd ya!

Originally Posted by The4BellsLondon

Ta hun - where did that come from eh??

Originally Posted by AlexInBC

They're probably the dog's owner Odd choice of first post on an immigration website...

Originally Posted by The4BellsLondon

Ta hun - where did that come from eh??

Originally Posted by CaptainHook

Originally Posted by newshoney

What he said.
Great little thumbnail.