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January 25, 2006, 12:27 pm PST
01/25 Is This Normal?
Quote From: baseballMy husband always said the only reason he would put a dog down is if it bit a child. He meant it. Our fifteen yr old dog bit our son and it broke our haearts but he was put to sleep. It broke our hearts. This was 4 yrs ago and we still miss him to this day. But when it comes to our children they come first. Our dog wasn't even mean. He just got startled. Of course he was old. I really don't think he heard our son come up behind him. We also have grandbababies. Yes I think it is selfish to think of our feelings if one of our children can and did get hurt. CHILDREN COME FIRST NO MATTER WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You and your husband are absolutely heartless. You killed a 15-year old dog for getting startled and reacting??? I cannot believe the ignorance that is shown by so many people about dogs. You even admitted that your child surprised the dog. Where were you when you were supposed to be teaching the child about approaching the dog?? To make a blanket statement that any dog who bites a child should be killed makes me so angry!! I don't know why people would think a dog is supposed to take whatever is done to it without being allowed some kind of reaction. Children taunt, abuse, hit, kick, pull and otherwise do not respect dogs, we have to teach them that. Every single person who has written that a dog should be automatically put down if it bites a child NO MATTER WHAT (the child did to the dog) is unfortunately going to breed the same ignorance in their children. Their children will obviously not learn the beauty of having a dog. What's more, people who have that attituide should not be allowed to have a dog in the first place. It's really a shame for dogs, and for those children.
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