Indeed. Hopefully that area of Trig’s education will (or has been) addressed.
Otherwise, he’s going to have a painful lesson (in the form of a dog bite) when he tries something with another dog that *his* dog has been trained to tolerate.
That is, perhaps, the unfortunate side effect of training a dog to tolerate more than, perhaps, another dog would. That child may not learn to view a dog as a living being worthy of basic respect and dignity as part of God’s creation. The responsible thing to do is to train both parties, extensively and to reinforce the lessons until both parties completely understand the appropriate boundaries.
You’re absolutely correct.
God bless and keep you and everyone you love.