[Americanwolf]

so if a kid is beating on the dog and the dog turns on the kid you still advocate shooting it???

[BBell]

I have no clue where you got the angle of the kid beating on the dog. The kid tripped over the dog and it attacked him according to the article. Having said that I stand by what I said.

I had a retired police dog, God rest his soul, who came to live in my house quite suddenly. He was a big oh boy and my young son who may have been 2 or 3 at the time immediately took to rolling all over the dog and pulling on it. The dog really didn't like this and once took my son's arm in his mouth, but he did not bite down. The dog eventually got used to my boy and became quite the protector of my kids until the day he died.