[JustaDumbBlonde]

This reporter is apparently not a 'dog person' because Barney's body language was all wrong for swooping down for a pat on the head. It really shocks me that the handler did not know Barney any better, or maybe walking the dog gets handed to whomever looks the most bored when the dog needs to potty.

In any event, Shepherd Smith was joking to the reporter about this litigious society and trying to ask if the reporter was considering a suit and I didn't hear the guy flatly deny the possibility. A nip on the end of the finger that, after much applied pressure, may have produced a half a drop of blood should be nothing more than a badge of honor to tell your grandkids about in thirty years.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

My final thought was that my dogs have always been excellent judges of people I don’t yet know. If my dogs don’t like them, we probably won’t ever be good friends ... maybe not even casual friends. Dogs know things.

[Colonel_Flagg]

This reporter is apparently not a 'dog person' because Barney's body language was all wrong for swooping down for a pat on the head. It really shocks me that the handler did not know Barney any better, or maybe walking the dog gets handed to whomever looks the most bored when the dog needs to potty.

You don't approach a dog you've never met before by patting on top of the head. This places the dog in a submissive position and if the person is a stranger, this can lead to aggressive reaction. It looks like the reporter from al-Reuters is trying to pet Barney around the mouth, which is another definite no-no.

He asked for it, and he got it. He got bit.