“Pull your head out of the sand and realize that dogs are dangerous. - particularly dangerous to children.”
Wrong. AGGRESSIVE dogs are dangerous. Kids that don’t know squat about dogs are dangerous to themselves. Strange dogs should not be trusted.
But that list is not ALL dogs. Many dogs would give their lives to protect ‘their kids’. I’ve got 3 who are devoted companions of small kids.
My pictures were not mawkish. They demonstrated what millions of dogs are like around kids. Millions of people have grown up around dogs without ever being injured, or seeing an injury to a kid.
Some men are child molesters. That doesn’t mean we need to ban men from being around children.
Some dogs ARE dangerous. That is why my kids were all taught at an early age not to trust strange dogs.
But millions of dogs are NOT dangerous. My kids are safer with 200 lbs of furry protectors with them than they would be without them. Dogs are NOT wolves. Dogs have been bred for many thousands of years, and they are frequently very protective of small kids. My 3 dogs worship kids. That is a normal part of life for millions.
The trick is telling ahead of time when a dog is going to be agressive and when not.
Millions of people have grown up around dogs without ever being injured, or seeing an injury to a kid.
Millions more have been bitten and injured. What's your point? that some dogs don't bite? So what? Some do. The CDC estimtes that 4.6 million people are bitten annually - 800,000 seek medical treatment. There are FACTS.
“Some men are child molesters.”
Funny you should mention that.
That’s how I came to have Dobermanns, in the first place.
Dear ol’ mom and dad did nothing to protect me from the weird uncle when I was 10 so I managed to get a Dobe when I was almost 14.
That dog saved my life.
“Suddenly”, the uncle “lost interest” in his weak, small prey....who was now followed around 24/7 by a dark, guardian angel.
Problem solved.
I will have at *least* one until the day I die.
I -owe- them.
“When all other friends desert, he alone, remains”