[Dianna]

I see nothing humorous about an animal threatening children.The owner deserves the legal nightmare coming thier way.They are lucky my child was not on that playground.I tend to avoid courts and lawyers.

It's obvious that this dog is not well trained, and if the dog had been more aggressive it could have been a nightmare. But the school sent in counselors for these "traumatized" children. Doesn't this seem a bit excessive to you?

[MarkL]

I've got a friend who's 13 year old son is terrified of dogs he doesn't know, and if he had been among those kids, he would have been seriously traumatized. He's just barely able to deal with his dad's Golden Retriever, the world's friendliest dog, but he will not be alone with the dog.

The problem is that we know nothing about the kids and their former experiences... You can't just expect a child to "walk it off."

My friend's son's experience was being attacked by a rotweiller when he was about 4, having an ear bitten off, being partially evicerated, and actually having died on the operating table and being revived, after having being "life-flighted" to Children's Mercy Hospital in KCMO. More than 170 stitches.

Mark