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To: ansel12

Don’t confuse a dog’s tolerance of a child’s bad behavior with a dog’s love for a child who treats it well.

Dogs may permit a child to take food from their bowl, pull ears, stand or ride on them, hug them, hit them or kick them—that does not imply that these behaviors are okay, simply that the dog is waiting for the human parent to correct the erring “pup” who is clearly ignorant of appropriate canine behavior; the same way that a houseguest may ignore a child’s rudeness with the expectation that the parents will correct the child.


265 posted on 01/02/2015 1:22:04 PM PST by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: Altariel

The relationship between these two seems normal and healthy, and loving.

This is a captured moment in a young child’s life, the dog is not at risk, or being harmed, or abused.

You can relax now.


268 posted on 01/02/2015 1:28:02 PM PST by ansel12 (They hate us, because they ain't us.)
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