I thought you wanted to post some dog/child interaction pictures. Since you gave some examples I decided to do the same. If you don't like my pictues, then don't post your mawkish pictures.
would that justify banning cars?
Please show me where I recommended banning dogs.
Now THAT is an unbiased source
Dogs bite children - frequently. CDC unbiased enough for you? (of course not any reality that contradicts your world view is to be discredited), but From the cdc web site:
Each year, 800,000 Americans seek medical attention for dog bites; half of these are children. Of those injured, 386,000 require treatment in an emergency department and about 16 die. The rate of dog bite-related injuries is highest for children ages 5 to 9 years, and the rate decreases as children age. Almost two thirds of injuries among children ages four years and younger are to the head or neck region. Injury rates in children are significantly higher for boys than for girls.Your denying the reality show that you're more than a bit irrational on the subject of dogs.
Deal with it,
Au contrair. You're the one who needs to "deal with it." Pull your head out of the sand and realize that dogs are dangerous. - particularly dangerous to children. If you want to put your children at risk I couldn't care less, but presumably someone who isn't as irrational about dogs as you are might think twice about putting their child at risk just to have a pet.
From the unbiased CDC:
“And according to numbers compiled from 16 states by the National Violent Death Reporting System at the CDC Injury Center, 130 children were killed in those states by a parent in 2008, the last year for which numbers were available.”
That number does not include non-fatal injuries.
“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.