[GilesB]

There is a HUGE difference between a kid jumping on a dog from two steps up and stepping up on it. You can prove this for yourself. Lay on the floor and have a kid step up on your stomach and stand there...then have the same kid jump on your stomach from two steps up. You’ll see what I mean.

The dogs are clearly able to move away if they are uncomfortable.

Anybody who thinks these pictures show anything other than the special relationship between kids and dogs - particularly a dog’s loving patience with “their” kids - doesn’t know much about kids and dogs...especially dogs.

[Aliska]

I know there is a difference but that was the first thing I thought of when I saw the first photo. That poor dog in my ex husband's case was so trusting it didn't know what was coming. I had a cat like that; she would lie right in the middle of foot traffic but luckily nobody accidentally stepped on her.

I realize the dog will move out of the way if it can. I wouldn't lie on the floor and let a kid step on me anywhere at my age. I have to tense up my mid section when my cat walks on my ribs and wants to be petted in the morning. After he eats.