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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 227738" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>What Star said!</p><p> </p><p>I agree completely! If you have both children and pets, you should start teaching the children how to be gentle with the animals from the time they are very, very small! This is for the protection of the child as well as the pets. We always had both dogs and cats when my kids were little and I never would have tolerated them mistreating an animal - they were always supervised and learned to be very gentle. </p><p> </p><p>It's amazing how many people never bother teaching their children how to behave around animals. <em><strong>Nothing</strong></em> makes me madder than to see kids teasing or hurting an animal ... then when something happens and the animal reacts as an animal and tries to protect itself, it's always the dogs fault! And these parents are always the ones who insist that their kid would never do something like that!</p><p> </p><p>During the summer our little town had weekly street dances right in the intersection by my house and I would take Katy, my youngest Boston, because she loved to go! She's very sociable, loves meeting people, she's extremely gentle, loves kids, and it would never even occur to her to bite anyone. She sees everybody as a potential playmate. I was sitting there listening to the music with Katy right next to me, when this tiny little girl about four years old came up to me. She stood back a little and very politely asked, "Can I pet your dog?" When I said "Yes", she held her hand out and let Katy sniff it first, and when Katy licked her, she very gently petted her on the head. Of course, Katy was thrilled. About that time an older man, probably her grandfather, came up and asked me, "Did she ask if she could pet the dog?" and I told him that she had! I was just amazed that SOMEBODY had actually taught their child how to approach an animal they don't know and to ask first before they touch them! So many kids will just reach and grab without knowing ... if they have a dog at home they assume that all dogs are friendly and not all of them are!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 227738, member: 1883"] What Star said! I agree completely! If you have both children and pets, you should start teaching the children how to be gentle with the animals from the time they are very, very small! This is for the protection of the child as well as the pets. We always had both dogs and cats when my kids were little and I never would have tolerated them mistreating an animal - they were always supervised and learned to be very gentle. It's amazing how many people never bother teaching their children how to behave around animals. [I][B]Nothing[/B][/I] makes me madder than to see kids teasing or hurting an animal ... then when something happens and the animal reacts as an animal and tries to protect itself, it's always the dogs fault! And these parents are always the ones who insist that their kid would never do something like that! During the summer our little town had weekly street dances right in the intersection by my house and I would take Katy, my youngest Boston, because she loved to go! She's very sociable, loves meeting people, she's extremely gentle, loves kids, and it would never even occur to her to bite anyone. She sees everybody as a potential playmate. I was sitting there listening to the music with Katy right next to me, when this tiny little girl about four years old came up to me. She stood back a little and very politely asked, "Can I pet your dog?" When I said "Yes", she held her hand out and let Katy sniff it first, and when Katy licked her, she very gently petted her on the head. Of course, Katy was thrilled. About that time an older man, probably her grandfather, came up and asked me, "Did she ask if she could pet the dog?" and I told him that she had! I was just amazed that SOMEBODY had actually taught their child how to approach an animal they don't know and to ask first before they touch them! So many kids will just reach and grab without knowing ... if they have a dog at home they assume that all dogs are friendly and not all of them are! [/QUOTE]
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