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Originally Posted by songgirl
I know that even if 10 children were fatally attacked by pit bulls in Florida on the same day, there are those people who would continue to say, "It's all about how you raise them."
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Um, it's all about how you raise them.
Dogs live in an hierarchical society. The fact that your dog is not with other dogs does not mean your dog
is not living in an hierarchical society.
If you don't understand that, then I'm real sorry about your luck.
Because dogs are programmed to live in an hierarchical society, that means that if you have small children, you NEVER, and never means at no time ever, allow a dog on the furniture.
To allow a dog on the furniture is to tell the dog in no uncertain terms that the rank structure in this hierarchy puts the child below the dog.
Because the child is below the dog in rank, that means the dog has the right to discipline the child.
And how do dogs discipline? They bite on the nose.
Doh!
Now, who here wants to ask a really stupid question like why do dogs always bite children in the face?
Thank you very little.
So if grandma has a dog and grandma allows the dog to sit on the couch, then you never, meaning at no time ever, take you infant to grandma's house unless grandma chains the dog up outside or locks the dog in another room.
Why? Because that dog is superior in rank to anything below it and if that 18 month old grabs the dogs tail, the dog will discipline the child by attempting to bite the child on the nose, which usually ends up being in the face since humans don't have a snout.
If you are going to have large dogs and small children in your house, then you need to exercise your duty as the "leader of the pack" and make certain your dog knows its proper place in the hierarchy.
I don't recommend that you try to bite the dog in the nose, but you can smack the dog in the nose with the back of your hand or a rolled up magazine or newspaper. It doesn't have to be a Babe Ruth Sultan of Swat, but it needs to be more than a love-tap.
Instead of putting down the dogs, we ought to be putting down the "owners" for being stupid in a No-Stupid Zone.
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