"Dan S. MacAbre" wrote in message
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"bert" wrote in message
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On Thursday, 8 December 2016 18:52:45 UTC, bert wrote:
When will we learn that young children and dogs do not mix.

They mix fine as long as they're trained to get on with each other.

Both dogs and children!!
Out of dog owners, children, and dogs, the problem is not usually*
the dogs.

*Can be sometimes, though.

Exactly, so better be safe than sorry.

Just not feasible, particularly on the streets.

And the last thing that makes any sense is to never
let kids get anywhere near a dog, because you are
actually stupid enough to do things like that, so
they stay fearful of dogs.

Our little lad was knocked over by a greyhound (someone local takes them
in when they're too old to race). It was muzzled, but it was still a bit
of an ordeal, as the owner lost control of it, and it was rather
'excited'. It'll take him a while to completely trust dogs now, which is
a shame, since the missus really loves them.

Sure, but its MUCH worse to take that other approach, never let
kids get anywhere near them because of that stupid 'better be
safe than sorry' approach and see them fearful of dogs for life.

Makes a lot more sense to just keep an eye out when they are
young enough to get bowled over to ensure that doesn't happen.

Same with the way that some very young kids can get into
trouble when they start whacking a dog in the face with a
stick etc. Makes more sense to point out to them that that
can have real downsides and ensure that they don't get
bitten by watching what they get up to.

We do that with all sorts of stuff like climbing trees and
running around. Its stupid to just ban it on the basis of
'better be safe than sorry'