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Shel wrote in message <01be66c9$a106f540$57d766cf@alfred>...
>I agree with everything you say. Luckily, some dogs and cats have a
>special trait I call the "kindness gene". These are the ones that pass
>the "tug, pull, poke.." tests and get to visit people in the hospital.
>Some patients can be worse than kids! Our Standard Poodle, Julie, is
>like this. She mothers everything! She even puts up with the kitten
>kneading her belly!
>Off the topic a bit- My last dog, Trucker, also loved kids,cats etc.
>One day at a BBQ, a child about 3-4 y.o., held out a hot dog to him. As
>dogs will, he figured "Why not", and took it. Unfortunately the parents
>caught only the last second of this, and freaked! "Your dog bit my
>child..." Had to tie the poor guy up. Should have tied up the kid...
>:~)
>Regards,
>Shel.


This post reminds me of the German Shepherd we had when I was a kid, he
was gentle as a lamb with kids and cats. One day when we were taking him
for a walk, a child (about 18 months old) grabbed his tail with both
hands, and pulled hard. The dog just looked as if to say, I wondered why
I stopped. The child's poor mother was rooted to the spot in horror, I'm
sure she thought her baby was about to be eaten. The only time I saw
anything like aggression from him, was when he was 12 years old, we got
another puppy, who would try to get him to play. One day when he had had
enough he bit the pup gently on the leg.
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