Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Re-reading and thinking the original post this a.m., I have to say I really agree with Austin on this one..;-)... I, too, am a dog owner/lover and have been all my life. But "stalking children?" 'Sleepy' time for Rex.... Oh, and, yes, if I had a dog that I thought could be a threat to any child, I would get rid of it...and did just that once...I had "rescued" a gorgeous, HUGE standard Poodle - like 85 lbs huge, which we had been told had been abused. Put myself and the dog through intensive training and the dog responded beautifully. Dog would let my then three-year-old son climb on him. But one day while at work I got a call from my wife who said "'your dog' has just snarled at..."...a toddler who was visiting and had come up behind the dog and patted him on the rump...dog spun around and snarled...Didn't snap. Didn't lunge. But snarled. My response to my wife..."Take 'my dog' downstairs to my office, lock him in with a bowl of water, and call the trainer and tell him the dog needs a new home where there are no children and never will be." Dog left that evening for a home way out in the country owned by a gay male couple - who were specifically told why the dog was leaving our home. B. D. And, yes, if I had it to do all over again, I would have had the dog 'put down,' despite being quite attached to him. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html