Showing posts with label approaching dogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label approaching dogs. Show all posts

Monday, February 13, 2012

How Not To Greet a Dog

I saw this posted on Facebook this afternoon and I think it should be in every school room in the country.  I also think it applies to horses and donkeys, in fact every kind of animal I have ever met....
Some guy made a snarky comment that he "shouldn't have to teach his 10 year old son about dogs, the dog owner should be responsible for dealing with it".  I absolutely agree that it is the dog owners responsibility to deal with the dog, but isn't it the parents job to teach the kid?

The first thing I tell anybody who comes here is to leave my dog alone, and when he is ready he'll say hello.  It always amazes how many people ignore this and try to get in his face anyway.  The people with children are, invariably, the worst and I don't even try with them anymore.  I simply put Tanner in my car or house where he will be safe from the children. 

Maybe I am getting to be too old fashioned, but it does bug me that people are so ignorant about animals and are unwilling to learn.  Oh well, enough griping.  Although, I did just celebrate my 40th birthday last week, doesn't that mean I get to gripe about how folks nowadays don't know anything about anything and aren't raising their kids right?  It's a prerogative isn't it?