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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I came to this thread from the one about play dates and put mixes. Everyone in there is saying it’s fine as long as they trust the owner to shut the dog away/crate him/put him outside, etc. Basically keep him away from their kids so they never interact and getting bit never even becomes a possibility. Ok fine, makes sense.

Then I come in here and everyone is giving this OP a hard time about doing this very thing and teaching her kids how to notice a dog’s warning signs and respect its boundaries! Instead of applauding her for being safe, like how they want owners to act in the first thread about play dates, they’re telling her they feel bad for her kids for having to “walk on eggshells” in their own home. When really that boils down to what? Not being allowed to let their friends pet a strange dog (which you say you don’t want your kids to do anyway)? Not being allowed to flop down on the dog like it’s a cushion? She’s teaching her kids how to be good dog owners. They’re companions, not toys. They don’t exist as our playthings.[/quote]

Could you miss the point more or be more tone deaf?[/quote]

How did I miss the point? I have a GSD and I do the same things with him. Kids and strange dogs are a bad mix. Best to just keep your dog away and minimize the risk.

When we first got the dog, I also supervised our kids’ interactions with him. GSD can be temperamental. Nothing ever happened but why risk it? Teach your kids how to respect a dog’s body language and everything will be fine. Dogs really don’t want to bite the people they live with. They know that biting will get them in big trouble. They only do it after you’ve ignored all their other efforts to communicate that they’re uncomfortable and you should back off.

People freak out about a dog’s corrections (like growling or barking) but they’re really just their ways of communicating since they can’t talk. Follow the signs and everything will be fine.

I guarantee those pits were showing signs of discomfort and were being ignored.[/quote]

If your children are going to someone else's house, you'd like the dangerous things such as "strange dogs", pit mixes, chow mixes, semi-automatic guns, needles, etc. to be put away.  In your own house, do you want those things at all?

There's a difference between what you can or should expect from someone else's house and what you can or should expect in your own home.  Having a dangerous skittish snappy dog in your house?  This isn't a working dog, it's supposed to be the family pet.  OP is a first time dog owner and she doesn't realize that she's not doing it right.  [/quote]

What do you mean by not doing it right? The only thing people are telling her to do is take it back to the shelter where it will probably be put down.[/quote]

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