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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, can we please stop with the hatred of dogs and dog owners? Maybe there are less responsible dog owners in the district, but where I live people clean up after their dogs and no one goes around ranting about how evil and gross the animals are. I am sorry that this happened to you OP, people should clean up after their dogs (and contrary to the belief of this forum, a majority of them do!)but the intolerance towards dogs and their owners is just as disgusting. Please don't raise you children to harbor this much contempt towards animals and their owners.

Yes poop is gross, I was a preschool teacher I have cleaned up other people's children who were covered in poop! That is kinda the job, kids are messy and they get into messy things-I had a whole class once obsessed with animal poop so we made identification cards- deer poop, raccoon poop (looks surprisingly like dog poop!) when my class stepped in this kind of poop I couldn't to  blame the animals or the park ranger for not keeping them off our playground, and definitely not the kids. I sorta would hope moms to be like us preschool teachers, when things get crazy and messy you have to laugh it off and roll with it, instead of going on a dog hating tirade and buying overpriced floor mats.[/quote]

Again, there's a difference between human beings and dogs. And you chose your job, which included having to deal with little human beings' poop. Also a difference when you become a parent, knowing you will have to deal with poop.

Those of us who don't choose to live with a dog expect not to have to deal with dog poop and don't want our things to be ruined by dog poop (which we encounter due to bad owners). Period. It's not hard to understand.[/quote]

pp I mentioned that the kids got in animal poop- but instead of freaking out and getting on a soapbox we called it a "science lesson"

So when the kids play in poop (even if it did not come from their body!)- as a teacher I am supposed to deal gracefully but as a parent somehow I am allowed to behave badly? Unfortunately as a teacher I had an obligation to turn these things into teachable moments. But as entitled parents this logic doesn't apply? To me it is not really about the dogs, sounds like OP has a irresponsible neighbor so she feels it is okay to go off about the entire dog owning population (more then likely in front of her children!) A couple of bad apples doesn't entitle you to go on a war path about how gross dogs are. I would not force my love of animals on someone else but don't act like this kind of intolerant behavior is okay, especially when it comes teaching your children. Sorry I really can't wrap my brain around this, you may hate dogs for whatever reason you need to but allow room for those of us who do care about animals. As a teacher I saved every spider (even with an intense fear of them) because that is how you teach children to respect and appreciate the natural world around them.  Based on the vitriolic post from OP I get the sense she could have handle this better.

BTW- I am completely aware of the difference between dogs and humans, but I have met dogs that a much nicer then some of the posters on this thread so I would take them over some bitter dog hating poster any day.
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