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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s cultural to an extent. Caucasians in America often treat dogs different than people from other cultural backgrounds. They see a higher value to the animal. Other cultures don’t value the animal in the same way, so seeing the dog be ridden on or jumped on, is not as large of an issue. What culture are the neighbors OP?

Asking as a Sri Lankan with El Salvadorian neighbors and Nigerian in laws. Each of us has a different pattern of thought about the way animals are treated. [/quote]

If we are now going to excuse the mistreatment of animals, a call to ASPCA to remove the dog will solve that pattern of thought.[/quote]

It is really ok for people to treat dogs like animals, which is what they are. [/quote]

Being rough with a sensitive dog is not ideal but it's not abusive.  The child will learn over time.  There's a lot of bizarre posts on this thread.  Even more than usual.[/quote]

This line of thinking leads to kids getting bit in the face. It’s bizarre that you keep dismissing that very real danger. Yes, dogs are animals. Make a dog feel threatened, and they will protect themselves. For your children’s sakes’ I hope you don’t own any pets.[/quote]

Bizarre.

I have a dog now and have had many dogs (and other pets including horses and cats in the past).  The only child that I personally know that was bitten in the face was by a cocker spaniel with rage.  Who was pts.

Dogs are dogs and kids are kids.  So many don't know the difference.[/quote]

ER nurse. I’ve met many children bitten in the face for behavior you would consider normal (harrassing a dog, getting in its face, etc.. The number of times I’ve heard “We were shocked, he was always such a good dog” I can count on more than two hands. The parents of those children were the ones who didn’t understand the difference between human and animal behavior. Their children paid the price with plastic surgeon consults and sometimes permanent disfigurement. [/quote]

Yep.  One of the reasons we waited until our youngest son was 10 before we got a dog.  Figured that was the minumum age at which he would listen to us and understand--and even then we watched him and his behaviour closely.  Never go to the dog while she's sleeping on her bed, call her to you--if she comes to you she wants interaction, etc.  One of the reasons fewer adults are bitten is because we generally don't go to the dog, we make them come to us.[/quote]

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