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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hahahahaha. I knew it was someone with a little kid. Fearful parents create fearful children. Glad you're not my parent. [/quote]

My then-3 yr old had his face split open by a dog bite last year.  One of those supposedly friendly, won't-hurt-anyone, he-just-likes-to-play kinds of dogs.  He wandered up to my kid and started sniffing at his face, then was startled by a loud noise behind him, and snapped.  The whole incident took about 30 seconds.  We ended up in the ER, and it took 10 stitches to sew his lip and cheek back together.  The owner swore that the dog had NEVER even come CLOSE to biting ANYONE, EVER.  Until my son was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

He loves dogs, always has.  But after that experience, it does freak him out a bit when a large dog (whose teeth are level with his face) comes running up unannounced.  We're working hard on getting him over this, but every time it happens, it sets him back at least a month.

So next time you scoff at "fearful parents", please consider that you may not know the whole story.  We've taken our kids on adventures that would blow your mind, and are as far from a "fearful" family as you could imagine.  But I really, really don't appreciate your dogs running up and scaring the shit out of a little kid who spent all night in the hospital getting his face sewn together.  Keep it on a leash.[/quote]

I am so terribly sorry this happened to your child. My child was bitten by a dog when he was a toddler, and he was terrified of dogs for several years. We now have a sweet dog, and I would never, ever imagine letting her off leash around children or people anywhere else than in a dog park.

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Thank you.  He actually is doing quite a bit better now.  He still has a pretty good scar, and is a little skittish around strange dogs, but is recovering.  Thankfully he's young enough that his memories of the whole event are a little hazy.  I hope your child has recovered from his experience as well.[/quote]

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