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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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

+1

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.

Not all do. If you don't teach children right from wrong, they don't all figure it out as they get older. This is how we end up with people tying a dog to a tree and beating it with baseball bat, or sticking things up its orifice, or duct taping its mouth (or worse). These three are specific examples of dogs we have taken into rescue. Maybe you'll call that "being rough with a sensitive dog" too.

You really think your post isn't bizarre?

Why do you think the child's parents aren't telling him "gentle" inside the house?

That was the first time I posted on this thread, so there are apparently a whole lot of 'bizarre' posters on here, who don't think it's acceptable for kids to try to sit on dogs, throw things at them, or hit them. What's so bizarre about what I wrote? These are specific things that children (and presumably adults, because no one caught the a$$holes that stuck tree branches inside two puppies) have done. Maybe, IF someone had stopped them when they were children, it wouldn't have escalated. Or maybe you think that it's bizarre that people find it unacceptable for dogs to be hit with baseball bats, or have their mouths duct taped.

Why do I care what the child's parents are telling him inside the house? It's clearly not working. Or they don't do it because they don't care, or they're drowning in their own $hit and haven't been keeping an eye on the kid or the dog.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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

+1

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.

Not all do. If you don't teach children right from wrong, they don't all figure it out as they get older. This is how we end up with people tying a dog to a tree and beating it with baseball bat, or sticking things up its orifice, or duct taping its mouth (or worse). These three are specific examples of dogs we have taken into rescue. Maybe you'll call that "being rough with a sensitive dog" too.

You really think your post isn't bizarre?

Why do you think the child's parents aren't telling him "gentle" inside the house?

LOL. Not the PP, but if you aren’t joking, I hope I never run across your kids. Words without consequences result in brats.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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

+1

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.

Not all do. If you don't teach children right from wrong, they don't all figure it out as they get older. This is how we end up with people tying a dog to a tree and beating it with baseball bat, or sticking things up its orifice, or duct taping its mouth (or worse). These three are specific examples of dogs we have taken into rescue. Maybe you'll call that "being rough with a sensitive dog" too.

You really think your post isn't bizarre?

Why do you think the child's parents aren't telling him "gentle" inside the house?

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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

+1

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:Take a look at how you treat your kids. Most of you feed your animals better than your kids.

Please. This is DCUM. Nothing but the best organic farm-to-table for Larlo AND Fido.

Stfu cracker

Anonymous wrote:DP. Dogs are pets, they have one job - to make the family happy. A dog that bites or is reactive or injures/mauls/kills a family member is a bad pet, even if it is an accident or predictable. There are enough dogs in the world, we don't need to keep bad ones.

I don't believe that dogs only reason for existence is for our needs. Our need to be happy do not outweigh the dog. What if owners like seeing their dogs fight? Because that makes them happy. It doesn't make the dog happy but, in your mind who cares about the dogs' needs. Just as long as the family is happy!

Lock them up

Strong correlation between kids who abuse animals and serial killers. Get the dog some help.

Anonymous wrote: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.

Every culture does some things that are not inherently good. I would put tolerating the deliberate tormenting of animals on that list. It’s not a good look. It’s also not an excuse.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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

+1

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.

Not all do. If you don't teach children right from wrong, they don't all figure it out as they get older. This is how we end up with people tying a dog to a tree and beating it with baseball bat, or sticking things up its orifice, or duct taping its mouth (or worse). These three are specific examples of dogs we have taken into rescue. Maybe you'll call that "being rough with a sensitive dog" too.

+1. These children who are never shown proper boundaries with animals (and consequences for violating those boundaries) are also less likely to respect boundaries with other vulnerable humans. This kid sounds like a bully in the making.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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

+1

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.

Not all do. If you don't teach children right from wrong, they don't all figure it out as they get older. This is how we end up with people tying a dog to a tree and beating it with baseball bat, or sticking things up its orifice, or duct taping its mouth (or worse). These three are specific examples of dogs we have taken into rescue. Maybe you'll call that "being rough with a sensitive dog" too.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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

+1

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.

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.

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.

Boys will be boys. Yep, we know your type.

Anonymous wrote:Take a look at how you treat your kids. Most of you feed your animals better than your kids.

+1000. We call it neglect and abuse.

Anonymous wrote:Take a look at how you treat your kids. Most of you feed your animals better than your kids.

Please. This is DCUM. Nothing but the best organic farm-to-table for Larlo AND Fido.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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

+1

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.

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.

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.

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.