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Very sad. Young children and dogs need supervision at all times. We can't expect dogs just to take anything kids do to them and not react.
I have 2 young nieces(3 & 2 years old) and they adopted a Puggle puppy about a year ago. These 2 girls are the most happy well behaved kids I ever met but they played way too rough with the dog. Especially when it was trying to sleep. Pulling legs and ears. It was during a family party and everyone was distracted but I eventually seen them and stopped them. Unfortunately my youngest son (8 yrs old) felt bad for the dog and before I knew it the dog gave him a good bite to the nose. It looked like a nose piercing. The dog obviously thought my son was going to play rough too. My son was startled but fine. I explained to him why it happened and he didn't think twice about later playing with the dog.
I told my brother-in-law about his kids and the rough play and he immediately talked to his girls and they have watched the interaction closely. A year later the dog and kids live in harmony. Of course it's still a process and they are growing together. Now our dogs are best.
Another story scares me more though. A friend of ours has a gorgeous blue nose pit. His daughter is super high energy. She literally jumps and climbs all over this dog. It scares me to the point I can't watch. As far as the dog's reaction, well she gives no reaction. It doesn't seem to bother her. If I didn't know better I would say she liked it. I told them they need to watch and of course they think it's fine.
Irresponsible owners scare me. Especially with pits cause the breed is so scrutinized. Amazing dogs in my opinion.
I have 2 young nieces(3 & 2 years old) and they adopted a Puggle puppy about a year ago. These 2 girls are the most happy well behaved kids I ever met but they played way too rough with the dog. Especially when it was trying to sleep. Pulling legs and ears. It was during a family party and everyone was distracted but I eventually seen them and stopped them. Unfortunately my youngest son (8 yrs old) felt bad for the dog and before I knew it the dog gave him a good bite to the nose. It looked like a nose piercing. The dog obviously thought my son was going to play rough too. My son was startled but fine. I explained to him why it happened and he didn't think twice about later playing with the dog.
I told my brother-in-law about his kids and the rough play and he immediately talked to his girls and they have watched the interaction closely. A year later the dog and kids live in harmony. Of course it's still a process and they are growing together. Now our dogs are best.
Another story scares me more though. A friend of ours has a gorgeous blue nose pit. His daughter is super high energy. She literally jumps and climbs all over this dog. It scares me to the point I can't watch. As far as the dog's reaction, well she gives no reaction. It doesn't seem to bother her. If I didn't know better I would say she liked it. I told them they need to watch and of course they think it's fine.
Irresponsible owners scare me. Especially with pits cause the breed is so scrutinized. Amazing dogs in my opinion.
