Recent content by Calamity Kate

But if your dog is fine with other children, and your neighbour's children are afraid of dogs anyway, why do they have to mix? Am I missing something here? What is the problem, exactly?

Absolutely agree that doing what is best for one's family is most important. To my mind, doing what is best for my children would include putting as much distance between them and a dog which had bitten one of them on the face as possible. I take your point about the PROFESSIONAL, but I still...

<Yes she bit Maggie and if it had been more severe we may have decided differently. > More severe than biting her face??? Unbelieveable...

Oh, ffs. Another one. Does it take a genius to work it out? Sorry, but these sorts of messages seem to keep cropping up, and to me, as a mother, it is a bit of a no-brainer. IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS, WHATSOEVER, THAT A DOG IS TOTALLY SAFE AROUND CHILDREN, YOU HAVE 2 CHOICES. 1) Make sure...

If your parents will not absolutely promise to keep the dog SHUT SOMEWHERE THAT YOUR CHILDREN CANNOT GET TO, then your children should not be visting. Simple as. Accidents happen in the blink of an eye - even if the dog and children are closely supervised, it would be extremely lucky if, in the...

<I think these "dog-smiles" are also referred to as submissive grimaces> Precisely my point. I'm not disputing that they may well pull the same faces as we do, and occasionally in the right context and at the right times, but ultimately, it is not a "smile" in the same way, and for the same...

Oh, well that's OK then! Let's hope Maggie grows quickly, so that her arms become more conveniently within bite range! And as long as the attack wasn't OVERLY aggressive, that's OK too. Brilliant.:rolleyes:

Smile? Please. Curl their lips in a facsimile of a smile, yes but please tell me that you do not honestly believe that you have seen a dog smile in the same way that a human smiles. A chimpanzee can make a "smile", but I assure you that they do not do it for the same reasons we do. And if a...

<I hope my worries are in vain, but if this were my dog it would not have had a second chance to bite any child, much less my own.> Well put. The thing is, Gapeach, how serious a bite would it have to be, for you to do what you had originally decided to do? For instance, if the child's...

Gapeach - I appreciate your points and believe me, I feel for you and your situation and have no wish to upset you. However, I think Nerual's story above speaks volumes. It also worries me when I read or hear of people saying things like you said in your post..... "You do not know my dog...

LOL I had endless trouble with my lurcher when he was a puppy. As soon as the lead went on, even before any pressure at all was put on it, he would throw himself to the ground, all four legs in the air, and literally scream. It was terrible. I contacted a trainer who later admitted that when I...

Sorry, I am going to be unpopular here but....... one way or the other, the dog has to go. It has bitten your daughter's FACE. I am a dog lover but I love my children more and I am sure you are the same. How will you feel if it happens again? How can you EVER trust the dog around your children...