LadyConstanze
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ORIGINAL: LaTigresse Or the woman should keep her children on a leash. The child wasn't the problem, the problem was the mother pushing a child towards the dogs, the toddler was really unsteady and grabbed the dog to not fall over. If it was me, I would be careful even if somebody says it's a friendly dog, but not just assume "it will be alright, after all it's only my child that might get bitten because I pushed it at strange dogs who are several times the size of my child..." I wasn't worried about what my dogs would do, but what if she does it with another dog who's not used to kids and thinks it's an attack because it gets spooked. I don't think kids should grow up fearing dogs, but teaching them to approach carefully is something a halfway responsible parent should do. The least she could have done was ask "Is it alright if my child strokes them?" The child didn't want to stroke them, it was pushed towards them by the mother who - amazingly - hung back...
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