Caporegime
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Hades/PS/R-evans. I understand your points of view, but how can you guarantee that a dog will treat a stranger in the same way when its off the leash (assuming said stranger is acting normal/passively)?
I am walking with my twin 2 year olds and 7 year old and a couple of dogs come running towards them, my kids freak out and start to hide behind me, they are not used to animals in such close proximity (we are not a pet family).
How do I know these dogs will not treat my kids any differently to say your Alsatians, Hades?
I understand your comments that they are lovely dogs and wouldnt harm a hair on you as you mentioned, but we wouldnt know this if we were walking towards your dogs. And stating that the dogs will not harm anyone to us, doesnt make it "gospel".
This is not a jibe at the responsibility or irresponsibility of dog owners, but vouching for an animal (who despite being taken care of and bred in the right way during their lifetime), is still an animal and as such can potentially act unpredictably at any given time and under certain situations which maybe inexplicable to human beings.
I do not condone any violence towards animals at all, but I do have to say that if my childrens lives are in danger, I will do what I must to protect them, be it a dog, human being or whatever.
I don't like dogs or any pets for that matter. I feel exactly how you do.
They are animals and shouldn't be kept as pets but be out in the wild being free.
Some were bred for specific jobs though and now they are essentially a fashion accessory.
I think it's disgusting how we treat animals as meat, objects, things, etc.
We are just lucky to be smarter, more organised and at the top of the food chain overall as now if a bear comes at you, you can kill it with a shotgun.
I wouldn't want any dog coming near my kids. I don't care how well it's been looked after. Why take the risk?
Problem is dog owners have a completely different viewpoint and don't care about yours in the majority of them.
All they care about is themselves and that is why they have a dog in the first place to make themselves feel better for their flaws.