attacked by a child

ORIGINAL: maremma_sheepdog

I am just so frustrated because I felt like we were making progress with socialization with children and now a setback. I just cannot believe how stupid some parents are. And Jojo, those kids who are running thru your yard sound old enough to know better. If I were you I would pop out and surprise them and give them a lecture. I would even consider calling their parents if you know who they are although I hate doing things like that! I would never have taunted a dog as a child; I knew better. Ugh.

I have yelled at them, twice.  They've stopped teasing him, but they still walk through my yard. 

The first time I caught them they were making faces at him, just far enough away, so that Joey's tie out couldn't reach them.  I tried to be nice.  I asked if they would like to pet him.  That he would much rather be petted than teased.

The second time, I scream at them..."What's wrong with you.  Do you want to be teased?  One of these days he's going to bite you."  Which after the moment, I realized I shouldn't have said that "he's going to bite you."  You never know with children.  They can always lie.

A couple weeks ago, I heard Joey barking more than he usually does when he's outside.  I opened the back door to see him loose, out of his tie out.  The latch broke.  He was standing 6 feet away from a kid, barking.  The kid just ignored him and continued walking, through my yard.  I called Joey in.  He came to me with his head towards the kid, barking and gruffing.  Like, "That's right, get out of my yard.  My mom's making me come in, but if I catch you again, I'm going to bark some more. Gruff!"

They are old enough to know better.  And I have thought about sending letters to the neiborhood, asking them to tell their children to stay our of other people's yards.  But I haven't had the guts yet.

ORIGINAL: denise_m

Kids and dogs are both unpredictable creatures. For every kid that runs at, hits or other wise is inappropriate around dogs, there are way more dogs that jump, scratch or are inappropriate around kids. Both owners and parents must be overly cautious when the two are around each other.

I agree, but the kid that hits my dog will, maybe, get a time out or a no no.  The dog that bites or scratches a child will be put to sleep, regardless if the child hit first.

There are tonnes of kids that live in my apartment building and they tease Tojo if I don't tell them off. A few times, they'll even come up and grab his leash while I'm still holding it and try to lift him up by the neck! I have told those kids off a bunch of times. Once they even stood in the doorway and wouldn't let me through with Tojo on leash and me lugging a stroller down the stairs, and they were teasing Tojo at the same time, so told them to move and when they didn't, I just rammed the stroller into them until they got the picture.

I'm definitely going to teach my son to be kind to animals. All my kids will know full well that hurting animals doesn't make mama happy and when mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!

ORIGINAL: jojo the pogo

ORIGINAL: maremma_sheepdog

I am just so frustrated because I felt like we were making progress with socialization with children and now a setback. I just cannot believe how stupid some parents are. And Jojo, those kids who are running thru your yard sound old enough to know better. If I were you I would pop out and surprise them and give them a lecture. I would even consider calling their parents if you know who they are although I hate doing things like that! I would never have taunted a dog as a child; I knew better. Ugh.

I have yelled at them, twice.  They've stopped teasing him, but they still walk through my yard. 

The first time I caught them they were making faces at him, just far enough away, so that Joey's tie out couldn't reach them.  I tried to be nice.  I asked if they would like to pet him.  That he would much rather be petted than teased.

The second time, I scream at them..."What's wrong with you.  Do you want to be teased?  One of these days he's going to bite you."  Which after the moment, I realized I shouldn't have said that "he's going to bite you."  You never know with children.  They can always lie.

A couple weeks ago, I heard Joey barking more than he usually does when he's outside.  I opened the back door to see him loose, out of his tie out.  The latch broke.  He was standing 6 feet away from a kid, barking.  The kid just ignored him and continued walking, through my yard.  I called Joey in.  He came to me with his head towards the kid, barking and gruffing.  Like, "That's right, get out of my yard.  My mom's making me come in, but if I catch you again, I'm going to bark some more. Gruff!"

They are old enough to know better.  And I have thought about sending letters to the neiborhood, asking them to tell their children to stay our of other people's yards.  But I haven't had the guts yet.

 
Two words:  Paintball gun [sm=evilfire.gif]

Wow that's a good thing she didn't snap at him. Some people are quite inconsiderate! A couple days ago I took Mirelle to a clothing sale and she came in and was laying on the floor next to me while we looked at clothes racks. In case anyone doesn't know, Mirelle is training to be a service dog, she's just a puppy, so I bring her into stores and whatnot.  A couple little Mexican kids were playing around and one little boy kept coming around and he would  stand in front of her and hold out his hand and try to pet her. I really didn't have a problem with that, because I knew Mirelle wouldn't do anything, and she is supposed to be exposed to everything, but it's just that most parents recognize her with her cape and tell their kids "that's a working dog, you can't pet him" ( yes, they always say 'him' [8|]). The mother did eventually try to call the kid, but he just ignored her and she came over and got him. She was talking in Spanish, so I didn't understand it, but it's kind of annoying when some people let their kids do whatever without keeping an eye on them. 

Sorry to hear that happened. Unfortunately I've been in similar situations before. [&:]
 
Twice now at my local petstore there have been little kids around maybe 4-5 years old that came up to Gingerbread without asking. The first one was a little boy that tried to pick him up! [:-] His mom was nowhere to be seen and he didn't appear to speak English. He did understand when I told him "no!". 
 
The second one was another little boy t hat just started petting him really roughly. His mom was standing a few feet away and about the same time that I was saying- don't do that! His mom said- You can't pet him like you do (whatever their dog's name was, I forgot), he's too little. She didn't say anything about not going up to strange dogs without permission. [&o]
 
Gingerbread has always been a little on the timid side and he definitely doesn't like strangers coming up and manhandling him. Poor little guy, his eyes just got really big and he looks nervous, he never tries to defend himself though. I feel really bad that those things have happened. I've always been right there, but kids are fast. []