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Am getting increasingly concerned at the number of people that let their toddler/ child just walk up to my dog and touch him without asking and I am starting to wonder why this keeps happening? It doesn't seem like a very safe thing to do? Yesterday, for example, a toddler ran up to my dog and repeatedly grabbed at his tail - while the father smiled benignly on from a distance I said 'luckily my dog is friendly' and he just carried on smiling.. But how on earth could he have known my dog was ok with children?!
I have a labrador - he's very friendly, good with children but not too fussed about saying hi to people when we out on a walk, he too busy playing with toys/ sniffing etc. So he kind of avoids them.
This keeps on happening - repeatedly children approach my dog while their parents are there and just start touching.
Am considering telling children - well the ones old enough to understand - that they really should ask first - but I would have expected parents to tell them that?
AIBU - or should people really ask first?
Incidentally - I have been asked by children sometimes and I always say yes.
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AIBU?
To wish that people would ask before letting their children pet/ touch my dog
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iggypiggy · 23/06/2009 15:47
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