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Originally Posted by rubymoo
I've had this too Joey.
Children rushing up to stroke my dogs.....i've had to give many talks to strangers children about not approaching dogs they don't know, i tell the children they must always ask to stroke a strange dog and to never run at them head on, the parents usually just look on smiling like it's my job to teach their kids about the dangers of dogs  |
Spot on.
Also the child obviously doesn't know but running directly towards a Dog is in effect seen by it as threatening and challenging to it.