Hello @gentleshaid,
Thank you for this issue of Distilled. I actually read two of these already but missed the dog article. Just read that one. Very interesting but made me a little uncomfortable. I love dogs, but only gentle ones that don't bite. (I think any dog can bite under the right circumstances).
Hope you are well.
You are most welcome. I really do not love dogs, but I love cats, even though I still can't keep any pets cos my wife hates them.
I once watched a video of a dog biting off the leg of another dog and it was really horrible. No one wants to see the beast sides of dogs.
It would be funny to say that I pray for my dog never to go crazy, sometimes I get scared when I read/watch certain dogs going crazy. We can, however, not discard the good sides of having a good dog at home.
When I see people leaving their babies with dogs, I think it's madness. I remember when my daughter was very young (5?) she was at a neighbor's house. The neighbor was baby sitting for a dog, an elderly dog that was gentle and 'never had bitten anyone'. That dog went after my daughter when she was running down the hall. Bit her on the face!! Fortunately, a couple of stitches in the eyebrow fixed the problem. No scar, but what a scare.
No matter how gentle the dog, people have to be careful, particularly around children.
However, cats do scratch and bite :))