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WillowTheWhisp · 02-01-2007, 12:47

We had a dog from before my oldest daughter was born until she was 10 and her sister 7, when it died. The dog was well behaved, often played with the girls and was never known to bite anyone or anything. He would play quite tough tug o' war games with a long double ended rubber thing and did a lot of mock growling but we could tell it was all in play.

He did bark when people came to the door and he did growl at perceived threats (you could tell the different growl to the play fighting one) which I suppose illustrates the point that it is all down to how the dog is brought up.

He was a cross between a Jack Russell and a border collie. People claim that JRs are bad tempered but said the collie in him must have made him more docile. He was just a happy, well-balanced fun-loving dog who was daft as a brush.

02-01-2007, 12:47	#17
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: Yet another dog kills a child... We had a dog from before my oldest daughter was born until she was 10 and her sister 7, when it died. The dog was well behaved, often played with the girls and was never known to bite anyone or anything. He would play quite tough tug o' war games with a long double ended rubber thing and did a lot of mock growling but we could tell it was all in play. He did bark when people came to the door and he did growl at perceived threats (you could tell the different growl to the play fighting one) which I suppose illustrates the point that it is all down to how the dog is brought up. He was a cross between a Jack Russell and a border collie. People claim that JRs are bad tempered but said the collie in him must have made him more docile. He was just a happy, well-balanced fun-loving dog who was daft as a brush. __________________