| Re: Leaning and sitting on feet?
I have to say this is one of the posts that made me chuckle before I decided to post to these forums. Our rottie did this. Whether subtle dominance, the need to be close or affection I don't know. I'm no expert on behavior. I can only say that I *felt* it was a bit of all of it combined. At least with her given her personality.
Jaden, whether done tactfully or not, I do believe these people have the best interests of your children and your dogs at heart. It's hard to look at something you've been doing for so long and realize it might not be best. Obviously you love your children and your dogs.
I'll leave you with this ... the ONLY two times in my life I've been bitten by a dog have been as a child in my own home. They were family pets. My step-mother's pomeranian and my fathers springer spaniel. The spaniel bit me as I opened the door to the camper where he was laying in front of the door. He got me on the upper arm. The pomeranian bit me in the face while I was laying on the floor watching TV. Why? Your guess is as good as mine. Both times seemed to be an innocent act on my part. Maybe I moved on the floor wrong, maybe I opened the door too fast. Before these incidents, the dogs were always always on their best behavior and never displayed acts like this before. Poor ownership on my parents part? Probably. But could you imagine if these dogs were Rotts? To this day, even though I know it isn't logical, I avoid all pomeranians and springers like the plague.
They are dogs, and we cannot say we truly *know* them. We try. We believe we DO know them but how many times have we all seen or heard the .. "but he never did this before." Now 9 times out of 10 these are people who have no clue about how to handle dogs. However, we have to realize we can't know everything about our beloved pets and all it takes is just one time for a life to forever change.
Just think about it :)  |