Gabby wrote:This is why babies should never be allowed to crawl all over dogs. ANY dog no matter how soft they normally are can suddenly turn..... this dogs body language said it all, totally irresponsible parenting!!
...... poor baby!
I was warned. Had my dog acted like that I would have probably broke it's back. My best freind though would never have done that. Dog was so happy when we there was a baby in the house. Blackie (a lurcher, took him to the vet. I shouldn't have done that! He didn't like the vets). When my son was about one and a half he was strong enough to force open the fridge. Raided the yougurt and painted Blacking with it.
Such a gentle dog, playfull and freindly. Play biting it was like two feathers touching the skin. He was found in the country side covered in mange and sores. Took months for the recovery. One evening I stepped over him. He started yelping the moment my foot went near him.
He became a legend in the town. Most people where able to recognise his bark. If they decided to say hello, his tail wagged with such vigour it lifted his hind legs off the ground. If my leg was in the way, which it often was I would have been coverd in bruises, if I bruised easily.
The one thing I never did was use a collar. Only a choker. Took a while to get him to walk beside me. Once he did he never needed the chain. Though he was so excitable he would never have stayed if there was a rabbit, fox or someone he knew ahead.
Two weeks after he was with me, we got hit by a land rover. Two tendons on his right hind leg torn. Within the week I decided a short walk down the park. He sees a rabbit on the otherside of the burn. Straight into the water. Back to vets to replace bandages and support. A few weeks later, the day bandages where removed I took him allong the old railway line.
Comes back limping, this time his opposite front leg. Another trip to the vets and a bandage for another few weeks.