Grrr!

[Lobodeb]

I have to agree with Karen. At least they're doing the right thing for the dog. They've tried disciplining the boy without luck, so rather than take it out on the dog, they're doing the next best thing. I hope the dog gets the home he/she deserves and the child gets the help he needs.

[king2005]

Notice how they didn't say, we fear the dog will bite or harm our child. They said their child IS the problem, not the dog.

I think its a responsible thing to do before the dog does get hurt or even bites & hurts the child & then has to be put to sleep! I think the family has the dogs best intentions in their hearts, as they are trying to find him a home & not dumping him in a shelter.

[finn's mom]

That sucks. I feel really badly for the family and the dog.

[Muddy4paws]

Simple choice, Get rid of the kid.


Seriously though I hope he finds a loving home, it seriously sounds like that kid is a right little brat.

[Canis-Lupess]

Yeah, I agree that they are trying to do the right thing by the dog and know that the situation is down to their son being mean to the dog. I think a bit more discipline wouldn't go amiss. If I'd have done anything mean to any of our dogs, I wouldn't have been able to sit down for a month afterwards nevermind a week.

Still, many kids are just out of control these days. In the UK, the government have already outlawed smacking that leaves any type of mark like a bit of redness and campaigners are trying to outlaw smacking altogether. Like kids aren't out of control enough these days.....

[phesina]

That's the kind of kid that grows up to become a serial killer or at least a child-beater and/or wife-beater. And it makes me wonder what the parents or some other adults do to the kid that has made him that way.

At least the parents are making an effort to find a good home for the dog, rather than just turning him in to the local animal control or turning him out into the streets.

Pat

[coco-bean]

Thats aweful, can you really imagine what that home life is like with that kid ragging on that dog the whole time. Im almost positive of it that there has to be an emotional/behavioral probleM!
what i thought was funny is....if you are the RIGHT family you get the harness and the treats/food!
So does that mean if you arent the right family you dont get those things?
JMO

[lizbud]

Notice how they didn't say, we fear the dog will bite or harm our child. They said their child IS the problem, not the dog.

I think its a responsible thing to do before the dog does get hurt or even bites & hurts the child & then has to be put to sleep! I think the family has the dogs best intentions in their hearts, as they are trying to find him a home & not dumping him in a shelter.

Exactly. if the child had a medical problem that caused his behavior, don't
you think she would have mentioned that fact? Sounds like this lady knows
just where the problem is & wants to do the right thing by the dog. I wish
her well.

[catmandu]

Personally I would keep the Dog and lose the Brat.
If I ever hurt our Cats , my Mom would give me a boot where it hurt.
Its getting scary that theres so much meaness and hatred in that youngster.
I pray that Dog ends up somewhere good.
I know a school teacher and she actually has to be careful around students who are 8 or 9 years old.
One actually set up her 14 year old babysitter to be raped and beat up and they put it on the internet for laughs.Its like the Village of the Damned.

[kitten645]

I don't have kids but I know that both my nieces (8 & 3) and nephew (18 months) all learned "GENTLE" before they could even crawl or speak! Even when they were tiny and uncoordinated with jerky movements that could spook a cat, you could see the intention was to be kind to the animal. I shudder to be around this kid later in life.

[jennielynn1970]

I've been teaching for 10 years, and I have to tell you, it is just getting worse. There are 10 parents out there who would never raise their voice or a hand to their child for every one parent out there who teaches their child responsibility and respect and discipline.

Some of our biggest pains at school are the most gentle with animals or the physically or mentally challenged students, however, some of our emotionally disturbed kids are the nastiest people I've ever met. I like to believe in the good in all, but some of them have so much hatred in them, and have come from so much abuse, they just don't know how to be any other way.

It's a weird thing. I guess it all depends on the problems with the kid. Some children are just inherently mean. It's just like some people who view animals as possessions to be bought and sold, and others who view them as their family.

I get a lot of questions from the kids "Miss... do you have kids??" and first I started the whole "No, I'm not married." which doesn't fly at the school where I'm at cause so many are from single parent families. Sometimes I just joke that teaching is the best birth control ever, lol.