My two lil' Cairn terriers love kids to the nth degree, but even
them I wouldn't leave alone unsupervised with kids. Murph
was outside playing with 3 family kids, all under the age of 5.
I was in the kitchen, but 2 other adults were outside supervising.
Somewhere in the play, the game turned to 3 screaming kids
chasing Murph around the yard. I went outside to see how
things were going and Murph made a beeline for me and jumped
up on me for me to pick him up. It was obvious to me that he'd
reached his limit, was exhausted of running, trying to keep out
of their reach, but the other adults didn't even remotely
realize he was in distress.

How much longer would he have gone before he'd have reached
his breaking point or got cornered and felt the need to growl
or snap to communicate to them? They weren't getting the
message that he wanted to be left alone, by running and hiding
behind stuff. I feel like any dog can bite, because us humans
just are totally clueless about their body language and miss
the communication.

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