Guest hankodie Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Is it just me or does this video make anyone else extremely uncomfortable/anxious? (Sorry - the video won't let me embed). I'm a golden retriever owner and I think mine has a wonderfully gentle temperament, especially with little humans but wow, I would never in a million years put my dog and a baby in that situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisys Mum Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I'm the same Hankodie .. That makes me very anxious! quite often I see photos on FB of babies grabbing dogs faces that someone has liked and I cringe :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hankodie Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Glad I'm not the only one marg! Half of the "cute baby and dog" things on the Internet make me cringe. This video takes the cake though, it just makes me feel really nervous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisys Mum Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Yeah I could never trust my dogs around babies ....even though they are friendly I just could never trust them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Great dog! Just highlights how wonderful the breed can be. The owners..... not so bright. Why risk it. However if you read the little blip under the video that caught my eye....... the person who posted thought it perfectly safe, but found many watchers did not. So she contacted her trainer/dogs trainer or something and asked. She was told that yes , her dog was unlikely to do anything BUT no dog with resource guarding pressure is 100% for sure. The owner says she thought it was so safe but in hindsight learnt something and says thanks. But yes, there are some stupid things filmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poochmad Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Holy dooly. Obviously the poster got a lot of negative comments judging by the description box. Thank goodness the dog's trainer advised against the parent letting their baby try that again. God, when the baby grabbed the nose and bared the teeth I cringed - even just putting a hand in the mouth can result in an accidental bite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussielover Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Why would you let a baby put it's hands into a dogs mouth while it was chewing a bone!!! Not only is it gross but the dog could have accidentally hurt the baby. Not to mention what could have happened if the dog lost it's patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simply Grand Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Wow, I watched that with jaw dropped I can see why the parents were so impressed with the dog around the baby, and how they were trying to demonstrate sharing between the baby and the dog, and I even think it's unlikely that dog would snap at that child. What concerns me is the lack of understanding that they are impressing on the child that its ok to bother a dog when it has something. There's no way the child is going to be able to properly understand that it can do that to its own dog because they have a bond but CANNOT do that to other dogs because its really dangerous. There's also every chance that the dog will tolerate that from its own little human but not tolerate it from anyone else so I hope they don't take that to mean the dog is fine with ANYONE harassing it while it has a resource. Good on them for taking the comments on board and seeking advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 What a fantastic dog, and yes what stupid parents. I do find it hard to believe that any thinks that a dog should happily and will happily tolerate such behaviour fromn a child. Even if it does, why should it have to?? The dog in this video has an amazing temperament. But holy moley was I cringing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaJ Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I also own two Golden Retrievers and I caught my breath a few times watching that video. I also worry that it perpetuates the myth that if you buy a Golden a Retriever puppy you will be assured of ending up with a dog like that one. Golden Retrievers are big boisterous dogs which need training and socialising the same as any other dog. I once encountered a man walking a GR which was pulling him along, and which he obviously no control over, he commented to us that we got a "well behaved one" - no - we had spent 2 years at obedience classes with her. I think my dogs are beautiful and the softest and gentlest of dogs but I worry about inexperienced dog owners who are choosing to buy a GR based on videos like this and end up with a GR bouncing around knocking over the baby and chewing up all the stuffed toys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I cant even finish watching that. Makes my skin crawl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph M Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Oh gosh. I love Gus and trust he wouldn't chow down on a baby for stealing his food, but I wouldn't put it to practice. Its an invasion of his space and what if he happened to accidentally chomp down to take the bone back? What if he thinks its a game? Also I don't want any babies fishing around his manky mouth for a manky bone. Yuck! Just silly all over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph M Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I really did think that kid was going to lose a finger for a moment. I've grabbed a ball at the same time Gus did once and those teeth bloody hurt, and a ball is a dang sight softer than a bone. Ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Gorgeous dog. He obviously wasn't bothered but why would you let your baby touch a skanky bone apart from anything else. Some people are just plain weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YippeeGirl Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I don't know why people think it's okay for their children to harass their dogs, and never let them have quiet time where they have some space to breathe and not be poked and prodded. I still remember our neighbours taking their lovely kelpie puppy to be put down because their youngest son picked it up and squeezed it while it was eating and it turned around and bit him in the face. I could sit there and do the same to any of our dogs right now. All it would do is prove how much of an idiot I am (or in the case of the video whoever is filming), and how saintly my dogs are. So many kids nowadays seem to have no idea how to interact appropriately with dogs, and it's no wonder when you see parents encouraging this sort of stupid behaviour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VizslaMomma Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I cant even finish watching that. Makes my skin crawl. I decided to not even watch it after reading some of these posts. Humans again. Daft gets. Poor dogs at the mercy of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascalmyshadow Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Brainless morons!!! The only dog to ever give me a serious scare in almost 20 years of grooming was a golden retriever, he was a perfect angel until he found a pigs ear in my grooming room, he changed in an instant and was not going to let me out of the room. If didn't have the experience I have I would have been in serious trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOLO Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Great example of a wonderful family pet. Why are people acting so freaked out? The owners obviously know their dog well and were supervising the play. My eldest daughter would also play with my Flattie Ralph when she was a toddler. He was an unfailingly gentle dog. Jasper is also a wonderful Flattie, but I wouldn't let him play with a small child like that as he can be a bit crazy at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simply Grand Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Great example of a wonderful family pet. Why are people acting so freaked out? The owners obviously know their dog well and were supervising the play. My eldest daughter would also play with my Flattie Ralph when she was a toddler. He was an unfailingly gentle dog. Jasper is also a wonderful Flattie, but I wouldn't let him play with a small child like that as he can be a bit crazy at times. Because absolutely you want a family pet to react like that to a child bothering it while it has a valuable resource if it happens to occur but you don't use a child to train it or push and push a dog to prove how much it will tolerate. Nor do you teach a child that grabbing at things in a dog's mouth is ok. Regardless of the danger, it's rude and I wouldn't want my child thinking it's appropriate to just take anything it wants. Teach the kid to cue the dog to 'give', teach to dog to 'give' on cue and not react badly if things go awry but don't encourage the child to harass the dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.mister Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Oh dear. Even the sweetest tempered dog could snap under that kind of pressure. I remember playing with a next door neighbour's goldie when I was about 11, dog had a toy she was chewing and I thought I would play a game and try to get the toy from her. She had a very stable temperament, but still snapped at me when I tried to take her prize. Luckily I realised what I had been doing was stupid and stopped! I can't believe someone would allow a baby to pester a dog like that, let alone stick its hands in/around the dog's mouth. And people wonder why their sweet-tempered family dog 'suddenly' snaps at their child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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