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the__ivorytower
2009-03-15 06:23 am UTC (link)

That dog looks so chill.

It wouldn't have bitten the child's face off, it would have just... walked away. When you're three, if an animal doesn't like you, you can't do much.

(I used to live on a farm, and for many years, we had animals, like sheep. When I was five, I had a 'pet sheep' named Mary. She had a lamb. I know, I was such a creative child. I tried to pet the lamb, and Mary knocked me over. Didn't hurt me, just butted me over. I learned a valuable lesson about not petting baby animals and I was not traumatized for life. XD)

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	singe 2009-03-15 06:30 am UTC (link)
	WHERE WERE YOUR PARENTS OMG!!1!! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the__ivorytower 2009-03-15 06:32 am UTC (link)
	I think my father was shearing sheep. I think my grandmother took a picture. XD (Reply to this)(Parent)

	white_tean 2009-03-15 12:50 pm UTC (link)
	Our siamese cats educated us by biting us or occasionally giving us a swat when we played with their tales to much - and our parents just let it happen because they knew the cats were okay disciplinarians. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	white_tean 2009-03-15 12:51 pm UTC (link)
	*tails not tales. Where is my head tonight? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kernelm 2009-03-15 04:09 pm UTC (link)
	Mary had a little lamb? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the__ivorytower 2009-03-15 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	Yes. 8D Her lamb's name was Candy. (Reply to this)(Parent)

shark
2009-03-15 05:40 pm UTC (link)

I grew up with dogs - one in particular that I annoyed incessantly at three or four, and eventually she snapped at me (barely nipped my upper lip, broke the skin but did no permanent damage).

I learned a valuable lesson: Don't annoy the dog. Dog never did it again, and I didn't tell my mom because she would have (a) laughed at me and (b) given me the, "

shark, don't annoy the dog" lecture.

That dog's easily 85lbs - she could get up and go somewhere else if she wanted to and there'd be nothing the kid could do about it.

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platedlizard
2009-03-15 11:42 pm UTC (link)

A couple I used to work with had an umbrella cockatoo (actually, they had several) and a small hyperactive boy. Despite their best efforts the kid kept teasing the hen whenever she was in her cage. One day while she was out of her cage and he was asleep on the couch she snuck down off her perch, climbed on the couch, and bit him on his butt. Not hard enough to break the skin, mind (cockatoos can do serious damage if they want), just hard enough to bruise.

After that, he left the birds alone.

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	jat_sapphire 2009-03-15 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	(cockatoos can do serious damage if they want) For instance, ow. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	platedlizard 2009-03-16 12:21 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, that's why the rule at the store I used to work at was that male cockatoos were not allowed anywhere near your face. Males especially are prone to biting for a variety of reasons (looks like that one was pair-bonded with the other 'too). Females aren't as bad about biting, but are still capable of it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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