scooby.

everyone loves scooby doo, his little nephew scrappy, snoppy & all the other dog cartoons they see on tv but when it comes to real life people are afraid of dogs. my brother has a pit-bull that my beloved* & i call scooby because he looks just like scooby doo & he loves aidan, aidan loves dutch (his real name) and aidan knows 'don't pull the dogs tail, don't pull anything out of the dogs mouth & be nice' so does rileigh marie* she has a kitten at home and being only 16 months she is slowly learning to 'play nice' and if she doesn't the kitty scratches her. being an avid animal lover, having one my entire life since birth & having kids around all the animals we have (us, parents, friends) you must understand my frustrations when i was reading whdh.com and saw an article about an 11-year old boy being bitten by a pit-bull and the owner facing charges. why? there are no details so we don't know if the dog was rabid & just went insane or if the 11-year old knowingly teased or was mean to the dog & sorry to say got what was coming to him. my brother has done a phenomenal job with dutch; he is well-trained, listens, is very calm, and is just a great dog. having aidan or rileigh walk right up to him & play with him, rileigh is right at dutch's eye level when he is sitting & no one is nervous not watching every second they are together. so hearing this 1. the owner is a bone-head and the dog isn't trained & was a 'bad dog' there i agree he must take responsibility for the dog 2. the dog was sick & went rabid on the young child & again unfortunately the owner must take responsibility or 3. the 11-year old boy was teasing, torturing, being mean & should have known better not to be that way to anyone let alone a dog you don't know & there should be nothing done to the owner except maybe fined for not correctly locking the dog up whether in the yard, house or car. But again there were no details of what happened here so i may not be even close to scratching the surface. but being an avid animal lover & owner i am just appalled that the owner of a dog is automatically 'possibly face charges, will be facing charges' investigate! find out what happened & if it was in fact the animals fault or if unfortunately the kid got what was coming to them. blah! i have nothing for today; been a good weekend went to the park, wedding reception, 21st beeday party & we still have one day to go which hopefully will consist of one stop at the grocery store & then the couch. happy weekend*