[mscat]

I was walking Suzi the other day, and we were accross the street at a apartment complex. There is a little playground , where children were at. A young child , around 3 yrs old was there, and had a bag of chips in one hand .Suzi jumped up on her. The little girl was scared and I stopped Suzi from this behavior right away. However, the little girl kept coming over to Suzi, and i had to keep Suzi at a distance.
I was also keeping an eye out for my teenaged disabled son at the same time, where their wer ea group of boys.
The next thing I knew it, saw the little girl came up again over to Suzi, this time Suzi , instantly rolled over onto her back! Suzi stayed on her back too, and the little girl bent down and pet Suzi's tummy, the child was full of smiles, delighted ! I was stunned that my dog had behved like that towards such a young child?
Every time the little girl came over, Suzi would roll over ! I never had seen her do this before. The child never tried to pick Suzi up or anything. And Suzi allowed the little girl to pet her.
It was touching that my Dog was was behaving in such a submissive manner, or was she scared of the child? Isn't rolling on the back a sign of the dog , saying, "don't hurt me?"
Suzi did the behavior again towards an older child the same day, when the girl pet her. Is it that Suzi just likes belly rubs, or is it that she is a little scared of kids?