A few years ago my sister had to have her 12 year old lab put to sleep because it bit a little boy. It had grown up with my niece and all the family children and never shown sign of aggression. After it was put to sleep she found out from a neighbor that some kids who lived behind her had been terrorizing her dog by poking it with sticks through the fence only the week before. It is sad that our pets have to pay for people not teaching their children how to treat animals. |