On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:26:00 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>I had an embarrassing moment with my Belgium Shepherd at a family party
>last summer. He was to stay at my SiL's chalet while we stayed at the
>hotel after the party. I was sitting in a chair with my dog on a leash
>behind me. I didn't see what happened, but I heard a sudden snarl and my
> niece's daughter started shrieking like it was the end of the world,
>and there marks a a bit of blood on her cheek. My niece saw what
>happened. He did not bite her. He was lying on her side when the three
>year old girl ambled over, bent over to pat him and fell on top of him.
>In his scramble to get up he scratched her with his claws.
>
>It shocked the daylights out of me. I don't think he had had much
>exposure to little kids, and he is old and has sore joints. He doesn't
>have a mean bone in his body, but it would be a rude surprise to be
>napping on a summer day and have some other creature fall on you.

That's why we had to have Buddy put to sleep. His hips were killing
him, and anyone who touched him wrong got snapped at or bitten. He
was a pure bundle of love, but the pain ....

Carol

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