On Apr 17, 4:59*pm, "Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote:
> "Janet Bostwick" :in rec.food.cooking
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> > While I agree with you generally, no one should ever attempt to
> > approach a dog without talking to the owner first. *You make general
> > conversation about the dog and ask if it is o.k. for you to pet the
> > dog. *This alerts the owner to pay attention to the dog and the
> > interaction. *It's like picking up someone else's baby. *They don't
> > take to everyone nor do pets. *My 2 cents as a dog owner.
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> Good advice Janet and good comparison. *I assume most parents wouldn't
> dream of allowing their offspring the license to pick up someone else's
> child, say at the supermarket or shopping mall. *As I said before, any dog
> has the potential to bite.

IIRC, the AH had assured the family of the little girl that the dog
was "friendly."

If it had been my child, the owner would have 3 choices:
1. Have the dog peacefully put down.
2. Hide the dog where I couldn't get to it.
3. Risk having the dog die a far more painful and prolonged death.
Few things are easier to kill than a dog. They'll eat damned near
anything, and this time we wouldn't be talking capsaicin.

An excerpt from the Test of the Gom Jabbar, from the first Dune book:

"The old woman said: 'You've heard of animals chewing off a leg to
escape a trap? There's an animal kind of trick. A human would remain
in the trap, endure the pain, feigning death that he might kill the
trapper and remove a threat to his kind.' "
source-- http://www.duarte.cl/blog/post.php?id=51395

If you prioritize animals over humans, you have surrendered a certain
portion of your humanity.

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> Michael
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--Bryan, aka Bobo Bonobo http://www.TheBonobos.com