I'm with Limi, my butt never touches the nasty toilet seat!
And I completely understand about children and dogs. My dog has never been around children, and when they are running and screaming she goes into 'pounce' mode. She gets down real low and wiggles her butt like she wants to pounce on them, because she thinks they are trying to play with her. But I can't have a 130 pound great dane pouncing on a little kid
I was always taught to approach an animal slowly, and let the animal smell you first. Very rarely do I see a kid actually do this, so I try not to put my dog into those situations because I don't entirely trust her around children, mainly because of her size. This reminds me...........
A couple of kids lived behind us a while ago, and they would always run over to our house to play with the animals. My dog was used to them so it wasn't a big deal, and they knew how to behave around her. One day, the kids mom had her friend over, and the friend had a toddler. This little girl was just learning how to walk, and she walked over to my house with the kids, who were 4 and 5. The kids mom and the friend stayed inside and let the kids come over by themselves (don't get me started on her parenting skills
) Anyways, the little girl was standing next to Jaida, and Jaida turned around and her big butt knocked the little girl over. The little girl started crying, the kids ran and got mom, and the mom preceded to cuss my boyfriend out for having a mean dog, and how she should sue us! Excuse me???? My dog was on a chain in my yard, and your two year old walked over and got knocked over. If I would have been home, I would have went off!
BTW, Gentle Leaders/Haltis are a blessing when you have big dogs! We can rollerblade and everything with Jaida and she cannot physically overpower us.