Can anyone translate, dog and lil girl vid

[McGurk]

When my daughter was at that unfortunate age of fascinated by pets but unable to read their body language, we were very, very careful with her around dogs. Because she loved them, but would absolutely be too rough with them. My one sister would let her dog out and let DD play with her for a few supervised minutes, then dog would go back in her crate. For the dog’s protection.

The wonderful dog I owned at the time of DD’s birth was very tolerant of her as a toddler, and would yelp to let me know to come get the kid, she was being a pest. She would also slink out of the room and hide when she had had enough.

The worst thing about this video is how BADLY the dog wanted to leave, and the fact that the adults restrain the dog and keep him there.

[Scribbler]

I expect that all attention and anxiety in this video is focused on the Downs syndrome child, keeping her focused on the camera and smiling to get some “nice normal portraits.” And there was no bandwidth for considering the elderly patient dog. Especially as they likely weren’t trying to teach the child how to behave around dogs, because they likely had no intention of letting her have pets, this was just a photo op.

[OverandOnward]

It is curious to me that some people are not protective of their animals. Their animals are at risk of behaving according to their nature when it would not land well with other humans in the immediate vicinity.

Including behavior that risks only the animal, such a running from upsetting situations, fireworks, moving vans, etc.

Sometimes the same people can even discuss animal behavior with some discernment. But for whatever reason, they don’t see it in front of them. With their own animals. There’s kind of a personal bubble where everything is always ok, even with their kids. Maybe they assume that if they want everything to always be ok, then it is.

[Lunabear1988]

Ugh! It’s scary how oblivious some people can be into animal body language. To me this is on the parents and or dog owner.

Lost year I saw two incidences that made me incredibly nervous. One was someone with a very nervous dog at a playground. A bunch of kids ran up and asked if they could pet the very clearly, nervous dog. It was backing away and crouching. I was shocked to hear the owners tell the kids that of course they could pet the dog and they proceeded to forcibly hold the dog in place so about five kids could gather around and pet it. Luckily no one was hurt. I felt for the dog.

Then last summer I saw somebody walking their dog and a very crowded area in 100 degrees. The dog already seems stress as it was walking on red brick. But a little boy stopped and asked if he could pet the dog and again the owner physically grabbed the dog and held him down for the boy. I thought for sure I was going to see a bite happening and I was incredibly nervous because we were surrounded by people. You could feel the tension.

It’s mind boggling. Even my daughter, when she 10, could read some dog body language. When we got my weird border collie cross, as a puppy, we had him with us when we were dropping off a present for one of her friends. Her friend was cooing over the puppy and I heard my daughter tell her friend, “I think the puppy is feeling a little stressed. We should give him space and leave him alone.”