[QUOTE=jetsmom;7938023]
It’s not the dog’s fault…that I agree. But a mentally handicapped kid isn’t responsible…the parent is. But the parent needs to teach kid not to do that AND supervise kid around dog to protect the dog. There will come a day when kid is too heavy/dog is arthritic or kid steps on him wrong where it will hurt the dog and the dog may bite. And the dog is STILL a good dog.[/QUOTE]
the kid is ALREADY too heavy.
[QUOTE=Calamber;7937939]
Are you aware that this child has Down’s Syndrome?[/QUOTE]
Mini-Minion the Second has Down’s and she gets disciplined just the same as her older sister if she’s mean to the animals. I don’t put up with things like that from either of them. It’s not the child’s fault, since his parents didn’t teach him not to, but the fact that he has Down’s shouldn’t be a factor in the least.
[QUOTE=jetsmom;7938023]
It’s not the dog’s fault…that I agree. But a mentally handicapped kid isn’t responsible…the parent is. But the parent needs to teach kid not to do that AND supervise kid around dog to protect the dog. There will come a day when kid is too heavy/dog is arthritic or kid steps on him wrong where it will hurt the dog and the dog may bite. And the dog is STILL a good dog.[/QUOTE]
It is still irrelevant that the kid has downs. I still don’t feel bad - if you get bit or fall down. That is your fault. You got what was coming. We all know SP is a idiot anyway. I am not surprised at all that she lets her kid do this crap.
Tempest in a teapot. Yeah, you don’t want a kid standing on a dog, dumb photo, but massive overreaction.
The dog seems to be Trig’s service dog, an English Lab named Jill, which they got in August. She was trained at a service dog center which uses traditional guide breeds - Labs, Goldens and German Shepherds - so at least appears to be serious about actually creating service dogs.
http://us4palin.com/gov-palin-jill-hadassa-palin-comes-home/
http://puppyjakefoundation.org/news-and-events/blog
Thanks, Vac1 - as usual I’m at odds with most posters. Most good dogs
I’ve had experience with will just move away from the annoyance. They seem to have a sixth sense that it is a child, especially a handicapped child.
I don’t endorse it, but in the scheme of things, they will survive.
The dog does not seem to mind, but I think that it would be relatively easy to teach the child to use a stool instead. I do know a lady with a large breed dog that she got from a family that had a young child that would ride the dog. It would make me nervous from a biting perspective, but I realize that some people worry less about these things. Even though there were never aggression problems between the dog and the child, the dog now has joint problems exacerbated by all of the riding the dog (and that has been verified by a veterinarian at a specialty center - this dog has had a lot of veterinary treatment). According to that vet, at least, riding large breeds prone to joint issues is a bad idea - and I’d worry that this could cause some of the same problems. Now a one-time thing probably would not, but it’s something I’d think about.
[QUOTE=csaper58;7937291]
What about the person who filmed this, did nothing to intervene, then watched the video and thought it was cute enough to show the world.[/QUOTE]
I call this “Sarah Palin being Sarah Palin.”
Maybe she felt it’d been too long since she stirred the public $hitpot. Time for some publicity! Bless her heart.
[QUOTE=Superminion;7938249]
Mini-Minion the Second has Down’s and she gets disciplined just the same as her older sister if she’s mean to the animals. I don’t put up with things like that from either of them. It’s not the child’s fault, since his parents didn’t teach him not to, but the fact that he has Down’s shouldn’t be a factor in the least.[/QUOTE]
You somehow missed that I was responding to the poster who said the child would deserve being hurt by the dog. It is a factor in more than the least since he does not know what he is doing and was not being corrected, clearly. Unbelieveable that someone (not you) would think a mentally challenged child would deserve being injured but I am not surprised sadly.
kids with Downs are able to learn not to do this. PARENTING SKILLS ARE LACKING.
I thought from the get go this was a lot of hubbub over nothing. It’s pretty simple that children should not stand on dogs or cats (or horses but that’s another topic) but I distinctly remember my sister as a 5 or 4 year old standing on our Shepherd.
Anyway, I have never, ever been able to figure out why people make such an issue over Palin (I have never been a fan of hers), and now I am even more convinced that certain people of certain political bias have some sort of weird obsession with that woman. if not, then where was the outrage when Ellen Degeneres pulled the same stunt?
[QUOTE=twotrudoc;7939635]
I thought from the get go this was a lot of hubbub over nothing. It’s pretty simple that children should not stand on dogs or cats (or horses but that’s another topic) but I distinctly remember my sister as a 5 or 4 year old standing on our Shepherd.
Anyway, I have never, ever been able to figure out why people make such an issue over Palin (I have never been a fan of hers), and now I am even more convinced that certain people of certain political bias have some sort of weird obsession with that woman. if not, then where was the outrage when Ellen Degeneres pulled the same stunt?
One Twitter user perhaps had the absolute best comeback to the haters who attacked Palin. It is an undeniable fact that gets brushed away by Obamabots.
@SarahPalinUSA Liberals freaking out over a sweet little Palin boy standing on large dog might want to remember that Obama actually ate one
— Michael (@CoolChange80) January 2, 2015
:lol:
Wait what?
Palin’s ‘response’
Pretty much what you would expect. :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=twotrudoc;7939678]
Wait what?[/QUOTE]
Yes, in Indonesia. As a child. Where they eat dog. It’s accepted.
Sorry, allowing a child to stand on a dog…no matter WHO does it is stupid. It’s just asking for a dog bite. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Don’t feed the trolls.
Sheilah
[QUOTE=LauraKY;7939779]
Yes, in Indonesia. As a child. Where they eat dog. It’s accepted.
Sorry, allowing a child to stand on a dog…no matter WHO does it is stupid. It’s just asking for a dog bite. Stupid, stupid, stupid.[/QUOTE]
I don’t think anyone here thinks stepping on a dog is okay. I just don’t get the whole Palin thing.
[QUOTE=IdahoRider;7939783]
Don’t feed the trolls.
Sheilah[/QUOTE]
Who are you calling a troll.
[QUOTE=kathy s.;7939674]
One Twitter user perhaps had the absolute best comeback to the haters who attacked Palin. It is an undeniable fact that gets brushed away by Obamabots.
@SarahPalinUSA Liberals freaking out over a sweet little Palin boy standing on large dog might want to remember that Obama actually ate one
— Michael (@CoolChange80) January 2, 2015
:lol:[/QUOTE]
Divisive much…wow…
[QUOTE=twotrudoc;7939635
…if not, then where was the outrage when Ellen Degeneres pulled the same stunt?
Ellen doesn’t have any children so I think the picture was one sent in by a viewer. Still, I agree, she shouldn’t have published it. And the person who took the picture should know better.
[QUOTE=twotrudoc;7939678]
Wait what?[/QUOTE]
twotru, that twitter post was at the bottom of the article, I wasn’t the author. Sorry for the mix up, but I thought it funny in a weird way.
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