Comments on: Dog Hugs Baby – Photos

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:10:33 +0000

This pic is adorable,but don’t be fooled. We to took pics of our baby with our family dog.we had the dog for years before our baby was born- NEVER showed one ounce of aggression- then one day- just another normal day in our home I had given my then 2 yr old daughter a bath and she went to sit in front of the tv I was on the couch. All of a sudden our precious family pet that I would have laughed in someones face if they ever said she would attack my daughter did just that!! Unprovoked and for no reason at all. She attacked my daughters face so badly that her bottom lip was literally hanging off. She had to have numerous stitches to her face and we are forever reminded every time we look at her that dogs are indeed animals and they WILL attack. While we were at the ER the nurses and Dr say this happens with family pets more than people know. I know you are not being careless or irresponsible,but I wish I would have listened to people when they warned me as well and now when I look at the pics of my small baby with her attacker I cringe and it just makes me sick!! Hopefully this will never happen to you- many blessings!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:38:27 +0000

yes i agree with you. they are placid gentle dogs thats would not hurt a fly. the only things is there weight but usually they are very gentle with babys and children…

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By: lauren

lauren — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:15:10 +0000

I have an english mastiff. She grew up with my neice. They love each other and my neice can poke her in the eye, step on her tail, hit her with toys and she just sits there smiling. People know their dogs. All these people need to worry about is an accidental smothering. This is fine and ridic cute if supervised.

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Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:48:28 +0000

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By: luap

luap — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:13:38 +0000

I don’t care how big or what breed why take that kind of chance with your baby.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:05:21 +0000

wow, some of you guys are just so over protective, this is a beautiful dog. we used to have one and she would’nt hurt a fly! this baby is obviously loving his presence, and in all of the photo sequences the baby is not upset or hurt or crying. the baby is happy! the dog is a big dog so maybe sometimes he or she may not know how small and delicate somethings may be, but seriously, there are many more things out in the world that we should be focusing on that are more important than this. world poverty, natural disasters at this period of time and that global warming is getting worse than ever! the ice caps are melting and these poor polar bears are being stranded miles away out at sea in search for food. sharks are now diving deeper into the ocean to find food and fresh water and sea water is mixing together now. this is all happening in our lifetime! if the earths temperature increases in just a minimum of 2 degrees, its very likely we could lose over half of the worlds species! THIS, is an issue, THIS is what is really damaging our earth. so i say, quit blogging and arguing about how mean or bad these parents may be and just think, do YOU want to be the bad parent letting your child to grow up in a world where half of todays animals could be extinct? THIS is a REAL issue!

By: Dog Trainer and Behaviour Advisor

Dog Trainer and Behaviour Advisor — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:26:48 +0000

Unfortunately you are not reading this dogs body language correctly. This is wrong in two ways one the baby at risk of it accidentally getting injured and two if you replaced the image of the baby with a bone you would realise it was treating this a a possession, he wipes his scent over the baby then the licking is taking the scent of the baby down to the dogs Jacobson organ. Although it is unlikely that the dog would have consumed the baby as this motor pattern has been bred of the domestic dog, this could lead to guarding issues with the dog. Humans look at animals through human eyes describing the behaviour as human i.e he is cuddling the baby, dogs don’t cuddle that’s a human behaviour.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 18 May 2011 20:12:40 +0000

Ursula…..the dog assessed your age? Are you serious? You actually think the dog had thoughts like: ” well this human is smaller than the adults but not as small as that toddler so must be between those ages so I better not hurt it because this human couldn’t handle it.”

What has human violence have anything to do with pack behavior and a dog being a dog, an animal? It has nothing to do with it. Family dogs who end up killing human infants are not exhibiting aggressive violent behavior like a human with a gun in war. The dog didn’t “think” the infant would die and didn’t think at all. It was going on instinct. Pack behavior. If you actually look up articles where family dogs have maimed or killed, you will also find owners of the animal completely blindsided by the event and they have to live for the rest of their lives that they didn’t protect their child from and animal.

By: For the Love of Mastiffs

For the Love of Mastiffs — Mon, 02 May 2011 05:04:48 +0000

I own three english mastiffs. My 5 year old female does this exact same thing with me, my husband, and other family members she LOVES…Never in her 5 years has she ever turned on us or not listened…she is extremely well trained and gives us “hugs” when we come home from work or when she hasn’t seen us in a while. I’m not saying there isn’t rouge mastiffs, but if the person is a responsible mastiff owner, they will know what their dog is capable of. Our little 160lb. girl has hugged our 2 year old niece and there have been no issues there. Don’t assume someone is a bad parent or that every dog that does this is mean or asserting dominance. Animals are the most natural and caring creatures, much unlike us humans and each one is different. I think it adorable and see no issues, if the owners know and love and trained their dog right.