#21701 Dear White people,

The black community would love to trade Kanye West for Ellen, Adele, Eminem, Kristen Bell, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake, Iggy, Lady Gaga or Ed Sheeran.

#21702 I don’t know how to whistle.

#21703 I love a man with big, pretty eyes.

#21704 Thanks to UMD Confessions, I found love on here!!! They say you find love in the strangest places and when you least expect it lol.

#21705 I’m better at making friends through the internet than in person.

#21706 21699

21698 here

I do work in a field where I question people. If the poster wasn't anonymous I'd totally ask them questions. You are right, we shouldn't jump to conclusions, but most bites are avoidable. I guess we're guilty of falling into that trap of working with that in mind.

#21713 For the record, I was handing out invites for thanksgiving, the person answered the door, I gave it to him, then his dog broke through the gate that was holding it back, and attacked me, the owner got it off of me before much damage...

#21698 Dogs are exactly that. Dogs, while I agree a 2 or 3 year old may not fully understand what they are doing with a dog, I would hold the parent or owner accountable for the bite but more often than not it is the person being bitten who provoked it.

It's not necessarily "their fault" for being bitten though. Most people don't understand dogs and unless you've lived with them or trained them you probably don't get the subtle communication that they have. Dogs always warn you before a bite, most people just don't pick up on it, especially children. Which is why the parent or owner should have separated them.

A lot of what people and especially children do to show affection is threatening to dogs (I.e. Hugs, touching their face, looking into their eyes)

Children also can be loud and behave in ways that dogs aren't used to. Never leave them unsupervised with a dog, even if it's the best dog in the world they still have their limits and children can easily cross it.