Comments on: Baby recovering, dog will live on, too http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/08/05/baby-recovering-dog-will-live-on-too/ a site for dog lovers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Anne'n'Spencer http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/08/05/baby-recovering-dog-will-live-on-too/comment-page-1/#comment-9429 Anne'n'Spencer Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:38:25 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=11447#comment-9429 I'm starting to not like everybody connected with this. (Except, of course, the poor baby and the dog.) The whole "Native American Indian Dog" thing is--well, it's a crock o'poo. I suspect if you asked around in a group of Native American Indians (??) you'd find that they have the same kinds of dogs as us Non Native Indian Americans--assorted mutts, some specific breeds--you know, dogs. You might also find that Native American Indians, as a group, would not be all that enthused about coyotes or part coyotes as babysitters. The words "dangerous pest" come to mind. Why do I have the feeling that these poor parents are just not too bright? They seem to have fallen for the "Native American Indian Dog" thing, and they seem to have forgotten anything resembling good sense about dogs and babies. They introduced into their home a dog who is not all that far removed from a heritage as a dangerous animal, and they trusted her around their children. She obeyed her instincts, a human baby has suffered, and now everyone is in an uproar. Don't cross-breed a dog with a wolf, coyote, or any other wild animal and then expect the results to act like a domestic dog. I’m starting to not like everybody connected with this. (Except, of course, the poor baby and the dog.) The whole “Native American Indian Dog” thing is–well, it’s a crock o’poo. I suspect if you asked around in a group of Native American Indians (??) you’d find that they have the same kinds of dogs as us Non Native Indian Americans–assorted mutts, some specific breeds–you know, dogs. You might also find that Native American Indians, as a group, would not be all that enthused about coyotes or part coyotes as babysitters. The words “dangerous pest” come to mind.

Why do I have the feeling that these poor parents are just not too bright? They seem to have fallen for the “Native American Indian Dog” thing, and they seem to have forgotten anything resembling good sense about dogs and babies. They introduced into their home a dog who is not all that far removed from a heritage as a dangerous animal, and they trusted her around their children. She obeyed her instincts, a human baby has suffered, and now everyone is in an uproar.

Don’t cross-breed a dog with a wolf, coyote, or any other wild animal and then expect the results to act like a domestic dog.

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