8 - Friday, September 4, 1992 — North Shore News

MAILBOX

Dog attack due to
lack of guidance

Dear Editor:

With regard to Mr. Jaeggie’s pro-
posed legal action for a dog attack
on his son, ! don’t think he
should consider himself entirely
blameless in this matter.

It goes without saying that the
dog should have been contained,
rather than wandering around on
its own. It’s also unquestioned
that the owner should have taken
immediate action to learn how to
handle his dog at the first sign
that it was not completely under
his control.

But the question must be asked:
why was the child allowed to ap-
proach a dog unsupervised and
without permission from the
owner?

The impulsive reaction of a
child to a dog can appear quite
threatening from a canine point of
view. A short, unfamiliar human
coming up fast with a hand out
and making eye contact looks very

much like an attack.

The dog’s reaction will depend
on its handling and personality,
and how accustomed it is to kids.
Some dogs would have been
afraid; this one was probably
responding to an imagined
challenge to his dominance. Nei-
ther child nor dog understood or
respected the other’s body lan-
guage.

So while the adults argue over
who was at fault, a child is
traumatized and a dog is dead. If
there’s a lesson to be learned from
this unfortunate incident, it’s for
both parents and dog owners to
teach their charges how to behave
in each other’s company.

We love our kids and we love
our dogs, but they're not neces-
sarily compatible without the pa-
lient instruction and vigilance of a
responsible adult.

Sandra Bailey
Deep Cove

Consider everyone's feelings

Dear Editor:

In response to the lifestyles ar-
ticle ‘West Van man swims to the
not-so-bitter end’’:

**Good on ya,'’ Michael
Henderson, for raising money to
support the search for Michael
Dunahee. ‘

What made you choose him?
There are hundreds of children
missing in B.C.

But the reason I am writing is
in regard to your quote, ‘“‘To have

“a child for a period of. time and
then to have it taken away — it’s
worse than having a child dying at
birth. It just goes on and on and
on.””

What utter. rubbish. Has
Michael Henderson ever lost a
child, be it at birth or otherwise?
At what liberty is he to say which

would be worse?

{ have lost a child at birth, and
it is painful. It does go on and on
and on!

If you are so concerned about
people (e.g. finding Michacl
Durahee), you should take into
consideration everybody's feelings.

Shirley Fraser
North Vancouver

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