"to teach each and every child to respect the space of every dog and to be aware of the animal's feelings. In other words, children too bear a share of blame when things go wrong"

So the 18 month old and the 3 year old who were attacked whilst in the same room as an adult at the time should have a) taken more responsibility, and b) been given a tutorial which they should have digested, understood and incorporated into their general behaviour?

Otherwise its their fault?

... um ...


Do you have anything intelligent to add to a thread about attacks on small chldren?