Friends came by this weekend with their son, daughter-in-law and their newest grandson. (A pinch over a year old.) My German Shepard ADORES kids. Doesn't have much use for adult strangers but LOVES kids.
So it was a nice day and all us guys went outside while the ladies sat inside chatting. We took the boy outside with us on the open porch and the boy and the dog were having a great time. His dad put him on the deck and the two of them were having a grand time and the boy was laughing his behind off at the dogs antics.
"Mom" heard all the laughter and came to see what was going on and came out the door just as the dog gave the boy a big old lick upside the head. The boy laughed his behind off but mom went ballistic! You would have thought he had just given the kid the plague. She grabbed him up and took him in and got busy dissinfecting the kids face. Believe this, the kid enjoyed the lick a heck of a lot more than the alcohol wipes while mom held him down.
I made the mistake of telling her a dog's lick has never killed a kid that I ever heard of. The look I got in return could have frozen the sun and she launched into a tirade asking if the dog had all his shots, etc.
Good grief.... And yes, Mrs. Bubba told me I should have just kept my trap shut. A guy just can't win.
So it was a nice day and all us guys went outside while the ladies sat inside chatting. We took the boy outside with us on the open porch and the boy and the dog were having a great time. His dad put him on the deck and the two of them were having a grand time and the boy was laughing his behind off at the dogs antics.
"Mom" heard all the laughter and came to see what was going on and came out the door just as the dog gave the boy a big old lick upside the head. The boy laughed his behind off but mom went ballistic! You would have thought he had just given the kid the plague. She grabbed him up and took him in and got busy dissinfecting the kids face. Believe this, the kid enjoyed the lick a heck of a lot more than the alcohol wipes while mom held him down.
I made the mistake of telling her a dog's lick has never killed a kid that I ever heard of. The look I got in return could have frozen the sun and she launched into a tirade asking if the dog had all his shots, etc.
Good grief.... And yes, Mrs. Bubba told me I should have just kept my trap shut. A guy just can't win.