EXACTLY. A lot of signs of fear and discomfort in dogs gets mistaken for playfulness or submission.

Yes! The dog in this picture looks exactly like my dog, Fry, would look if this happened to him. He's the kind of dog that's desperate to please, so if he doesn't know what to do in a situation he looks to me for direction. He's a very tolerant, sweet dog. The look on that dog's face says "mama there is a child on…

1. The dog decides he's had enough or is hurting for some reason and bites the kid.

Ugh, yes. I find I can't watch a number of animal videos or look at pet photos because in so many of them that are labelled funny/cute/cool, the animal is clearly in distress but the people taking the picture or interacting with the animal are completely oblivious. Like that video of the dog "enjoying" getting washed…

Basically all the rabbit videos on Youtube are like that, too. No, your rabbit is NOT enjoying being chased by your dog, tossed in a swimming pool, or laid on its back with its belly exposed. It is a prey animal and is terrified right now, use some fucking sense. /derail over

I wish everyone would teach their kids about animals the way your folks did. That's some really good parenting there (in a post about Terrible Parenting!)

There is a major rash of cringe-inducing (if you know anything about animal behavior) "cute" pictures being spread around the interwebs featuring dogs and children (often babies). In the photos the dogs are often displaying signs of fear, stress or aggravation. Even when they're not it's not wise to encourage pushing…

My dog bit my face once when I was in kindergarten. She was a big dog, a breed often accused of being aggressive and violent. She was the sweetest dog ever, though, and I was a shit of child who was trying to force her to "roll over" when she wanted to nap. It was more of a scrape than a deep wound, and left no…

Not just any dog but a dog provided to the Palin's by the Puppy Jake Foundation as a service dog for Trig. Normally these are only supplied to wounded vets.

This is some kind of metaphor for the GOP's attitude towards the poor, I'm 95% sure of it

Unless it was necessary

The Conservative media will never be happy. Obama could give everyone in America a puppy and they'd say it was an act of aggression because some people are allergic.

No.

I really don't think it's fair to call suicide attempts or acts bullshit, even if you are within the community in question. And I don't understand why you are so adamantly opposed to people caring for the health and happiness of trans teens. The fear that these kids want to die is a pretty legitimate one. No…

That doesn't seem right, unless you're talking about fundamentalist Christian "psychiatrists." In fact, literally two seconds of Googling brought up this pretty decently cited article about why transition regret is a myth and in reality represents less than 4% of people who transition.

It isn't retribution. It isn't a threat. It isn't kids having a temper tantrum because they want to do what they want. It's simply a statistical reality that suicide rates are frighteningly high among trans kids and that often having a family that isn't supportive is a contributing factor to the kid's depression…

You mean to honor her memory and final wishes? Yeah, trans activists are fucking monsters.

No one is celebrating this. People are using the moment that trans issues are in the spotlight to promote supporting trans kids and to point out that the absolute worst outcome can and does occur if we do not support and love these kids like they deserve.

It's abhorrent how people are trying to use this as a diss against the trans community.

Yeah, I'm sure they received maybe a few, completely non-credible actual threats. That said, what I bet they really wanted to do was memorialize their daughter using terms she actively fought against, a name she rejected, and dressed in the wrong gender. They wanted to have a memorial to the fictional son they…