You are right about my brother being old fashioned - even though he is younger than me! Before he got his Welshies, he read lots of books that included such advice as never look your dog in the eye; Make sure you dominate them;
When we went to visit one Christmas many years ago, I was carrying Dominic (who was a baby at the time) and Matthew (who would have been
went and sat on the floor by the open fireplace to watch the flames. My brother's dog bit Matthew on the face! It bled a lot cos he caught Matthew's ear, and naturally I was devastated. Matthew was always scared of brothers dogs after that - not surprisingly - and I never trusted them again. Brother offered to have his dog PTS for the attack, but I could not ask him to do that as the dog was young, it was the first time he had reacted like that, and much as I hated what the dog had done, I could not have him killed for it!
My brother said it was because Matthew had looked him in the eyes! Both dogs went on to become what I would consider nasty dogs - excellent as working dogs, but I would never ever trust them with my children again. He used to get really upset when I rang before each visit to remind him to put the dogs outside in their run before I would enter the house!
So, thinking sensibly, why on earth did I even consider for one millisecond he could be right about Buffy?
Just feeling a little over protective and over emotional that someone said something less than nice about my new baby I guess!
