Originally posted by zgendron:

Unfortunately its not quite that simple either. Dogs do not necessarily know right from wrong the same way people do.

If a little kid is pulling the tail of a dog all day, and that dog finally is fed up and takes a bite at the kid, who should be at fault here? Clearly the owners of the kid for supervisional issues, however we know that will never happen.



That argument is spurious at best. Ofcourse dogs don't know right from wrong. That's what the owners are for. To be responsible for their pets. To ensure they get the proper training, and ensure their pets are not a danger to the general public.

To answer your specific example as to fault in that situation, I ask, "Where's the parent that's letting their kids do that? Where's the dog owner that's leaving their pet in this situation? Is a dog bite reasonable force for 'all day' tail pulling? What's the threshold? 1 minute? 1 hour? etc...."

I can contrive examples too. It doesn't really get to the root of the matter. Pet owners ultimately decide how a pet is brought up and therefore should be ultimately responsible for their pet's actions.








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