[DoctorGordanBens]

... I'm tired of having people's kids run up to your dog and practically assault them...

Me too. And had my Chow bit the kid I would have been the one at fault & my dog labeled vicious when the whole thing could have been avoided with a little stern parenting.

My gosh, when I was young I was taught to never go up to a strange dog, let alone run up to one. But kids do it all the time today.

Heck, I remember one time I got around a St. Bernard who was eating & got nipped in the face. You what my mom said? "I told you not to go around that dog while he was eating!" Then she cleaned the wounds & that was that. Nowadays if a kid does something stupid & gets bit there's lawsuits & clamoring for the dog to be put down, etc.

Things have really changed ...