Pacific Northwest Gardening: May be moving to Oregon, 1 by katie59

katie59 wrote:
Beth: My great-nephew is in that category. He just developed a terror of dogs one day - nobody has any idea what triggered it. He's 6 now and fighting the fear. I took my year-old and very stable dog, Magic, down to Corvallis to celebrate my dad's 89th birthday with the entire family.

The dog was laying in the middle of the room half-asleep and the kids were roaming variously. My nephew (the 6-year-old's dad) said to the kids, "Be careful of the dog's feet," meaning, of course, that the kids should pay attention and not step on the dog's feet.

There was a pause, and then I heard my great-nephew, who's the oldest of the great-nieces and nephews, say quietly to his little brother (who has no fear of dogs), "Oh, he has claws."

LOL. For some reason, he thought that his dad was warning them to beware of the dog's claws. Magic did great with the kids, mostly ignoring them, but not avoiding them. And I think we made some progress, but it make take awhile in this case.

Here's Magic.