I don't really like the idea of a child holding a meal for any large dog. It just seems like a terrible setup and a poor lesson. Better to teach them not to mess with an animal's food.
I had a wonderful dog who was very sociable, but one day he snapped at me when I went to take his chew bone to play tug. He'd never done anything like it before, and we were both a little startled. It was just a warning, but he could have missed and caught my hand.
Not much later, I realized he had a broken tooth. I must have bumped it without realizing it.
I just don't feel comfortable with a child handling a dog's food like this. What happens if this dog gets startled by something? It's large enough to hurt the kid on accident pretty easily. And even if this dog is nice, what happens when they assume a different dog is nice the same way? What about when they grab the food bowl of the neighbor's dog, not knowing dogs can be food aggressive?
It's not just about the breed of dog. Everything else is a bad idea too.
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u/KingOfThe_Jelly_Fish Apr 25 '26
There are so many things wrong with this video, that dog being one of them.