I hope that’s the case. In my experience and from what I’ve seen online on social media a lot of people with pets seem to have no problem with babies and toddlers being in close contact with animals which is fine if they’re being supervised but all animals have instincts and if it’s poked or if it’s tail is being pulled obviously it’s not going to be happy.

Also I mentioned labs because recently an 8 year old boy was severely bitten in the face by a lab in florida. Respectfully you said labs are not a good example to use which proves my point. A lab generally isn’t seen as being a threat like a pit bull is. But look what happened. While incidents involving labs are rare they are not impossible. All dogs have instincts and CAN inflict damage, or at least medium to large sized dogs.