Baffled.

So we were playing at a school nearby on the soccer field at around 7pm last night. We go there late in the day so that Bella and her boxer buddy Dallas and her Bernese Mountain dog buddy Burton can get all of their energy out. Plus at that time in the day, no one is there so they can just run, run, run.

Last night, however, there was a small family there. It was a family who appeared to be from a different culture. Dallas, the friendly boxer, sees the family walking around the baseball field and trots up to say hi. Bella, Dallas' sidekick follows.

Dallas is 10 feet away from a 2-3 year old but the little guy gets scared and starts screaming which makes him lose his balance. Dallas then goes to the mom who at that point is screaming and running away as fast as she can.

Now, I understand if you are not used to dogs they can be slightly intimidating especially since Dallas is a bigger dog. But to be scared of a puppy also? And not to mention the whole time, the dogs' tails were just wagging away- they were just saying hi. But that even is besides the point. Wouldn't you think that even if you were scared of dogs, if these were say, BEARS, and your kid had fallen and was screaming you would put yourself in the line of the animals and go to your directly to your child instead of running away and letting the kid fend for himself? Maybe I'm just weird.