is this a mistake a dog is sleeping and a young child sits up against the dog while it’s sleeping and dog bites him?

[nathan], who should be [Nathan], posted

• "is this a mistake a dog is sleeping and a young child sits up against the dog while it’s sleeping and dog bites him?"

which SHOULD have been:

• "A dog is sleeping● A young boy sits up against the dog while it’s sleeping and the dog bites him● Is this a mistake❓"

Y!A insists that your MAIN question must END that first field. I don't know whether English is only your 3rd language, but at present it reads as though you are a careless 7 or 8 year old who is too lazy to start names & sentences with a capital letter, and to end each one with whichever of ●, ❓, ❗️ is appropriate.

Sadly, you didn't define/explain which PART of your 3 sentences the "this" means.

🐺1: The dog sleeping is NOT a mistake.

👨‍👨‍👧2: The young boy leaning on it IS a mistake by both the BOY and his careless PARENTS. Whether the boy LEARNT from his mistake I cannot tell. If Nathan is the parent, I deduce that you have NOT yet learnt from your mistake - very young children should be CONSTANTLY SUPERVISED when in the same room as any animal. Very few children have ANY sense before they reach 3 years old (Mum told me I tried to throw my playmate into the swollen river - I must have been 2 years old then). Many have not-yet-enough-sense when they start school at 5 years old. Although I've taught children from 5 to 16 or 17 years old, I found 7-to-9 years the easiest to teach, except when I had (until his father got the sack so had to leave the rural district) a 7 years old pupil with an IQ of up to 50 on his best days (meaning that at best he thought like a 3 years old), and the 3-years age range of the other pupils required me to split them into 4 ability groups for almost every subject, making him a 5th group all by himself - BUSY years!

🐺3: The dog biting was NOT a mistake - the dog was unexpectedly hurt or scared, so defended itself in the only real way it knew before properly waking up. Dogs aren't built to be able to punch things away

• "❌how does a ❌ child not ❌no a dog does not want interaction❌ ❌should the child have been schooled❌ ❌just kids❌"

which SHOULD have been:

• "How does a  (? years old)  child not KNOW THAT a SLEEPING dog does not want interaction❓ Should the child have been schooled❓"

Sorry - I cannot think of a sensible place or way to fit in the  "just kids"  bit. And am not sure whether your "schooled" was meant to be "scolded".

And without knowing the child's AGE and mental ability I cannot tell whether he is of school age, but suspect that his age or mentality is that of a 2-years old. In which case he should be TOLD by his parents - and his PARENTS should have enough brains to make sure that at least one of them is always THERE, watching and THINKING AHEAD so that they ensure that the child doesn't hurt the dog and the dog doesn't hurt the child.

"WATCHING" and "WARNING" and "PROTECTING" and "PREVENTING" and "EXPLAINING" are  _essential_  parts of the job requirements of being a  👨‍👨‍👧PARENT .

Based on his/her/its answer, [1920151813] has a HELLUVALOT to learn about dogs! Just as YOU do!

Kreaky Kiwi - first pup in 1950, GSD trainer & breeder as of Easter 1968

 The kid should not be allowed to hassle a sleeping dog to begin with. ever hear the expression that sleeping dogs should be  left  well alone.

The dog reacted on instinct. To the dog, it felt it was attacked. Yes, the child must be taught and trained how to approach and interact with the dog. 

Now, if you would have gotten a Labrador instead...

It is a big mistake.  Never pester a sleeping dog.  Child wasn't ever taught how to interact with a dog.  This dog should not be around children.  If this simple act can cause a bite, you can count on more bites cause the child doesn't know any better & the dog was never taught to be gentle around children.  Parents should have known better than to leave the two alone.  Neglect & abuse caused this bite.  This dog should not be allowed around children unsupervised.

There is a load of sense in the saying `Let sleeping dogs lie` and a young Childs parents should never leave  the child alone with any dog OR allow  the child to disturb the dog while its sleeping.

A soundly sleeping dog, if disturbed may instinctively bite out of its inborn defense drive.

Yes, any child of the age of understanding, should be told not to disturb or touch a sleeping dog. 

A toddler that has not yet reached the understanding age, should be supervised when around any dog whether its awake OR sleeping.

Children should be taught how to properly interact with dogs, and younger children must be supervised all the time by a parent around any dog until they are old enough to be relied upon to treat the dog with respect and care 100% of the time. 

ANY dog can bite when startled from sleep, even one that has previously been extremely tolerant. Being woken abruptly can be disorienting and in the moment dogs (and people, too!) can act in ways that are out of character and not intentional. I, myself, slapped a good friend quite hard in the face once when he unexpectedly woke me one morning by kissing my forehead. It was a reflexive action and certainly not something I would have done if I was fully awake and aware of what was going on. If the child cannot understand and adhere to rules like "Do not bother the dog while he's sleeping" then they need to be kept away from the dog so that things like this don't happen. 

Parents who allow children to sit on, lie on, crawl on, roll over, pull ears, yank tails, or otherwise harass their dogs are extraordinarily negligent as parents and it's abusive towards the dog. Even if their own dog manages never to lash out and bite them, the kids are being taught that it's okay to treat a dog like that, and one day they're going to encounter a dog that's less tolerant. This is why children are the bulk of serious dog bite incidents. 

Tell kids to leave your dog alone. Tell them your dog bites. 

My dog had no issue with the children crawling all over him while he tried or was sleeping.

It is the responsibility of the owner to understand what their dog will or will not tolerate, then communicate that information effectively. Before an issue arises.

If one knows that their dog does not tolerate children, then it is their responsibility. To put the dog in an area where they will not have the abilty to interact with the children.

The adult responsible for supervising the child is to blame. 

Nathan, your questions about children are troubling.  Is getting bitten by a dog a mistake?  One would think so, yes.  I'm more interested in why no one is supervising your pretend children - in this and other questions.