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Five Children and It (2004)
IMDB rating: 5.50
Plot: ‘It’ is a Psammead (voiced by Eddie Izzard), an ancient, ugly and irritable sand fairy the children find one day on a secret beach at their uncle’s mansion. It grants them one wish per day, lasting until sunset. But they soon learn it is very hard to think of really sensible wishes, and each one gets them into unexpected difficulties. Magic, the children find, can be as awkward as it is enticing.
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Directors: Stephenson John
Actors: Highmore Freddie,Jennings Alex,Bailey Jonathan,Muggleton Alec,Muggleton Zak,Branagh Kenneth,Pownall Alexander,Izzard Eddie,Serafini Georgio,Sessions John,Fenton Kim,Adventure,Family,Fantasy,
Who is right? Old Chihuahua + disobedient child = he got bitten!?
I own two dogs: an eight-year-old Chihuahua, and a three-year-old Weimaraner. My mom and I took the dogs to her ex-husband’s house (we’re all good friends) for a few days this weekend so we could see family. My sister (one of five) came down from Ohio with her husband and four boys, and stayed in the same house. Her children DO NOT listen because she *never* disciplines them. My Weimaraner is good with children: my Chihuahua is not. Her four-year-old was told OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER again NOT to touch the Chihuahua, because she does NOT like kids and WILL snap at them. She has never broken skin, and rarely makes contact with skin anyway. She was on the couch with me, and I wasn’t really focusing on her; I was distracted on the computer for all of maybe two minutes and the kid got bitten because he was touching her. A fight broke out, and now she’s banished to the bathroom for the rest of the vacation. I’m curious: who is right?
1.) The kid was told, and has been told, probably 100 times today, that the dog will bite him if he plays with her.
2.) She is a senior, and in all other aspects, is a good dog. She just hates kids.
3.) He came to her; she avoids the kids at all costs.
4.) She did not break skin, and I don’t even think she made contact with him.
I had no choice in bringing the dog. I would have preferred to stay home, honestly, but my mom made me go (I’m 16 - apparently, I can’t make my own decisions), and she refuses to let me board the dogs with a friend when we travel.
As for leaving her unsupervised - she is NEVER unsupervised. She was all of a foot away from me on the couch, and I looked away for maybe two minutes ! Aren’t kids supposed to be supervised, too ? Why wasn’t he being supervised by his parents ? I was doing my job !
Banish the kid and his/her mother to the bathroom and let the dog out.
No, I’m kidding, but that’s my and probably a lot of other people’s 1st reaction. Who made the final decision on what was to be done with this innocent dog? Lordy, ignoramuses hack me off!
I’ve been faced with things like this before I made the decision I just wouldn’t go where my dog’s instincts and my warning & wishes would be ignored.
I’m on your side, but I’m not sure how it will help the situation. If it was me, I’d leave, and make other arrangements for the future if I wanted to see my numbskull relatives again before I die.
Edit: It did occur to me while puzzling over what you could do to continue your visit, that you might go to a pet store or even Wallie World and get one of those fabric semi soft pet carriers with windows in the sides, put your dog in that and keep it constantly by your side with your arm through the handles. That way the dog could be with you, but the kid could not touch it or get bitten, and if the kid tried to get into the bag, you’d know it. Only let the dog out when you’re alone with it for exercise or potty breaks- and lock the door on the room where you sleep at night.
dovereleaser | Dec 19, 2009
In all honesty, as the Chihuahua’s owner, it’s your job to make sure that she doesn’t snap. I don’t care how bratty the kids are - if you know your dog isn’t safe around kids, why did you bring her??
Why did you "get distracted" and leave her unsupervised with bratty kids when you know she hates kids? YOU have to be the adult here and make sure that nothing bad happens. If that meant leashing the dog to you and yelling at the kids to stay away, then that’s what should have happened.
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| Oct 10, 2009
