->  WC> Hurt a child in my Pit Bull's vicinity when I'm not around
->  WC> and it won't be the kid that's in deep dodo.

->  Oh yeah and if it's a priest who harms the kid?         

That happened too but it was a fundementalist Pastor
who sodomized an 8 year old boy.

I wasn't home when this happened in the downstairs apartment
but the kid's screams made an impression on the neighbors
and my dog.

I didn't "sic Spanky on the molestor", he took after him like raw meat  
without my having any idea why.

I was so shocked I almost didn't get the dog's halt commmand out in
time.

I punished Spanky and later apologized to him when I found out what had
happened.

The Pastor was a serial child molestor and last I knew was spending time
in the Florida prison system.

->  Command the dog to sic 'the molestor.

I can still recall the look of terror on that sick bastards face
when he thought he was toast before I halted the dog with a word.
Now I know what happened that memory of the guy's terror is a fond one. 

->  WC> I've witnessed Spanky walked when an adult struck a kid.
->  WC> He drew his teeth back and displayed while rendering an impressive
->  WC> snarl.
->  WC> While he did not advance in neither case was the child struck a second
->  WC> time :-)

->  WC> That's my boy :-)

->   :) Yeah good boy!!!

That accounts for each and every one of Spanky's agressive actions,
all involved children being injured and in no case has he bitten
either people, cat, rabbit or anything else for that matter.

->  WC> I've no idea where he got this behavioral trait from but I'd have no
->  WC> trouble leaving a child with this dog.

->  He knows what 'harm is' and cares when he sees it done to
-> others.                                                  

He's got a good brain that's for sure and he uses it.

->  WC> It's the adults that need be on their best behavior as regards to the
->  WC> child.                                       

->  Some adults never really grow up. Some kids ar more grown up than
-> some 'adults'.
                                                     
Judge me by my dog and you'd haved an overblown expectation of my
character.
I've messed up in life from time to time, Spanky has not.

I can't think of any other description of Spanky than perfect.
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