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Sarah Palin Posts Photos of Son Trig Using Family Dog as a Step Stool[W:122]:

Does this piss you off?

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Re: Sarah Palin Posts Photos of Son Trig Using Family Dog as a Step Stool

Scrabaholic said:
Exactly....and if the dog did lash out, people would say it's dangerous and needs to be put down.

BTW, who in their right mind names a kid "Trig"??
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Trig is an STD. It's the short form of Trichomoniasis.
 
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Dragonfly said:
question: If one day Trigg steps on the dog to "use it as a step stool", and the dog reacts in pain by lurching around and biting the boy, what will people say then?
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He doesn't look steady or well balanced on the dog either. It would be safer to use an actual stool.
 
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haymarket said:
This is harmless.
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Really? What if the dog had a slight injury of the back or a wound and the child would have stepped on that, he might have seriously bitten the child. I can remember it from my childhood when I went to pet the dog of my grandparents and he bit me in the face. He has a wound behind his ear that nobody knew off and when I stroked the dog he bit me in the face.

And even if it was not, this is a handicapped child and might do it on the back of a cat next time or a dog that is not strong enough to withstand a child on it. Or what if he does it 5 years from now when he is much heavier.

No, this does not fall in the category harmless IMHO and I doubt many animal health organizations or vets would approve the use of a dog in such a manner.
 
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apdst said:
Oh god, the Libbos are going to be going on about this for years. :roll:
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yep, sister sarah is going to assure it
keeps their money machine active
 
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apdst said:
Oh god, the Libbos are going to be going on about this for years. :roll:
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I don't think so, there are plenty of things the liberals can throw at Palin without this, there are plenty of remarks and actions of this lady to last 2 or 3 electoral cycles.
 
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Peter King said:
Really? What if the dog had a slight injury of the back or a wound and the child would have stepped on that, he might have seriously bitten the child. I can remember it from my childhood when I went to pet the dog of my grandparents and he bit me in the face. He has a wound behind his ear that nobody knew off and when I stroked the dog he bit me in the face.

And even if it was not, this is a handicapped child and might do it on the back of a cat next time or a dog that is not strong enough to withstand a child on it. Or what if he does it 5 years from now when he is much heavier.

No, this does not fall in the category harmless IMHO and I doubt many animal health organizations or vets would approve the use of a dog in such a manner.
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You have a solid point and I concede the wisdom of it. I do suggest that no harm was done here so its silly to make a big deal of it.
 
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haymarket said:
You have a solid point and I concede the wisdom of it. I do suggest that no harm was done here so its silly to make a big deal of it.
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I would agree that not too much has to be made of this, if Palin warned the child that he should not do that, because teaching children to correctly treat animals is very important. Especially for a special needs child.

I also think it would not have been such a lighting rod if Palin had not used this as a lesson/plan for the year 2015.

And I am still left with one question, was Palin lucky enough to photograph this (in other words, was she photographing the child already) or did she stage this after the fact to have photo's of what the child did (in other words was the dog stepped on twice, once because of the child's spontaneous actions or did he do it and then told to do it again so that Palin could take pictures of it).
 
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It is obvious that the Palins need a damn stool by the sink. Until then I guess the dog will suffice up until he wont let the kid stand on him.

Perhaps the dog lovers should unite and raise money for a stool for the kid?
 
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Manc Skipper said:
If in future he hurts the dog and it bites him, which one will be euthanased?
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Harry Reid, I think. It's in the rule book.
 
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X Factor said:


Sarah Palin Posts Photos of Son Trig Using Family Dog as a Step Stool - Kids & Family Life, Pet News, Sarah Palin : People.com


Pic is at the link (which I'll include). So why put this in Polls? I'm curious if the story, to put it bluntly, pisses you off because I gotta admit, as an animal fan, most especially dogs, it kinda pisses me off. Not at the kid, of course, but I know, if it were me, I'd teach my kid to not stand on the family dog.

Sorry about the weird font and sizing. It did something weird when I copied the quote.

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What is the benefit of having polls on DP if they are just going to get spammed and have the results skewed? I will no longer bother.
 
Re: Sarah Palin Posts Photos of Son Trig Using Family Dog as a Step Stool

justabubba said:
yep, sister sarah is going to assure it
keeps their money machine active
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Who's money machine?
 
Re: Sarah Palin Posts Photos of Son Trig Using Family Dog as a Step Stool

Peter King said:
I don't think so, there are plenty of things the liberals can throw at Palin without this, there are plenty of remarks and actions of this lady to last 2 or 3 electoral cycles.
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And they're all just as stupid as this, but this will be on the list.

See what I mean?

SheWolf said:
Trig is an STD. It's the short form of Trichomoniasis.
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That Palin was stupid enough to post the pics is hardly a surprise. This is the same woman that think humans and dinosaurs coexisted.
 
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lizzie said:
Does it piss me off? No, not really, but I think it was stupid on her part, and if it were my child, I'd not let him act that way. A kid with Downs Syndrome isn't typically retarded enough not to understand things like this.
It certainly isn't anything I consider cute
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I agree with your entire comment.

I have 3 dogs and I wouldn't let anyone, big or small, step on them.
 
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Kal'Stang said:
Doesn't bother me any. Somehow I get the feeling that while Mrs. Palin thought it was cute and took a photo of it (prolly with her phone since I get the feeling she's never without it considering her lifestyle) and then more than likely told Trig that doing such could hurt the dog. Its easy to assume that she didn't, as many here obviously did, but I know that as a parent I've done similar. My kids have occasionally done something wrong but it was so cute at the time that I just had to get a picture of it and then after I took the picture I admonished them to not do such again (usually explaining why it was a nono). For example smearing their poop all over the walls or as they got older coloring on the walls. Perhaps minor examples compared to the OP but you get the idea. So I really think that this is much ado about nothing. I mean
her other kids don't go around hurting animals
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 so I'm pretty sure that Mrs. Palin does her best at teaching the kids right from wrong.
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How do you know this for a fact? Could you provide some proof of this?
 
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Grand Mal said:
Obviously.
It's no biggie, but I'd lift the boy off and explain he shouldn't do that. Going to get a camera and posting the picture seems like an odd way to handle it.
The boy did learn something.
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I suppose that he learned that he can step on the dog and get away with it.
 
Re: Sarah Palin Posts Photos of Son Trig Using Family Dog as a Step Stool

apdst said:
And they're all just as stupid as this, but this will be on the list.

See what I mean?
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Personally I think any reference or remark about the child should be a no go area/taboo during the electoral campaigns (if she runs that is).
 
Re: Sarah Palin Posts Photos of Son Trig Using Family Dog as a Step Stool

shrubnose said:
I suppose that he learned that he can step on the dog and get away with it.
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I hope that is the only lesson he has not learned.
 
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Peter King said:
Personally I think any reference or remark about the child should be a no go area/taboo during the electoral campaigns (if she runs that is).
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Are you kidding? The Libbos can't resist taking shots at her kids, as this thread proves.
 
Re: Sarah Palin Posts Photos of Son Trig Using Family Dog as a Step Stool

on a scale of 1 -10 of the butthurt index.... this registers in at about -2
 
Re: Sarah Palin Posts Photos of Son Trig Using Family Dog as a Step Stool

humbolt said:
Harry Reid, I think. It's in the rule book.
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Harry had a very nasty accident.

Reid out of hospital after breaking ribs, facial bones

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid was discharged from a Las Vegas hospital Friday, after sustaining some nasty injuries during his home exercise routine.

Reid broke several ribs and bones in his face when a piece of exercise equipment broke and he fell.
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Reid out of hospital after breaking ribs, facial bones
 
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