My goodness we just left a campground that started out to be a very nice and quiet place to enjoy life. Mostly older people and a few furry pals. We all got along in our own little world with no problems, no worries. And then BLAM! All of a sudden more and more campers started to come into the park. It's not the campers that got me so upset, but ALL THOSE KIDS!!!! Every where I turned their were kids, kids, and yet more kids!!

Now don't get me wrong, kids are okay-but I'm just not around kids enough to allow them to get close to me; heck, I'm shy around most adults. So these two legged little humans kept wanting to run through my area or try to grab at me-WRONG! I'm a min pin, I'm going to protect what is mine!

My mom and Dad would tie me out in my own little area, I would be minding my own business; playing with my toys, finding something on the ground to chew on, or just laying on my blankie catching the sun rays, when all of a sudden a tiny little person would come running through our site. Of course I would start barking, and try my best to catch one of them; but they would stay just a hair out of my reach! Now what wasn't fair is that mom or dad would yell at me to be quiet! I'm just doing my job and that is protecting what is mine.

Mom try talking to the kids and asked them please not try to come up to me or to run through my area. But they seem not want to listen. Maybe if I took just a little knipp out of one of their ankles then maybe they would listen. But chances are if I did that, I would be the one in trouble as well as my parents. So mom takes the next step and tries to talk to the parents. I'm not sure how far she really got with it, but now not only are the kids running close by me, so are the adults. Mom finally does tell them that if I do bite, while on my leash, she was not going to be held responsible for my action. Mom and Dad both went up and told the attendants on duty what was going on and told them if it continues, they will come let them know and maybe a park ranger can talk with them.

Both mom and dad wouldn't let me out of their site and so if I want to be outdoors, they stay out there with me.

I guess the morals of this hub is the one word my mom likes to use and it's called: R-E-S-E-C-T. How do kids learn that word, when some adults don't know the meaning of it?

Some of us loving pets love strangers, and then there are pets like me, that are not sure of strangers. So don't let your children run up to strays and teach them the right way to introduce yourself to a dog.

Here are some tips to help introduce your children (or even yourself) to us pets:

1. Don't go up to any dogs. If the owner is around, ask them if their pet is friendly.
2. Even if they say their pet won't hurt a flea, it's still not wise to just go up and start petting us. Like humans, we pets can have bad days as well.
3. Instead, go quietly up to the pet and put your hand so that we can smell you. Come down to our level, don't hover over us. That way we won't feel so skeptical of you.
4. Don't try and pet the top of our heads at first, but instead, but underneath our chin, that's more smoothing to us critters.
5. Don't yell and scream around us, we tend to get a little excited ourselves and maybe forget that we are to be on our own best behavior.
6. And if we still aren't sure about you touching us, just sit down, don't say a word, and let us come to you, maybe then we could become good friends.

shibashake just published a nice article about children and dogs. And I think EVERY parent should read this and take notes! Not all of us furry four legged are lovable, huggable to ALL two legged creatures.

How did we all turn out in the end? Well, like me, mom and dad wasn't use to being around so many yelling kids and they were concerned about both mine and the little ones safety. So we decided to pack up a day early and head yet farther north, where we know kids won't be camping-because it's a bit too chilly....