While the well-thought-out article in Sunday’s Times regarding dangerous dogs made some excellent points (the need to socialize and train dogs, the cruelty of keeping dogs chains, the fallacy of discriminating against one breed) it left out one vital one: The need to educate, supervise and control children. A closer look at highly publicized and “unprovoked” dog attacks usually reveals a situation of kids taunting or teasing a tied-up dog. In addition, all too often, people expect a dog to passively endure real pain at the hands of a child pulling its ears, slapping its face or trying to carry it with an unbearable under-the-elbow grip.