Ok so if I'm understanding this correctly... the dog was in a shelter, stressed out+ scared, so let's not listen to the warning of a person in charge of the shelter let's just drop our kid right down beside him/ her and not pay attention to what's going on... bad friggen parenting and no common sence. I do agree every animal is not friendly but you put any animal in that circumstances and expect a different response from the animal mind you the reaction might not be as bad but that is a dog's only defense when they can not run away