Diversions
Aug 20, 2021
4 minutes
NOTES & QUERIES
Food holds the key to keeping dogs distracted
How can you prevent dogs jumping at children? How should I respond?
Appeal to their greedy nature and scatter food on the ground.
Claire Kirby Shrewsbury, England, UK
• Since dogs are normally on a leash and children are not, then show some restraint, cheerfully.
Richard Orlando Westmount, Quebec, Canada
• Teach the child to stand still, turn his back and fold his arms whenever a dog approaches. This communicates dominance and a lack of interest
Julia Foren via theguardian.com
The handset lottery
What would you like your phone to do that it doesn’t already do?
I’d like it to identify unsolicited nonsense, and
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