A picture of Chip Gaines’ son sitting on a dog has somehow sparked a social media debate.
The Instagram photo, posted in recent weeks, shows Gaines’ young son casually sitting on a dog who is resting on a wooden front porch, presumably at the family’s home. Gaines — who is best known for his role in the series Fixer Upper — captioned the photo, “A boy and his pony… I mean dog. #farmlife.” The dog is a Great Pyrenees.
The photo gained 63,000 likes and more than 1,600 comments — the most interaction on his page for a post this year. It also launched an intense debate about animal care, with about half of the comments criticizing Gaines and the other half defending him.
“Get off the dog. And go ride an actual pony.. very disappointing to see something like this,” one person wrote.
“Never ok to sit on a pet. Dogs included,” another person wrote.
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“Please do not let kids sit on dogs,” still another person wrote. “Please respect the animal’s space. You think you know your dog and that it’s fine until it’s not.”
But Gaines had plenty of defenders.
“If the dog was bothered, the dog…
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