Mother tended to blame others for the Airedale's actions by saying it was their fault that he bit them. one case was when the Airedale attacked the Iceman when he was delivering ice to their house, blaming him for thinking the dog would bite him (as said in paragraph 5 towards the end, ”thinking the dog would bite you causes him to bite you, Mother was holding the thought the very next morning when Muggs got the iceman but she blamed that slip-up on the iceman. "If you didn't think he would bite you, he wouldn't," mother told him.”. Another time that Muggs bit the people was when they screamed and mother said it excites him (as said in paragraph 7 Mother told them that it hadn't been Muggs fault but the fault of the people who were bitten.
