Hagrid's loyalty to Dumbledore

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 16267

It was proposed in a post last week (sorry, I don't know who it was, 
and there are too many to look through), that Hagrid's loyalty to 
Dumbledore may be tested when he goes of on a diplomatic mission to 
the giants.  I think it was thought that perhaps he might feel 
comfortable amongst his own kind, and that if the giants decided to 
remain with Voldemort, Hagrid may find himself more ambivalent 
towards Dumbledore.

This idea doesn't weigh well with me at all, for various reasons.
On the positive side, Hagrid absolutely worships Dumbledore ("He's a 
great man, Dumbledore," repeated ad infinitum as a catchphrase 
throughout all the books).  Dumbledore has given him every chance, 
when others would have cast him aside, has forgiven him his foibles 
and mistakes and given him gradually more and more responsibility - 
and fetching Harry both times was a major responsibility, both 
times.  I am still of the opinion that Dumbledore is infallible in 
his deciding who and who not to trust.
Hagrid also thinks the world of Harry.  I can't see him doing 
anything at all to hurt their relationship.
Hagrid also thought the world of his wizarding father.  He speaks 
very sentimentally about him, about how he looked after him, and how 
he was pleased that he wasn't alive to live through the shame of 
seeing his son expelled from school.  
On the other side of this, Hagrid's giantess mother abandoned him 
when he was small, and left him to be brought up by his father.  How 
likely is Hagrid to show loyalty to her and the other giants,  rather 
than the memory of his dead father?
Finally, a very minor point, is that Hagrid is about 12feet shorter 
than your average giant.  Being looked upon as a dwarf in a giant 
world may be novel to start with, but I think that it would wear off 
rapidly!

Catherine, who realises that she hasn't read any character stuff on 
Hagrid previously posted, but did think that the issue had genuinely 
come up again.