Japanese Akita eats cats

Loopy_Girl

sturll wrote: »

I appreciate the idea of a muzzle, the only problem being i have tried it (i should have said) and it got to the point where every time i had the muzzle on my hand she would cower and urinate.

Tough luck really. You decided to own a powerful dog - YOU take responsibility for it.

Better her peeing on the floor than some poor cat p!ssing itself with fear as he gets the guts ripped out of him.

Loopy_Girl

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dutch12

THX loopy. I was educated today..LOL

1sue23

Not a troll she said earlier in the thread that she was going on holiday and would take note of the reply's on her return.

MrsE_2

Loopy_Girl wrote: »

I'm sorry if my answer is unpopular but that dog should be destroyed immediately. It has an irresponsible owner and clearly has the killer instinct - no wonder these powerful breeds, including this one, get such a bad name if this kind of behaviour is allowed to continue.

And for the people praising the OP for trying to sort it - it should have been sorted after the first incident...but oh no, the dog got out a further twice and killed again.

Do you know what made my stomach turn? The telling of being covered in blood and smelling of cat pee...that poor bloody cat. I wonder how the OP would feel if she went out and found her dog lying covered in blood and pee and dead - still call it 'animal instinct'?

These dogs shouldn't be pets. They are hunting dogs and aren't made for being cooped up in a garden all day. And I just cannot fathom why you would allow your children round this animal. I'm sure all the other pet owners whose dogs have turned on the kids thought you and yet you have a glaring example of his strength - 3 times.

It's a bloody accident waiting to happen in my opinion.

I don't think the dog should be put down, but I think it should be removed from this irresponsible owner & re homed by the breed welfare with someone that can control it.

The OP is EXACTLY why there should be a weight limit on the type of person who can own a big dog.

If this was an out of control chauuia (sp?) it wouldn't be such a problem & someone even stands a good chance of saving the cat, in fact most cats can handle a small dog.

With breed controls we got back to the "its not a pit bull officer, its a boxer cross lab":rolleyes:

The OP is not fit to own a dog as she has & won't control it.

OP I suggest you get a goldfish, it can't escape & kill things.

Loopy_Girl

1sue23 wrote: »

Not a troll she said earlier in the thread that she was going on holiday and would take note of the reply's on her return.

Fair enough. I just hope she is not expecting everyone to applaud her for finally trying to do something about it.

Honestly, I can't get the vision of those poor cats out my mind

And if her dog wandered into someone's garden and something happened to it then it would just be tough luck surely? What's good for the goose and all that.....

Little_Chicken

1sue23 wrote: »

Not a troll she said earlier in the thread that she was going on holiday and would take note of the reply's on her return.

Well she managed to log on yesterday

Probably ashamed of being a totally irresponsible....:eek::eek::eek::eek:

I think anyone who posts stuff like this online is a semi-troll anyway. I mean why would you? Anyone with half a brain would have just looked after their dog better in the first place.:rolleyes: And she must have known that people would find her original post offensive....

Loopy_Girl

MrsE wrote: »

I don't think the dog should be put down, but I think it should be removed from this irresponsible owner & re homed by the breed welfare with someone that can control it.

To clarify when I said it should be destroyed - I ws feeling quite emotive and I am not sure if it COULD be re-trained at such an old age.

If it could then I agree wholeheartedly with youe Mrs E

xredwebx

Loopy_Girl wrote: »

And for the people praising the OP for trying to sort it - it should have been sorted after the first incident...but oh no, the dog got out a further twice and killed again.
It's a bloody accident waiting to happen in my opinion.

This just says it all, well done poster. I'm sick to death of reading paper after paper complaining about dangerous dogs, and then these people leave their gates open and complain when their animals get out. It's just irresponsible and absolutely disgusting.

I'm a complete animal lover and owner of two cats, but if I was a dog owner just the thought of allowing it to escape, to kill once let alone repeatedly, is unimaginable!! Lets face it this dog was not a yorkie, it was an old breed that was bred for fighting. They are truly beautiful dogs and I admire sensible and responsible owners that raise them but some people just leave me lost for words. Surely the first time should have been a big enough warning to cat proof your fences/garden and offer the owner of the poor cat some sort of compensation! But to let it happen again? Unreal. The only good thing is that the OP is recognising that they need to sort out their little problem, but the fact that they admit to not thinking about cat proofing previously sets off alarm bells, I don’t think the OP is as animal friendly as they make out.

Again well done for all those people sharing Loopy Girl's opinion and to whoever's smug kittie that is with the Akita, both of them are just gorgeous!

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UKTigerlily

I'm no expert but I think it would be VERY difficult, if not impossible, to retrain the Dog now due to it's age & it having killed three Cats already? I do want to know WHY it was allowed to go on to kill two more, I don't understand that. Even if your Dog isn't a killer surely you make sure the garden is secured & the gate locked & not able to be left open? I know if I had a garden Chay wouldn't be able to escape it, i'd make sure it was totally dog proof with high enough walls/fences.

I don't think the OP has answered where I said it should from now on be supervised & on a long lead in the garden? Rehoming via the breed rescue would be one option, but also could the OP contact them & have them come out to work with her to get her garden secure? Just thinking it'd be traumatic to the dog to be rehomed at her age? If the rescue assessed the current owner as they would a new owner & got the garden secure & the dog was muzzled or on a long lead when out it could work?

I was suprised that the OP didn't immediately get in a trainer/behaviourist or supervise the dog on a lead at all times after the first incident. It's not just the issue with the Cats when the Dog escapes but next time it could cause a car crash with serious human injuries or even death.