Hes not a dangerous dog !!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

nuckinfobhead

UKTigerlily wrote: »

Also, I hope she doesn't run up to on lead Dogs, as mine would take a chunk out of her but it'd be YOURS to blame as it's not on a lead under control & if it had been it wouldn't have been near mine who is always on lead when walked.

agreed but like i previously said, when i say wait, she responds instantly and sits and waits, she always has done.

southernscouser

nuckinfobhead wrote: »

agreed but like i previously said, when i say wait, she responds instantly and sits and waits, she always has done.

My dog did that. No matter where and no matter what.

Then one day he got a sniff of/saw a fox and off he went. Wouldn't come when called and had to be chased and dragged back.

Don't be fooled into thinking your dog is totally under your control. They are probably brighter than we are.

Pennylane

nuckinfobhead wrote: »

i have a 9 month old ridgeback/mastif cross and she's a HUGE 40kg baby. when im out walking her i dont very often use a lead as she really is that good, she is probably the woosiest dog i have ever known, i know she's only a pup still so may change. because of her size lots of people avoid her when we're out, she is full of energy and throws herself at anyone.. and yes it probably does scare some people. i do know though that she would never ever hurt anyone.

but, she is totally harmless. the most lethal thing she has in her is her long flappy tonuge.

most people see the 'vicious animal' not the individual personality of the dog.

assuming when theres no muzzle or lead they are in danger of being attacked, mauled.

it is very sad when animals go bad, usually theres a very good reason behind it. it takes such a long time for every other dog of that breed to lose the rep of a killer. its down to the individual animal imo and how they get treated as to how much of a risk they are. i am also not defending these dogs but i do strongly feel that a pet properly cared for and treated well and loved would no way want to intentionally hurt a member of their family.

dont take this the wrong way but dogs 'generally' dont attack and kill maliciously for nothing. yes it is sad but to just blame the dogs is so unfair, how many dogs have been destroyed because theyve bitten someone? the thing you dont hear is that the person, usually a child may spend a long time being horrid to the animal and, like any other lifeform. are they not allowed to defend themselves from being hit, smacked, kicked, dragged about etc....?

there only so much mistreatment a human will accept towards themselves, but being human they are able to get away from it, talk about it, get help etc..... if an animal is stuck in that situation what can they do about it other than 'enoughs enough' and fighting back. its to be expected really imo...

an animal is an animal, and like us, are all capable of killing. i havent read about the recent attack so cant comment on that but surely the owners are greatly responsible for the way they bring their pet up. like a parent is responsible for their child, teaching them right from wrong etc... i know i teach my children that if someone hits them bloody hit them back. if someone winds up my dog and does (very unlikely) get bit i would have to say......... well that serves you bloody right eh (however i would still disapline her for it)

if the teaching fails or isnt consistent, is that the animals fault? i personally dont think so.

an animal is just that, an animal. and if treated the wrong way a poodle is no less dangerous than say a rottweiler.

i think that in lots of these cases dogs are treated as part of the family and not as an animal.

bit of a blurb there sorry, ive stopped now

Then you're a very irresponsible dog owner. :mad: Your dog is 9 months old ... how on earth do you know he is 100% safe? There will be things he has never encountered in his life so far, but they may scare him, they may cause him to run off, they might make him aggressive, anything really.

I meet people with dogs off their leads and if I do not know them I will call ahead "can you please put your dog on a lead". I have had dogs all my life and they will walk to heel on and off the lead but to be safe, I always put them on their leads well before we meet another dog. One of mine was attacked by another dog (who the owner said was "fine") when she was young and she is now very nervous. It cost me a lot in vets bills and I'm not prepared to go through all that again.

Dogs must be kept under control in public places and that means on a lead with an adult in charge.

nuckinfobhead

i do realise there isnt total control, but i do know for certain that we are brighter than they are, or we'd be the pets sat waggling our a r s e s waiting for dinner...

welshlil

I have a dog that is always on a lead when out. What does she hate more than anything is a loose dog, bounding up to her, shes petrified, as she was attacked by an off lead dog that "wouldn't hurt a fly" quite a few years ago, but she has never forgotten. What does she do starts growling, in defence.
We also find that a lot of parents of children, as I did when my children young, if they want to stroke a dog, ASK. I have always said no, although I know my dog I would not trust her enough to say yes. I usually find it's the old dears are the worse, "aw isn't she lovely" as they bend down with a hand looming over her. You tell them, please don't, and it's as though I am in the wrong, and I,ve been told I shouldn't have her out etc ps Shes a yorkie

nuckinfobhead

if theres another dog close by then yes i do use the lead or sit her and tell her to wait til its passed.

oh and its a her, not a him

southernscouser

nuckinfobhead wrote: »

i do realise there isnt total control, but i do know for certain that we are brighter than they are, or we'd be the pets sat waggling our a r s e s waiting for dinner...

Really? So when you want to go out for walks your dog takes you does it?

Your dog cleans up after you when you have a poo?

You can understand what your dog is saying?

Your dog gets all your meals for you?

nuckinfobhead

southernscouser wrote: »

Really? So when you want to go out for walks your dog takes you does it?

Your dog cleans up after you when you have a poo?

You can understand what your dog is saying?

Your dog gets all your meals for you?

sorry love but i think you well misread my post then. it was you that said they were brighter than us, if they were theyd be ahead of us in the food chain hey. read your post then mine proprley and you may get it better.

mind you, ask your dog as its brighter than you lol

Pennylane

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

Hi All

Sorry but some people need to open their bleeding eyes!

I know we have all read the news over the weekend about the little boy who was killed by the family members pet dogs and whilst I appreciate it is a really sad event and im very sorry for the families loss of a sweet little baby but just because my dog happens to be the same breed as a dog that took place in the attack does not make him some sort of savage beast!

I had my dog with me today walking around our estate, which isn't a nice place it has to be said, he was on lead, under control and happily snuffling his way around the grass. Anyway he stopped to do his doggy business (which i should add is always picked up) and these two old bats who were stood in a garden near us started berating me for having a 'dangerous unmuzzled animal'.
One woman said I should have him muzzled because he's a terrier. Yes fine he is a male JRT, he is unneutered but he is in no way shape or form a dangerous animal but ive never been told this. To be honest too if i thought my dog was in any way aggressive/dangerous then of course i would muzzle him but to me if a dog is muzzled it makes them look like a dangerous dog and I dont want to give people that idea fo him when he is a lovely well natured friendly little lad.

He would sooner lick you to death than show aggression which in fact i think he's done once but a big German shepherd took him by surprise and there was no contact just a growl from both dogs (it suddenly shot out of a doorway a few feet ahead of us whilst walking to the post office and scared the poop out of both of us) . We get the odd growl and bark if someone's at the door but i've had him for 4 years and not once have i ever thought he was dangerous in the slightest. He's a very submissive dog - he will roll over straight away to anyone at their feet, cower if you get to close to him or if a voice is raised.

Ooooh some people just annoy me. I bet they don't even have pets. I remember my sister getting her throat scratched open by our tom cat Harley and that bled like a b@tch but did we muzzle the cat?? no.......

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When I was young I had a friend who was attacked by 3 Jack Russell's. She was walking home from the school bus and they just ran out of a garden into the road and attacked her. Her legs were almost ripped to shreds and she had to have loads of surgery. The attack was taken so seriously that the bus company even re-routed the bus so that she was dropped at her house because she just freaked out walking alone.

Now, they could have been ANY type of dogs. But the point is if their owner imagined for one minute that they could not be trusted or were dangerous, she would never have left them loose in the garden surely?

This girl was no threat to them ... so why did they attack her? Dogs are animals and they are unpredictable. You can never trust any animal 100%.

southernscouser

nuckinfobhead wrote: »

sorry love but i think you well misread my post then. it was you that said they were brighter than us, if they were theyd be ahead of us in the food chain hey. read your post then mine proprley and you may get it better.

mind you, ask your dog as its brighter than you lol

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I think you misread my post.

You said we are the brighter species. I was just trying to highlight the fact that it's the dog that's got you picking up it's poo.

I think you missed the irony of my post.