rspca wont take my dog an it bit me ???

trudij

Ok - now Im REALLY confused... what dog?? I thought it was the plastic being trodden on that woke the dog with a start, and it snapped - catching the lady?? Where did the other dog come from in the above post???

to the OP - good luck finding somewhere for your dog - its a horrible thing to have to do I should think (im lucky, Ive never had to do it with any of my animals, but then I dont have children to need to think about either) and i hope you can get some positive things happen soon.

picklepick

jimmyjimsgin wrote: »

So wrong I am afraid , I did not need or want an excuse. The dog viciously attacked my dog, causing wounds to the head, that is not an excuse it is a fact. you do not know me so need to assume I am looking for an excuse as i dont want the poor dog. I would not lie about the situation and then put it on here, I have told the truth to ask for advice, what would be the point of lying? I cannot believe that you have posted that i dont want or love it, how ridiculous. and also my child is never trusted with any dog thank you for your advice though as I am sure there are many owners who do trust their animals with their kids. Thank fully my child didnt have to witness the horrific attack either as she was in bed asleep. It has been so distressing as i pointed out and it isnt much help if you try to make out something that isnt true. I am a dog lover, through and through, I did not simply change my mind. I have been mistreated by the charity and cant believe the rubbish you have posted.



onee

Woooow hold on a minute. Theres been some confusion here. Jimmy has mistaken this thread for his which is here. Mrs Tine wasnt talking about your dog Jimmy, she was talking about the OP of this threads dog.....

sandy71

I just want to say please don't advertise your staff as free to a good home as has been suggested unless you are 100% sure where its going. Not everyone wants staffs as a pet and you dont want him to end up in the wrong hands.

Would you be prepared to work with your dog to keep it? There are some very good behaviourists around who could help you.

jimmyjimsgin

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry Mrs Tine, I got really confused as lots of posts re my situation, please forgive me, i got mixed up!:eek:

jimmyjimsgin wrote: »

So wrong I am afraid , I did not need or want an excuse. The dog viciously attacked my dog, causing wounds to the head, that is not an excuse it is a fact. you do not know me so need to assume I am looking for an excuse as i dont want the poor dog. I would not lie about the situation and then put it on here, I have told the truth to ask for advice, what would be the point of lying? I cannot believe that you have posted that i dont want or love it, how ridiculous. and also my child is never trusted with any dog thank you for your advice though as I am sure there are many owners who do trust their animals with their kids. Thank fully my child didnt have to witness the horrific attack either as she was in bed asleep. It has been so distressing as i pointed out and it isnt much help if you try to make out something that isnt true. I am a dog lover, through and through, I did not simply change my mind. I have been mistreated by the charity and cant believe the rubbish you have posted.



onee

pink_piggy17

You startled you're dog, it grazed you. What was the dogs behaviour like after the incident? was it "apologetic" or was it acting defensively/aggressively?
when I say apologetic, I mean submissive behaviour.

I personally think it is ridiculous to immediatly think you must rehome the dog/it is a danger to the children because it grazed you after you startled it. If the dog has never shown any aggressive behaviour before, that should be enough. Just put it down as a lesson learned, either avoid startling the dog from sleep and tell the children this (they shouldn't startle any animal anyway, if you startle a horse from behind there's a good chance you'll be flattened with two hoofs! but goodness gracious, we still let children around them!)

or working on desensitising the dog to being woken up by perhaps touching it with a stick etc while it is asleep to wake it up and see what it's reaction is, making some noises around it occasionally etc. I still wouldn't recommend startling a dog from sleep anyway though (or waking it up too often, that'd annoy anyone!)

Even in humans, how many people have nearly gotten a smack by startling another person! It is our most basic instinct to defend ourselves and the same goes for animals, it's probably subconcious.

I also don't get the picture of the Pug! If that's meant to be a staffie then the poster is sadly mistaken

Whitewillow_2

Believe me, the fact you only had a graze is proof enough this dog is not a violent one. If that dog wanted to hurt you, you would know about it!
I dont believe you have a dog with an agression problem, just one that is/was perhaps unnerved (sp sorry).

skcollobcat10

kelly2009m wrote: »

she is a staff 2 years old

get it put down, these breeds of dogs are dangerous.

ben500

mrcol1000 wrote: »

What does she say when she tells them why she is getting rid of the dog? Only certain people would take on a dog that his bitten someone regardless of why it happened.

If she stated that it had bitten someone she would probably be inundated with calls from local chavs.

mrcol1000

skcollobcat10 wrote: »

get it put down, these breeds of dogs are dangerous.

Yes thats right. Well done for looking up from your copy of the Daily Mail long enough to make an ignorant comment like that.
Humans are dangerous. Dogs are trained (intentionally or unitentionally) to be dangerous.
In fact according to Merritt Clifton report Staffs are not even near the top of attacks needing treatment. However they are very easy fodder for the media to use especially when they have ran out of ideas for radio phone ins. However sadly people like skcollobcat10 and ben500 aren't really worth trying to discuss the matter with.

suki1964

mrcol1000 wrote: »

Yes thats right. Well done for looking up from your copy of the Daily Mail long enough to make an ignorant comment like that.
Humans are dangerous. Dogs are trained (intentionally or unitentionally) to be dangerous.
In fact according to Merritt Clifton report Staffs are not even near the top of attacks needing treatment. However they are very easy fodder for the media to use especially when they have ran out of ideas for radio phone ins. However sadly people like skcollobcat10 and ben500 aren't really worth trying to discuss the matter with.

And once again you are casting judgement and insulting other people