Fed up with people slagging off my new Staffy pup!

hartleysjam

I work on an industial estate and on Tuesday 2 japanese Akitas went bowling past my window with no owner to be seen, So I legged it out of the office and caught both of them by the collar, They we're obviously fairly young with collars but no tags, half hour later after various calls to RSPCA,Council & Vets etc no joy, Eventually a Gypsy turned up looking for them (they were camping in the next estate over) No 'thanks for stopping my dogs getting crushed by lorries' or anything. pratt.
Anyway, Afterwards a few of the women in the office were 'i wouldn't have done that' & 'Did you know there are vicous.dangerous dogs?' My Brother has 2 Akita's which is why I knew what they were, they're not dangerous. It just seemed a shame that they just assumed they would be violent dogs.
I know it was stupid to get to unknown dogs to come to me but it was either that or hit by the mahoosive lorries here. Fortunately I always have a spare lead in the car so the bigger of the 2 I put on the lead. considering the owner they were incredibly well fed and clean. I don't know if its the fact I have a big dog that I don't fear big dogs if that makes sense. There isn't a breed of dogs I don't like I think. Although my dog it's keen on little dogs that run in 'packs' big softie

Tashatutuw

Just my own experience of course...

I am the proud owner of 2 dogs (as well as around 40 other animals), one pure bred minature poodle (inherited from dearly passed MIL) and one StaffyxLabxLurcher mutt - yes, my mutt has a lot of the naughty habits from her Staffy side but I would honestly say that I do trust her around children and other dogs. When introduced to children and told 'nicely' she will creep up to them so that she is smaller than them and let them fuss her... However, my dear little poodle, is a complete c0w bag and I wouldn't trust her around children as far as I could throw her fluffy butt. She has little dog syndrome and is far more unpredictable than the mutt, nicely, to her, is only applicable when getting a treat.

As a big lover of Staffies and Rotties I am a complete believer in the nurture vs nature - when I was born we had a Rottie and when my Mum came home from the hospital after 5 days he sulked with her for 'leaving him' home alone with Dad... Once spoilt a little and introduced to me he became my protector and would lay beside the pram whilst I napped. Not exactly the widely reported image of a snapping, snarling killer is it?!

JenJen just enjoy your Pup whilst it is young and spend time with her to train her. You will soon find (once you are through her teenage 'chewing and bin raiding stage') that she is incredibly rewarding - I personally feel as much so as kids (only with the added benefit that if she is naughty you can put her in the garden or in her crate! :rotfl:)

gettingready

re akitas - I guess it is what one is used to.

I myself - I am used to big dogs so to me GS or Akita or anything this size is fine.

I know how to grab those if needs arises.

With smaller dogs it is another issue - I would have no idea how to handle them.

And staffs are small - comparing to what I am used to.

Zara got in a fight with a rottie ones. Friend was fostering that rottie girl, first walk together, someone in a group (was a few of them) threw a stick, both Zara and Rosie went for the stick and ended up at each other's throats... without thinking we grabbed them both bu their tails (one each of course) and pulled them apart before any damage could be done. 5 min later they were walking together nicely - BUT we did nto make a big deal out of it, just one of those things with dogs.. We were just glad that the rottie's tail was not docked - would be more difficult to grab LOL

Barcode

Tashatutuw wrote: »

I am the proud owner of 2 dogs (as well as around 40 other animals)

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JenJen: How about a photo?

gettingready

I do hope the other 40 animals are... fish LOL

Whatever they are - photo plssssssssssssssssssss

hethmar

warehouse wrote: »

What with, a killer haircut?

Seriously, you've made my day :rotfl:.

May be you dont know poodles are hunting dogs (they are actually of German origin - the word pudel meaning water/splashing - as they were used a lot for wild fowling, the thick curly hair protecting them in water and were/sometimes still are used by the French police as police sniffer dogs. Dont be fooled by the haircuts some have in domestic situations.

hethmar

Weve had rotties, dalmatians, terriers of all kinds - the only dog who ever bit my kids was a daschund owned by an old lady down the road. His teeth went through my 6 year olds thick anorak, his school jumper and shirt and left a bleeding open wound.

Some years back I did a bit of research into the number of dog incidents at A and E and the breeds involved- guess what came out as the real "devil dog" - the dear old, trusted Labrador !

gettingready

Yup, the only time I was EVER bitten was by a dashound, and a miniature one too... and it was tottaly my fault as reached out to a strage dog without warning (from my side) , like a total lemon wanted to stroke that cute little fury thing and it got me... serves E right

And I was/am around several large dogs quite often...

Tashatutuw

gettingready wrote: »

I do hope the other 40 animals are... fish LOL

Whatever they are - photo plssssssssssssssssssss

Haha, I am not sensible enough to have that many fish - we have 2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 guinea pigs, a continental giant rabbit, 2 ferrets, 5 ducks, 2 geese, 2 goats and 20 some chickens... Will post some pics later

Red_Elle

gettingready wrote: »

Saying that - when Zara plays with another GR like herself - anyone looking from the side would think we are having a dog fight as this is how GS play - teeth out, tumble all over the place, growling, saliva on one another but no skin broken no bites - they just play like that.

Our border collie plays with his collie friend like that. They look like killers with their teeth out, rolling on their backs and diving at each other.

As an aside (in other words, not directed at the person I've quoted, who seems to think about dogs in the same way that I do!), I do think a lot of people unwittingly encourage bad behaviour. Having a dog that is overly protective of you is not necessarily a good thing. I prefer my dog to know that I can fend for myself! I'd not want him to feel the need to defend me because he misread a situation.

Am gobsmacked at anyone who would let a child overwhelm a dog. Climbing all over them isn't fun for the dog, although some may tolerate it. You don't want any dog to see a child as an equal play thing - that's just asking for trouble.