LadyConstanze
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I am so pleased to see your Dobie's ears intact!
I have owned 2.. both wonderful, gentle, and loyal.
One of them had a female Pom leap up and chomp on his balls..he turned around and i so thought she would be dead..he had her in his teeth... he pulled her off and flung her away. and sat down and retained his dignity.. i have owned other small breeds, and never trusted them around small children as i did the Dobermans. I had a Shih-Tzu that broke her lead to attack 2 standard poodles who ingnored her... she was beneath their dignity, apparently ..lol
No excuse for letting dogs roam, and revert to the wild pack mentality.
pit bulls scare me, tho the ones i have met, have been great.
I don't like that they scare me, i am usually so not afraid of animals...
what other breed have you seen ( or heard about) have attacked children or adults, or other animals? is it because the media reports on pits more?
Ear cropping and tail docking is outlawed in most European countries, my girl Dobie is going on to 7 and had her tail docked by the breeders as it used to be "breeding standard" at the time, pisses me off major, other dogs often can't tell that she's friendly as she has only a little stump she can wag and tend to snarl or attack, hence she's less playful with other dogs but amazing with children. The boy has been rehomed a lot and has a history of abuse (sad to think that a 2 year old dog had to go through that) and he's a bit scared of children, he'll hang back while the girl makes friends with kids and then slowly comes forward once he's sure they won't hurt him. When it comes to strange dogs, he usually takes the lead and greets them with lots of tail wagging while she hangs back and checks if they are friendly, then joins in (she had a lot of bites from other dogs so she's much more careful and less trusting with dogs).
I don't think small breeds are more dangerous, it's the owners, they think because their dogs are small they don't need to be trained and they carry them around a lot, so the dog is on their arms (high up - translates to the dog "I'm higher up in the pecking order, not a member of the pack but a leader), they feed the dog from their plate (dogs eat according to rank in the pack, let them eat with you or before you and they assume you are paying homage to their rank and they are higher up than you) and a lot of small dogs were actually bred to be aggressive. Terriers are hunting dogs, they are gutsy and fierce.
The whole thing about pits being dangerous is a bit rubbish in my eyes, the wrong owner makes a dog dangerous, it's usually that the owners of the bigger breeds train the dogs to be more obedient because if roughly 100 lbs of dog flesh with a 4 paw drive pull you around, you'll be pulled along (in my case, I almost got twice my weight in dogs), with a small 10 to 40 lbs dog, you can scoop them up, if a small dog pulls at the lead and barks and growls at people, most just laugh as the dog is "only small", if my Dobes would bark at somebody, the people would be frightened and possibly report them as aggressive dogs.
There was a case in the news over here not too long ago, a Rottie had bitten a child and it was all "Bad bad Rotties, they should be a banned breed or forced to have muzzles" again, my Dobie girl got filthy looks because she has the same colouring, so must be bad (I wonder if they give Dachshounds also filthy looks as a lot of them have the black and tan colouring...) The follow up of the case was a bit less spectacular, the child had entered the closed yard to play with one of the puppies, the mother defended the litter, child had scooped up a puppy and was trying to run away, still clutching the puppy (possibly was too afraid to think about putting it down) and the child got bitten in the leg and needed stitches. I'd seriously not blame the dog, the child was an intruder on the dog's turf and the dog defended her litter against a stranger, if you go near a lamb, the ewes will also try to defend it if they don't know you and possibly headbutt you, a cat will go for you if it thinks the litter is in danger...
If a headline screams "Pitbulls bit/attacked..." it grabs attention, and how many people do really know breeds? Short haired, stout, heavy... Oh must be a Pit... It's a lot less spectacular if a Chihuahua bites somebody, but according to hospitals one of the most frequent dog bite wounds they treat and funny enough mostly the owners...
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