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Originally Posted by tomf1697  |
I don't know if I agree that it's fair to muzzle all bigger dogs. You never know with ANY dog if they will attack or not. Yes a bigger dog can do a lot more harm than a smaller dog, but some smaller dogs are tough too, and I'm sure if a smaller dog really tried to, they could seriously injure another small dog or small child. If your dog is aggressive enough as to wear he needs a muzzle, then maybe its better to not take him to petsmart. I also think if people had the pet held closer to them on the leash it would help prevent tragedies like this in the future. I know things can still go wrong, I just can't see muzzling all larger dogs. I've always owned larger dogs in the past, and they were the sweetest ever, w/ the exception of Gizmo (who is really good, but has psychological issues and has shown aggression) but we don't take him to places like that just because of what he might do, it's not worth the risk. But it would kill me to have to muzzle the other larger dogs I've owned everytime I took them somewhere. Kind of like a few would ruin it for all of them.