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myfirstyorkie · 03-03-2005, 03:15 PM

I agree that their are other breeds that have a bad temperment. When I was growing up we had an Akita as our family pet. He done everything with us he was an inside/outside dog, wherever we were Thore would be. He even slept with us. He was raised very well with lots of love. He was just as part of the family as we were. But one night when Thore was around 2 is where the nightmare began. We were all in the living room waching tv. My brother was laying on the floor next to Thore petting him. And thats where our family pet attacked. He went and latched himself onto my brothers neck. Another 1/2 cm and Thore would of got my brothers vain and he would of died. So my brother was 1/2 cm away from loosing his life from a pet that we trusted and loved so much. We could not put him down right away. We had to wait for tests to come back (like rabbies). Two weeks later we were given the ok to put Thore to sleep. By that time we all forgave him and thought he just had a bad night. So we decided to keep him. A few months later we had a birthday party. We tied Thore out back on a very short leash far away from the party. One of the little boys at the party found Thore and went to him. Thore attacked again! We could not take anymore chances we had to put him to sleep. To this day my other siblings thinks he was taken to a garage to be a gaurd dog. As much as he was so unpredictable we did love him but we had to do what was right. So I guess I disagree with banning a type of breed. All dogs breeds are capable of attacking. I believe vicious dogs are only that way due to poor breeding. You cant have bad blood in the line at all. If you do you are playing with fire.

03-03-2005, 03:15 PM	#49
myfirstyorkie Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 463	I agree that their are other breeds that have a bad temperment. When I was growing up we had an Akita as our family pet. He done everything with us he was an inside/outside dog, wherever we were Thore would be. He even slept with us. He was raised very well with lots of love. He was just as part of the family as we were. But one night when Thore was around 2 is where the nightmare began. We were all in the living room waching tv. My brother was laying on the floor next to Thore petting him. And thats where our family pet attacked. He went and latched himself onto my brothers neck. Another 1/2 cm and Thore would of got my brothers vain and he would of died. So my brother was 1/2 cm away from loosing his life from a pet that we trusted and loved so much. We could not put him down right away. We had to wait for tests to come back (like rabbies). Two weeks later we were given the ok to put Thore to sleep. By that time we all forgave him and thought he just had a bad night. So we decided to keep him. A few months later we had a birthday party. We tied Thore out back on a very short leash far away from the party. One of the little boys at the party found Thore and went to him. Thore attacked again! We could not take anymore chances we had to put him to sleep. To this day my other siblings thinks he was taken to a garage to be a gaurd dog. As much as he was so unpredictable we did love him but we had to do what was right. So I guess I disagree with banning a type of breed. All dogs breeds are capable of attacking. I believe vicious dogs are only that way due to poor breeding. You cant have bad blood in the line at all. If you do you are playing with fire.