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Originally Posted by Misti1  Now admittedly, this is not a pit, but a Rotti I am talking about, but this one was "family friendly", and had been around the baby grandaughter all of her little life. So the dog is chained outside and baby grandaughter and paw paw go out to feed it. The baby made some kind of abrupt movement that angered the dog, and he went for her neck and killed her. Grandad had to shoot the dog to get it to let go, but too late.
Now he had been "observed", and the only explanation was "these dogs SOMETIMES don't like sudden movements around them". |
ALL dogs have the potential to be dangerous!! Not just rotties, dobies, pits etc. I had a rottie for 17 years, he was the biggest baby. My friend has a pit , wouldnt hurt a flea. My mom has owned pom's and westie's that would of snapped a child's nose off in a heart beat. Granted a little dog probably wouldnt kill another dog or a child however they can cause serious damage. I had a chocolate lab that as a 7 month old puppy would get loose(despite all of my effort to keep in his pen and on a leash) and terrorize my neighbor, he would literally sit outside her door and growl and bark at her. He once chased her back into her house. He would go into attack mode anytime someone would enter my yard, but he was the most lovable dog around his family. I couldnt keep him. I was petrified that he would hurt someone. Arent lab's consider one of the best family dogs??? My toy poodle hates big dogs, she will growl, snarl, barks excessivly and on a few time she has lunged at one, being the instagator. She could of easily attack the bigger dog and the bigger dog retaliate and kill her, but it wouldnt of been that dogs fault. I dont bring her with me anymore if I know there are going to big dogs around or I carry her. When she is in my arms, she is less agressive. I usually just stay away big dogs period. I have seen many times where the little dog is "trying to attack" the bigger dog.
Im not saying that pits, rotties etc dont have the tendency to attack, that is was they were bred for many years ago, to be attack dogs. So of course its in their genes and IM not real sure something like that could be "out bred" when its been done for so long.
I agree with what some of the others have said, go and talk to your neighbor see what kind of people they are and what kind of personality the dog has. You said that you already have a fenced yard and they had the dog on a leash so precautions have been made. I wouldnt leave your dogs outside alone for any period of time just to be safe.