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Originally Posted by Patti  I know I am just repeating what others have said but I would never let my dogs meet with pit bulls or any larger dog. I have had my yorkies charged at by a rottweiler, and twice by Golden Retreivers when I was walking them. The GR actually had Gracie in his mouth before the owner stepped in ( I was walking her and the GR came from behind a car in the driveway)> I also feel that for some reason small dogs can set off bigger dogs. I would stop going into the yard until a secure fence was put up. Especially with 2 yorkies, you could not get both up in time if they did get over to your yard. |
I have to disagree with this respectfully, in a way. I think it's good for small dogs to be able to learn how to meet big dogs, and vice versa. I think the reason so many small dogs will bark like crazy at big dogs is because they don't know how to act around them... they need to learn to socialize with dogs of
all kinds. Obviously, if it's a dangerous situation, and the dog looks vicious or you know the dog is vicious, never... I'm sorry you've had such crappy situations with big dogs but I've only had 2-3 bigger dogs that have bugged Jackson too much for my liking and had to take him out of the situation. Jackson knows how to handle the larger dogs though so I trust
him first and foremost. I feel like 90% of the time, the small dog is the one egging on the big dog, then the big dog gets all the crap which is unfair.
Like in the OP's situation, I wouldn't trust the Pits at all since your dogs are being just as bad as theirs and they're egging each other on. I would never trust that situation at all. I think it's a matter of dog owners learning some dog body langauge and being able to understand the basics. If I see a mouth closed, fixation or direct eye contact, tail erect, that's not good = remove my dog from the situation. Would I let Jackson run around with a pack of 10-20 big dogs? No! When they're running around and playing, they could easily hurt him by total and complete accident. But I allow Jackson to meet as many different kinds of dogs as he can and he's a very social butterfly. A dog could be behind a fence barking and barking at him and he won't give a flying poop. We can walk right by a crazy dog and he keeps walking along with me. Occasionally, I give him a bit of a tug but I owe that all to just being around all kinds of different dogs and socializating. It's not a big deal to him.