How sad. I wonder sometimes what goes through owners minds when they cannot keep a leash on a dog and teach them obedience when they are a breed that is known to have issues. I had a run in with a pitbull a few years ago. I was walking my pom in my neighborhood, listening to my zune, and something made me look off to my right at a retaining wall. Here comes a pit bull galloping at me full speed ahead. I pulled up on sarge's leash and he flew up into my arms, I turned my back to the PB and yelled NO! He jumped up at my back trying to get to sarge and I kicked out and yelled NO again, he ran off. I stopped taking walks with sarge there...scared the bejeebies out of me. I held sarge all the way home and jogged most of the way.
When I first got my lab he scared me, he was 4 already and he's got a huge head like the biggest rottie. (We adopted him from a deploying soldier) He's the sweetest dog, but I know he has some bite power. Thankfully his owner trained him well and taught us the commands to keep Balance in line. Still I wouldn't trust my old man with a child. His teeth and head size are mammoth and he's never been around little one's. I was kinda surprised to see labs in some of the articles, but...logically thinking I'm guessing the larger specimens of the breed could be in the mix.
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