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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  I didn't read the article as I can barely stand to read of a dog death like that. I understood it was a bulldog(what some mislabel an "English" bulldog), not a Pitbull type. Bulldogs are generally laidback, gentle and can't jump vertically worth a darn and though they love to play when challeneged and are hardheaded sometimes, they are usually totally non-dog-aggressive and not ever bred for dogfighting, though their breed was used to create the so-called "Pitbull" years back, I understand. The Pitbull can be very dog aggressive and very athletic in its abilities. But I thought the killer dog in this case was just a regular old-fashioned, bow-legged, curly-tailed bulldog with the underbite and cute little "tusks", big, sad eyes. |
The dog was a Bull Dog. It looked pretty much like what we in this country refer to as a Bull Dog. Don't know about the "English" part. The Bull Dog was not bred for typical fighting but was used for the sport of pinning a bull. Men would bet on the dogs much as they do today with fighting dogs only the poor Bull Dog was set against actual bulls to fight. It was eventually outlawed in England but in this country they were trained to hold a bulls snout long enough for someone to get a rope around it. It is my understanding that it was this "Bull Dog" that was bred to a Pug that eventually led to the small stout Bull Dog we know today. They are very strong and many maintain the dominant personality of the original Bull Dog. I'm sure there are many very nice ones but just as with the Pit Bull there are exceptions that can prove lethal. Thankfully they are not as widely bred as what is known as the Pit Bull today.
As I said we will never know what actually happened but I do not believe that most dogs are natural born killers unless they are intentionally bred that way or have a genetic defect. Some dogs are made aggressive by humans. If that dog was known to play roughly enough that it could harm another dog it should not have been left alone with a Yorkie.