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Originally Posted by matese  Let me add this, many, many years ago a friend of a friend had a German Shepard, his dog was gotten as a WATCH dog as the owner lived in a bad area. This dog was not an aggressive dog so the owner put GUN POWDER in the dogs food to make the dog MEAN and aggressive. I did not know this person if I did i would have reported him to animal control. We never know how ppl treat or what ppl do to their dogs. Better to always steer clear of large dogs NO MATTER what size dog one owns. |
Really!? WOW, never heard of that before. What things we don't know.
My Yorkie is very defensive on any dog bigger than he, as he was centimeters away from being bitten... twice! May I add that it was a leashed area and the other dogs weren't on their leashes. In the first instance, I asked politely for the owners to leash their dog and when they didn't, I picked mine up as it would take nothing to end his life. I watched where their dog was looking and it zeroed in on mine as it came waltzing towards us (they were coming from the opposite direction) and never looked anywhere else. The owners firmly told me that if I didn't pick my dog up, he wouldn't be defensive. I replied that I wasn't willing to wager my dog's life as it may only take one gasp of their dogs mouth. Oh, their dog was a standard Poodle to boot, so not a small dog by any means.
Another time I had to stop a dog at it's chest, by putting my foot up, from reaching my dog. Again in this same on-leash area. This woman came right up to my face yelling that I kicked her dog and that she was going to call the police. I calmly let her know that I didn't kick her dog, rather stopped it from reaching mine... and I'd invite the police. She never did call and never did put her dog on-leash after that!! Makes me angry!!! I was shaking after that
Such a lovely park by the river but now I don't take my dog there... shame really. It would be a cash cow for the city if they had enforcers around... especially on the weekends.
I don't know what, besides arrogance, makes owners think that their dog should be off-leash when it is clearly marked, by a sign, that this was an on-leash area. Am I missing something??
Thanks for letting me rant.