So very sad - and terrifying!

[anneclaire]

Originally Posted by Jkpal

And as you mentioned, we cannot know when or if or what may cause an animal, any animal, to suddenly pounce. It's just the nature of our world that we must remain ever-vigilent--not paranoid, but prepared.

This is so true and I shed some tears for that poor man , he loved his little Charlotte as we all love our babies and it always makes me sad when one is unnecessarily killed ,and right in his arms at that. Really really hurts my heart.

[DavidBorden]

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[DBlain]

so here is one of my stories, even if a big dog might not start an attack your dog could start it and wind up dead because of it. My last yorkie Kirby and my friend and her Weim went for a 45 min walk, both dogs were on leashes and there were no problems. We stopped to chat with someone and while I was busy talking Kirby who really did not like other dogs decided in flash to get underneath her dog to try to attack her, well her dog attacked back and bit Kirby in the neck and a fight broke out we had to pull them apart and with Kirby gushing blood she drove me to the Emergency Vet, Kirby was to torn up to make it. Had Kirby minded his own business he would never have gotten bit, so even if someone says their dog is friendly you don't know what could happen if your dog snapped at theirs and as you know yorkies can be snappy.

So now I have Lola she is the opposite of Kirby, she is outgoing and pretty friendly with other dogs. One time I was holding her and we came across someone holding a Westie puppy so I go over to visit with them I pet the puppy and all of a sudden Lola lunges forward and bites the puppies nose, I was so flabbergasted and surprised because this was so out of character for Lola, but it taught me a good lesson that even Lola who I thought was so sweet and liked other dogs cannot be trusted to get to close because what if she tried to snap at a dog that would bite back like my friends Weim did to Kirby. It's really scary owning these little ones we always have to be prepared for something and protect them.

[DBlain]

OK this is funny but not funny, I now see this thread is old and the post right before mine might be some kind of spammer, and that's how it got pulled back up. oh well, there is good info on the thread and we have a lot of new people so it's a good read for newbies.

[JuliannaB]

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.

[gemy]

Originally Posted by JuliannaB

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.

That is very distressing for sure. If my large dog had attacked a wee one I would have been horrified and they would have been disciplined for sure.

I hope life shows you kinder times. Similar story but still makes my heart burn with anger we were at training mind you for cavaletti work my wee Yorkie was there as always with our Brts and one freaking owner long time owner somehow let her female free, who immediately chased after razzman while we were training. I don,t know what alerted me but I caught the rear charge. I pulled razz ahead of me
And spun back ready to kick. Luckily two men were already in action and pulled that big female back. The owner and I had some very heated words that day.

[Britster]

I know this thread is old, but very useful info.

I would say I used to be more lax with Jackson. He's very well socialized because of it however after witnessing some nasty fights at the dog park or otherwise through the years, I have really picked up on dog body language. I also work at a daycare and am able to tell when a dog fight is about to occur. A particularly nasty one between a pit mix and a Cane Corso frightened me to death.

I am not a helicopter pet parent with Jackson. He's allowed to be a dog and I don't like to carry him around or pick him up in moments of fear as it just makes him worse and feel the need to protect himself. Learned that the hard way too. An aggressive Lab charged us in my dads neighborhood and I whipped Jackson up by his harness. All that did was have me with a flailing dog in my arms trying to attack back and a Lab jumping up on me. Thankfully I had my stepmom with me who was able to get the Lab to go back home.

I do not have a problem with pit bulls and as a whole they are generally very people friendly; however I do NOT trust them with other dogs. I just don't. I've seen TOO many fights start because of bully breeds (OR if it's another dogs fault, the pit is will do more harm). And I think this 'it's all how they're raised' mantra has done nothing but bad things to the breed because then well meaning people adopt them who have no business owning a powerful dog aggressive terrier.