Dog park bites

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter what kind of dog it is. All you PPs get off it with the "it's a pitt bull" shit. Seriously.

Generally speaking, some dogs can do dog parks, some dogs can't. We have a who-knows-what-mix we got from a shelter 6 years ago, we were excited to bring him to dog parks and have him play with other dogs. Turns out he has an alpha male complex and doesn't do well in dog parks. So now we take him on long walks around the neighborhood, to Rock Creek Park for hikes and playing the water and let him run off leash in the early mornings at the open field by the rec center if no one else is around.

I agree. It's not just a pit bull thing. They're just a bit more unpredictable of a breed.

I have a small dog who HATES dog parks with a passion. He runs around to the humans and tries to get attention and be picked up, which pisses off the other dog to no end. The small dog is at home when we visit nursing homes, he's just obsessed with small, elderly women who want to cuddle him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow some of you are so judgemental. Yes she is a Pitt. She is also part of a volunteer program that works in a children's hospital. She would never hurt a child or human. For you to assume so based on her breed is ignorant. Its also the second time she bit another dog in 2 .5 years. Not a terrible track record. But I do want it to never happen again. Our vet said the fact that she nipped the skin both times without drawing blood is a good sign. That's her warning. That if she wanted to kill she had the means to but she doesn't. The both of us were attacked by a dog 3x her size and she didn't attack until the dog jumped on me and even then she got the dog off of me and laid over me.

I say all this because yes I get its a problem and I don't know if I could pull her off if something worse ever happened by myself.

Thanks for the helpful advice. We don't usually go to the dog park unless its empty and we had her do some pack walks that she did great on. We Also take her off leash late at night and she just runs circles.

Please don't make this a Pitt issue. I only mentioned so you know what size she is.

I feel like I have a problem with every sentence you wrote.
Don't say "never" -- you DO NOT KNOW.
For us to make assumptions based on her breed is INTELLIGENT. You are the one who sounds ignorant.
Instead of brushing off advice to keep her from dog parks, try considering it seriously.
You cannot take a dog (of any breed) off leash at night, or at any time. Do not take a PITT off leash, especially. please.
2 bites in 2.5 years is a BAD track record. Your vet is just trying to make you feel better.
I am sure you have a loving dog, but you have to be smart> keep it home, or on a leash, watch it carefully. protect other dogs from it. It's not very hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow some of you are so judgemental. Yes she is a Pitt. She is also part of a volunteer program that works in a children's hospital. She would never hurt a child or human. For you to assume so based on her breed is ignorant. Its also the second time she bit another dog in 2 .5 years. Not a terrible track record. But I do want it to never happen again. Our vet said the fact that she nipped the skin both times without drawing blood is a good sign. That's her warning. That if she wanted to kill she had the means to but she doesn't. The both of us were attacked by a dog 3x her size and she didn't attack until the dog jumped on me and even then she got the dog off of me and laid over me.

I say all this because yes I get its a problem and I don't know if I could pull her off if something worse ever happened by myself.

Thanks for the helpful advice. We don't usually go to the dog park unless its empty and we had her do some pack walks that she did great on. We Also take her off leash late at night and she just runs circles.

Please don't make this a Pitt issue. I only mentioned so you know what size she is.

I feel like I have a problem with every sentence you wrote.
Don't say "never" -- you DO NOT KNOW.
For us to make assumptions based on her breed is INTELLIGENT. You are the one who sounds ignorant.
Instead of brushing off advice to keep her from dog parks, try considering it seriously.
You cannot take a dog (of any breed) off leash at night, or at any time. Do not take a PITT off leash, especially. please.
2 bites in 2.5 years is a BAD track record. Your vet is just trying to make you feel better.
I am sure you have a loving dog, but you have to be smart> keep it home, or on a leash, watch it carefully. protect other dogs from it. It's not very hard.

That's a horrific track record. You do realize that animal control puts dogs down for 2 dog bites? "Just nipping" or just playing can easily kill a small dog. And a dog who fights back could easily get killed too.

My dog has 0 dog bites (not even a growl) in 11 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow some of you are so judgemental. Yes she is a Pitt. She is also part of a volunteer program that works in a children's hospital. She would never hurt a child or human. For you to assume so based on her breed is ignorant. Its also the second time she bit another dog in 2 .5 years. Not a terrible track record. But I do want it to never happen again. Our vet said the fact that she nipped the skin both times without drawing blood is a good sign. That's her warning. That if she wanted to kill she had the means to but she doesn't. The both of us were attacked by a dog 3x her size and she didn't attack until the dog jumped on me and even then she got the dog off of me and laid over me.

I say all this because yes I get its a problem and I don't know if I could pull her off if something worse ever happened by myself.

Thanks for the helpful advice. We don't usually go to the dog park unless its empty and we had her do some pack walks that she did great on. We Also take her off leash late at night and she just runs circles.

Please don't make this a Pitt issue. I only mentioned so you know what size she is.

I feel like I have a problem with every sentence you wrote.
Don't say "never" -- you DO NOT KNOW.
For us to make assumptions based on her breed is INTELLIGENT. You are the one who sounds ignorant.
Instead of brushing off advice to keep her from dog parks, try considering it seriously.
You cannot take a dog (of any breed) off leash at night, or at any time. Do not take a PITT off leash, especially. please.
2 bites in 2.5 years is a BAD track record. Your vet is just trying to make you feel better.
I am sure you have a loving dog, but you have to be smart> keep it home, or on a leash, watch it carefully. protect other dogs from it. It's not very hard.

I agree with this. We have a dog that has gotten snarky at the dog park (no bites but snarly) a few times so we don't take him. He's small and gets hurt easily by large dogs trying to play with him and it is incumbent on us, his owners, to protect him and to keep him out of the park where he could instigate sh*t. If he needs play time, we take him to doggie daycare where he can play with dogs his own size because we know the size difference is the trigger for him.

I don't trust people who say their dog would "never" do something, particularly biting. Saying they would "never" do anything is absolving yourself of the responsibility to make sure your dog isn't put in a situation where they are given cause to do that awful thing you don't think they would do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some dogs are just not dog park dogs. You need to consider the fact that your dog doesn't belong at the dog park with other unknown dogs. That doesn't mean your dog is a bad dog or needs to be gotten rid of. She just can't go to the dog park and play off leash with other dogs.

+1

I've had two dogs. One was attacked her first time in and traumatized so we could never take her back, and our current dog doesn't like being around more than one strange dog at a time.

There are other ways to have fun with your dog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow some of you are so judgemental. Yes she is a Pitt. She is also part of a volunteer program that works in a children's hospital. She would never hurt a child or human. For you to assume so based on her breed is ignorant. Its also the second time she bit another dog in 2 .5 years. Not a terrible track record. But I do want it to never happen again. Our vet said the fact that she nipped the skin both times without drawing blood is a good sign. That's her warning. That if she wanted to kill she had the means to but she doesn't. The both of us were attacked by a dog 3x her size and she didn't attack until the dog jumped on me and even then she got the dog off of me and laid over me.

I say all this because yes I get its a problem and I don't know if I could pull her off if something worse ever happened by myself.

Thanks for the helpful advice. We don't usually go to the dog park unless its empty and we had her do some pack walks that she did great on. We Also take her off leash late at night and she just runs circles.

Please don't make this a Pitt issue. I only mentioned so you know what size she is.

I feel like I have a problem with every sentence you wrote.
Don't say "never" -- you DO NOT KNOW.
For us to make assumptions based on her breed is INTELLIGENT. You are the one who sounds ignorant.
Instead of brushing off advice to keep her from dog parks, try considering it seriously.
You cannot take a dog (of any breed) off leash at night, or at any time. Do not take a PITT off leash, especially. please.
2 bites in 2.5 years is a BAD track record. Your vet is just trying to make you feel better.
I am sure you have a loving dog, but you have to be smart> keep it home, or on a leash, watch it carefully. protect other dogs from it. It's not very hard.

That's a horrific track record. You do realize that animal control puts dogs down for 2 dog bites? "Just nipping" or just playing can easily kill a small dog. And a dog who fights back could easily get killed too.

My dog has 0 dog bites (not even a growl) in 11 years.

Yes, that is a bad track record! Enough to end up on a dangerous dog list. My dog has fear aggression and yet has never bit another dog in 5 years because she is always on a leash!

[Anonymous]

Stop taking your dog to dog parks.

Look into dog sports for mental/physical stimulation without the nose to nose interaction. I do agility, herding, and Nosework with my dog reactive rescue. She is amazingly trained, but cannot hold her brain together when other dogs are running loose in front of her. All of these are one at a time sports.

2 bites in 2.5 years is a terrible track record

[Anonymous]

If the nips didn't break skin or leave a mark it's not considered a "bite". Its aggressive rough play. Even so I hate dog parks. Join a dog gym if you can or just go for runs.
- a vet )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the nips didn't break skin or leave a mark it's not considered a "bite". Its aggressive rough play. Even so I hate dog parks. Join a dog gym if you can or just go for runs.
- a vet )

If the dog bit another dog by the neck and had to be wrestled off and pinned down by OPs husband, that isn't "rough play" or anything of the sort.

[Anonymous]

Again if you're dog could be removed easily and in under 1 minute it wasn't a bite. Your dog needs some socialization classes and groups. Also stop telling people you're dogs bitten other dogs. How vet bills have you paid for? Trust me. When you're dog bites you'll know.
-the vet you want to prove wrong

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter what kind of dog it is. All you PPs get off it with the "it's a pitt bull" shit. Seriously.

Generally speaking, some dogs can do dog parks, some dogs can't. We have a who-knows-what-mix we got from a shelter 6 years ago, we were excited to bring him to dog parks and have him play with other dogs. Turns out he has an alpha male complex and doesn't do well in dog parks. So now we take him on long walks around the neighborhood, to Rock Creek Park for hikes and playing the water and let him run off leash in the early mornings at the open field by the rec center if no one else is around.

Uh, yeah it does matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter what kind of dog it is. All you PPs get off it with the "it's a pitt bull" shit. Seriously.

Generally speaking, some dogs can do dog parks, some dogs can't. We have a who-knows-what-mix we got from a shelter 6 years ago, we were excited to bring him to dog parks and have him play with other dogs. Turns out he has an alpha male complex and doesn't do well in dog parks. So now we take him on long walks around the neighborhood, to Rock Creek Park for hikes and playing the water and let him run off leash in the early mornings at the open field by the rec center if no one else is around.

Uh, yeah it does matter.

No it doesn't. It is not about the breed of the dog, it's about the owner and/or the temperament of that particular dog, not the breed of the dog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again if you're dog could be removed easily and in under 1 minute it wasn't a bite. Your dog needs some socialization classes and groups. Also stop telling people you're dogs bitten other dogs. How vet bills have you paid for? Trust me. When you're dog bites you'll know.
-the vet you want to prove wrong

http://dogbitelaw.com/what-is-a-bite/what-is-a-bite

https://drsophiayin.com/blog/entry/was-it-just-a-little-bite-or-more-evaluating-bite-levels-in-dogs/

If you're a vet, I'm the Queen of England.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a 3 year old rescue Pitt mix. We think part hound or pointer. This is the second time she bit another dog. She wouldn't hurt anyone and does well with most dogs but she also gives no warning. The first was her playing w a jack Russell and then the jack growled a little and she nipped his side. Now it was a medium size dog that she went up to got I. Her face and the dog had a toy in its mouth. We couldn't tell but someone growled and then our dog bit down on the neck. My DH said she just got the skin and no blood. But its terrifying. He pulled her off in less than a minute although it felt longer and was able to pin her down. I made sure the owner and dog were OK. They were.

Do we take her back for training or socialization? It makes me so sad because she is such a good dog and she's been through so much

You're in denial. Why do people own pitt bulls? It's only a matter of time before she kills another dog or person if you don't muzzle her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter what kind of dog it is. All you PPs get off it with the "it's a pitt bull" shit. Seriously.

Generally speaking, some dogs can do dog parks, some dogs can't. We have a who-knows-what-mix we got from a shelter 6 years ago, we were excited to bring him to dog parks and have him play with other dogs. Turns out he has an alpha male complex and doesn't do well in dog parks. So now we take him on long walks around the neighborhood, to Rock Creek Park for hikes and playing the water and let him run off leash in the early mornings at the open field by the rec center if no one else is around.

Uh, yeah it does matter.

No it doesn't. It is not about the breed of the dog, it's about the owner and/or the temperament of that particular dog, not the breed of the dog.

So most pitt bull and rotweiler owners are bad dog owners? It absolutely does matter. Stop defending dangerous dogs that were bred to kill.