What is your favorite dog, and what are dogs you don’t like?
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Anonymous
You'll never get a good faith response to this, though the stats don't lie. You'll get some BS about how a Golden Retriever can and will also rip 3 toddlers to shred and eat their corpses despite this happening...never. |
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I like Boxers
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Anonymous
Um. Yeah. That's what PP said. The phrase "who isn't a selfish a-hole" modifies the noun "human". |
Anonymous
| I love my golden and I just got a Cav King Charles and I'm in luuuuv with her. She's the best snuggler. It also helps that her poops are so teeny! |
Anonymous
You are right. |
Anonymous
And you won't be honest either. People misread dogs signs all the time. They say " they gave no warning sign" but they don't know them. Children under 10 are the most vulnerable. Parents let their kids get away with mistreating animals...some dogs are more forgiving than others. But then thats on the owner for not training the kids, not keeping the dog safe. Or chosing the wrong dog. At our block party two big kids were trying to ride their dog..I told them to stop. Again, since "pit bull" mixes have alot of breeds what makes you so sure that you can blame the "pit" and not the other working dog breeds for the attack? |
Anonymous
| neighbor has a male golden that hasn't been fixed. That dog is mean. Gets out all the time, chase after you growling and showing teeth. I don't think they ever spent anytime training or exercising the dog |
Anonymous
I don't care of the owners missed 100s of subtle "signs" from their dogs, you should not have to be a professional animal behaviorist to own a pet. If I missed behavior signals, or even chose to ignore those signals from my dog, she would eventually either retreat to her bed or she would be obnoxious. She'd steal food, she'd get over excited and jump on people, she'd refuse to respond to cues, she might even growl or bite. But she would never (and I 1000% guarantee this) maul or kill a child. She is not gamey, she has inherent bite inhibition, and ultimately she is a domestic pet from a line of domestic pets. Dogs should also be giving a series of escalating "signals". A domestic pet should not go from lip licking, whale eyes, look aways, and yawns to mauling/killing. There is not a single parent that is telling their child to go snuggle with a growling, air snapping, hackles raised dog, let alone a dog that is biting, making contact with a person's body and releasing. By the time a dog is ready to maul and kill, they should have been giving off multiple "stay away", red zone, obvious behavior signs. We are not talking about a single bite from a stressed dog, we are talking about dogs that literally pull people apart. If pitbulls' danger signals are so subtle that people tend to misread them, and then the mauling/killing is a surprise, then these are not dogs that 99% of people should ever have in the house. |
Anonymous
But neither "Pitt" nor "Pitt Bull" or "Pittbull" are words so that doesn't explain it. Like I said, low capacity of information and critical thought. Due to their history, some can be aggressive toward dogs but human aggression was not only something that wasn't selected for, it was a trait that was avoided due to the nature of the "sport". |
Anonymous
Thank you, pp |
Anonymous
+1 to all of this. Plus, people with dogs, including pits, do not just keep them in their homes. They take them out of the house, they walk them on the street, go to the park, to the dog park, etc. Unless you keep your dog sequestered at home, which almost no one does, you can't guarantee that they will only interact with people and other dogs who are skilled in recognizing that dog's signs and triggers. There are so many pits and pit mixes in my neighborhood, and sometimes I even see them off leash, and it makes me so angry. I have a small child. She is extremely cautious around dogs but with a dog... you just never know. I was once attacked by a dog at someone else's house because I was in the kitchen washing dishes and the dog walked into the room, didn't recognize me, and attacked me. I didn't do anything to the dog, he was just reaction to "stranger in house." It was terrifying. Yes, that dog's owner was to blame but trust me, when a dog is coming at you with their teeth, the fact that it's the owner's fault for failing to train, socialize, or restrain their dog properly doesn't matter. You're just scared for your life. People should not be allowed to keep dogs as pets who are inclined to kill people. Full. Stop. |
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Anonymous
The fact that you are focused on spelling errors to prove a point about low capacity, thought yet are unable to understand that dog breeds provide people with behaviors they can expect from each dog breed based on the work, they were bred to do. Whether you want to acknowledge it or not, pitbulls were bred to fight. Like a retriever is bred to have a soft mouth and to retrieve game. A terrier is bred to either kill rats, or to go into holes or whatever the particular breed it was bred for. Some toy dogs were bred simply to be lap dogs for the wealthy, great Pyrenees dogs were bred to be independent thinkers and guard livestock, a border collie was bred to herd livestock. And so on so a pitbull is just doing what it was bred to do. And that means it is not a pet. People are buying them as pets since dogfighting is illegal, as it should be. So that breed needs to be completely eradicated. There's no need to have a breed that is not bred for loyalty, not bred to do anything other than to fight, and to win a fight. And who cares whether it is one T or two Ts? That is such an inconsequential thing to focus on. There's a whole thread in the off-topic section that might interest you where posters are sharing which words they have a difficult time, remembering how to spell. Whatever the case, you are showing that you are as tenacious as the breed you are enthusiastic about. You are just as unlikable as the dogs you like. |
Anonymous
| ^^ I am the previous poster. And I apologize for all the extra commas. I use voice text and I must pause when talking, which makes my voice texting feature add a comma. |
Anonymous
I am a pet owner. I am not a trainer. I am not an animal behaviorist but, I read and have taken my dog to obedience training from the age of 3 months. We do agility. We do tricks. He just got his AKC novice trick certificate. We have had private lessons because I want to know the best way to communicate with my dog. We have a great relationship. And he is a American pit bull terrier/Siberian husky mix . If you choose to bring an animal in your home and don't know the signs that the dog does not like what you are doing than you are the problem. Dogs give signs all the time to other dogs when they are playing. If the dog is also well tuned in than the dog will understand the subtle signs so the dog does not have to escalate. Example: Two dogs playing at a dog park. Two dogs are playing nicely or so it seems. Then one dog starts sniffing the ground or turning away. That is a sign the dog should stop playing and give the other dog a break. If the dog keeps knocking it over or continues to hump or harass then the dog will try "air' snapping. If that doesn't work than a fight might break out. This is why dog parks are a disaster. I am talking about ALL dogs. If you don't want a "pit" bull that's fine but, please understand that dogs have rights too. It isn't cute when your kid puts stickers all over their body or pull their tails. This is basic information and if all dog owners knew this than more people wouldn't abandon their dogs. Here is information from the AKC https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/advice/how-to-read-dog-body-language/ |