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Anonymous wrote:Owner of non-attacking GSD here. When these small dogs came out snarling and biting, there was absolutely no damage done to my dog. His thick ruff is no match for a yorkie's tiny mouth.

The little dogs can tear an ear, scratch an eye, bite a nose, rip a lip of a big dog. Have you ever been bit by a little dog? If so, you would know that it DOES hurt. Just because your dog has the patience of a saint does not mean that your dog is o.k. with being attacked!

Sure it is possible... but I am there to kick the little dog away. I certainly do not give them any opportunity to hurt my dog. I agree that the OP's reacting big dog is not legally at fault whatsoever. But, I stand by initial reaction that I would be horrified if my big dog seriously injured another dog.

On a related note, babies/toddlers/pre-schoolers can certainly hurt a big dog too with eye pokes and ear yanks and hair pulls. And, yes, the owner/parents need to immediately stop the child. But the big dog should not react aggressively in that initial second.

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Anonymous wrote:Owner of non-attacking GSD here. When these small dogs came out snarling and biting, there was absolutely no damage done to my dog. His thick ruff is no match for a yorkie's tiny mouth.

The little dogs can tear an ear, scratch an eye, bite a nose, rip a lip of a big dog. Have you ever been bit by a little dog? If so, you would know that it DOES hurt. Just because your dog has the patience of a saint does not mean that your dog is o.k. with being attacked!

Anonymous wrote:If a dog is ON leash and OFF leash dogs approach and attack and my ON leash dog bites/lunges/attacks, etc. The OFF leash dogs are at fault. It does to matter the size of any of the dogs.

Anonymous wrote:Owner of non-attacking GSD here. When these small dogs came out snarling and biting, there was absolutely no damage done to my dog. His thick ruff is no match for a yorkie's tiny mouth.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about that. I have a medium sized dog that a small dog came over and bit his nose out of nowhere . My dog did nothing back. Owner came and picked up her dog and apologized.

Would be a little wary and cautious at first, that your dog might do that again

I'm concerned that most people seem to think this is a normal reaction from a big dog. I've had several little dogs race up to my 75-lb German Shepherd over the years... they were barking, snarling, snapping, espcially one particularly nasty little Jack Russell. But my dog did nothing more than move back while I yelled and shoved the dogs away with my foot. I would be absolutely horrified if he had injured (let alone seriously injured) another dog.

This is how my Golden, Pitt Mix and GSD have always behaved when a little dog comes at them yipping, snarling and snapping. My dogs have never reacted aggressively, at the same time, I do not think it's fair to put them in a situation where they are being attacked by a smaller dog. The onus seems to be on the big dog to just take the abuse from the little dog. That is wrong and it's why I stopped walking my dogs.

I agree, it is unfair to put your dog in that situation and not defend it. I'll put myself between my dog and anything that comes at her, and I am not afraid to kick a dog.

I think that putting myself into danger of being bit might actually spur my dogs to defend me. I'm not going to do that to them.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about that. I have a medium sized dog that a small dog came over and bit his nose out of nowhere . My dog did nothing back. Owner came and picked up her dog and apologized.

Would be a little wary and cautious at first, that your dog might do that again

I'm concerned that most people seem to think this is a normal reaction from a big dog. I've had several little dogs race up to my 75-lb German Shepherd over the years... they were barking, snarling, snapping, espcially one particularly nasty little Jack Russell. But my dog did nothing more than move back while I yelled and shoved the dogs away with my foot. I would be absolutely horrified if he had injured (let alone seriously injured) another dog.

This is how my Golden, Pitt Mix and GSD have always behaved when a little dog comes at them yipping, snarling and snapping. My dogs have never reacted aggressively, at the same time, I do not think it's fair to put them in a situation where they are being attacked by a smaller dog. The onus seems to be on the big dog to just take the abuse from the little dog. That is wrong and it's why I stopped walking my dogs.

I agree, it is unfair to put your dog in that situation and not defend it. I'll put myself between my dog and anything that comes at her, and I am not afraid to kick a dog.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about that. I have a medium sized dog that a small dog came over and bit his nose out of nowhere . My dog did nothing back. Owner came and picked up her dog and apologized.

Would be a little wary and cautious at first, that your dog might do that again

I'm concerned that most people seem to think this is a normal reaction from a big dog. I've had several little dogs race up to my 75-lb German Shepherd over the years... they were barking, snarling, snapping, espcially one particularly nasty little Jack Russell. But my dog did nothing more than move back while I yelled and shoved the dogs away with my foot. I would be absolutely horrified if he had injured (let alone seriously injured) another dog.

This is how my Golden, Pitt Mix and GSD have always behaved when a little dog comes at them yipping, snarling and snapping. My dogs have never reacted aggressively, at the same time, I do not think it's fair to put them in a situation where they are being attacked by a smaller dog. The onus seems to be on the big dog to just take the abuse from the little dog. That is wrong and it's why I stopped walking my dogs.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about that. I have a medium sized dog that a small dog came over and bit his nose out of nowhere . My dog did nothing back. Owner came and picked up her dog and apologized.

Would be a little wary and cautious at first, that your dog might do that again

I'm concerned that most people seem to think this is a normal reaction from a big dog. I've had several little dogs race up to my 75-lb German Shepherd over the years... they were barking, snarling, snapping, espcially one particularly nasty little Jack Russell. But my dog did nothing more than move back while I yelled and shoved the dogs away with my foot. I would be absolutely horrified if he had injured (let alone seriously injured) another dog.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about that. I have a medium sized dog that a small dog came over and bit his nose out of nowhere . My dog did nothing back. Owner came and picked up her dog and apologized.

Would be a little wary and cautious at first, that your dog might do that again

I'm concerned that most people seem to think this is a normal reaction from a big dog. I've had several little dogs race up to my 75-lb German Shepherd over the years... they were barking, snarling, snapping, espcially one particularly nasty little Jack Russell. But my dog did nothing more than move back while I yelled and shoved the dogs away with my foot. I would be absolutely horrified if he had injured (let alone seriously injured) another dog.