Standard Chihuahua behavior. If they were big dogs we wouldn't be talking about Pits. Last shelter dog we got was a Corgi. Jumped up on the couch and started cuddling with us. Tried to pet the Chihuahua that was for adoption and almost lost a finger. Corgi came home with us. Corgis are such ugly dogs but such a good dog.tomneal wrote:I would hate to have been this police officer
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Pac ... 585196.php
It could have been a career ending injury to his pride;-)
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- Mon Feb 12, 2018 2:57 pm
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- Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:43 pm
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I quote from the wisdom of all things, a Google search.RPBrown wrote:I have seen at least 2 stories on dog attacks in Dallas which media said attacked by pit bulls did the attacking. Then they show a picture and 1 was a black lab and the other appeared to be a Colley mix with lots of hair. Sounds kinda like the scary black assault rifles and the bad rap they get to me.rotor wrote:I am a dog lover but don't think we should ban pit bulls. I don't trust them and don't want to be near them though. They are doing what they were bred to do. Gentle ones are defective dogs. Some people want to have tigers in their homes. I am sure there are some very gentle tigers as well. At least exotics are controlled.
I don't blame the dog for doing what it was bred to do. I blame the human that doesn't control his dog. The worst neighbor I ever had was a woman with a Shiatsu that would constantly attack me every time I put the garbage out. The neighbor would do nothing to stop her dog. I told her that if the dog came onto my property again trying to get me it would be a dead dog. Fortunately the husband was cheating on his wife, got caught and they moved out before I was forced to kill that dog. Such is life.
"Pit Bulls" are actually American Bulldogs and were originally bred as babysitters and protectors. They gained the name "Pit Bull" because some unscrupulous people decided to use them as fighting dogs. If you train them properly fro a puppy they are great dogs.
We have a 12 year old American Bulldog that we have had since he was 8 months. We have a little mixed breed that is 8years old we have had since she was 14 months old and we have a Golden Retriever that is 4-1/2 years old that we have had for a year and a half. The only issue we've ever had was between the little mixed breed and the Golden and that was over a toy but quickly ended with the little one getting the toy.
Our grandkids have been with our scary black dog since they were very young and when they are here, no one else exists to our dogs
Today's pit bull is a descendant of the original English bull-baiting dog—a dog that was bred to bite and hold bulls, bears and other large animals around the face and head. When baiting large animals was outlawed in the 1800s, people turned instead to fighting their dogs against each other.
There is no question that dogs have been trained for specific tasks. These tasks have become instinctual. Hunting dogs, herding dogs, etc. Pit Bulls were bred for fighting. That doesn't mean that all of them will instinctively fight. That doesn't mean all of them are dangerous. My little Boston Terrier was bred for grandma's lap (but originally as a lion hunter). My Corgi was bred to herd cattle. My Chihuahua was bred to terrorize my Boston and Corgi. The little Boston though is the only one that will go for snakes. Some animals have the fight gene turned on, some the fright gene. A Pit with the fight gene turned on needs a careful owner.
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 5:17 pm
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I am a dog lover but don't think we should ban pit bulls. I don't trust them and don't want to be near them though. They are doing what they were bred to do. Gentle ones are defective dogs. Some people want to have tigers in their homes. I am sure there are some very gentle tigers as well. At least exotics are controlled.
I don't blame the dog for doing what it was bred to do. I blame the human that doesn't control his dog. The worst neighbor I ever had was a woman with a Shiatsu that would constantly attack me every time I put the garbage out. The neighbor would do nothing to stop her dog. I told her that if the dog came onto my property again trying to get me it would be a dead dog. Fortunately the husband was cheating on his wife, got caught and they moved out before I was forced to kill that dog. Such is life.
I don't blame the dog for doing what it was bred to do. I blame the human that doesn't control his dog. The worst neighbor I ever had was a woman with a Shiatsu that would constantly attack me every time I put the garbage out. The neighbor would do nothing to stop her dog. I told her that if the dog came onto my property again trying to get me it would be a dead dog. Fortunately the husband was cheating on his wife, got caught and they moved out before I was forced to kill that dog. Such is life.