Grrrrr / Yay! / Uh oh...

[ESSlover]

Carse was outside today and started barkin like crazy, then my dad relized that our neighbors got a dog. Then just now, i looked out my window, and saw that the dog they got, was a pit bull! I went down to dinner and told my parents, and my dad was like "Arent they banned here? :-? " me: "No, in pg county they are" and we got in this little arguement about pit bulls. I never relised that my dad was aposed to them. :x .. so theres my "Grrrrrr".

Now for my uh oh.
When I saw him/her (couldnt tell), the leash was being held by a young boy, 2 grades younger then me. :o This dog is BEAUTIFUL. I mean, stunning. But s/he, like any other pitty, is muscular. I just wasnt sure about him holding the leash... Not to mention, they had 2 little remote control cars that they were "teasing" the dog with.. the whole situation just made me a little nervous... Plus, the mother is afraid of dogs (wtf?! then why did they get it??? :-? ) and is afraid of CARSON, of all dogs. Yet they bring home a pit? (yes, i know it sounds wierd, but just the public point of veiw, seems odd to me).

Ok, so what do yall think?

[Guest Anonymous]

I don't understand why people pick the worst breeds when some one is afraid of a dog. I saw this family at the dog park, and the mother was terrified of dogs, and she sat there on the bench watching the dogs. They picked a german shepard of all dogs. Those things are huge full grown and the pup was only 10 weeks old. I feel sorry for the puppy most of all. But if you're gonna get some one to like a dog, pick a cute playful breed, and definatly not one that can be easily trained to do harm, especially with young children around. A lab can be a great guard dog, and a good family dog.
I just don't understand people. You might not live in the best neighborhood, but doesn't mean you have to get a dog that doesn't fit your personality. Kiani is a great dog, won't attack anything but flies. She won't even guard against me. But cause of her size and using a Halti to walk her, I've seen people walk to the other side of the street to go around me. Even late at night (11pm-12). She's also very terrified of men, so she likes to hide behind me with her tail between her legs. People just get this bad perception about dogs, like any big dog is a bitter and will fend for his family. I have to fend for kiani usually almost all the time.

[Guest Anonymous]

that is the typical thought process, but possible (possibly, not definately) the exact opposite of what should be thought.

larger dogs (germans, pits, large labs, even great danes and mastiffs) are much more calm. if you step on them, so what, they outweigh you and it didnt hurt them.

i have a presa canario that will be huge, HUGE! and my girlfriend is somewhat frightened by large dogs. i can see where this would be a problem if he were nervy or sharp, but large breeds (that are well bred) have fewer issues with nerves. they are rarely fear bighters (which account for nearly 90% of the bites out there).

if it is well bred and well raised, a large ,solid temperament dog is the best thing for people who are scared of dogs.

not that some smaller dogs arent just as good, but situationally, they are more easily intimidated.

Joseph

[CincoandDahlilasgirl]

jweissg napisał(a):

that is the typical thought process, but possible (possibly, not definately) the exact opposite of what should be thought.

larger dogs (germans, pits, large labs, even great danes and mastiffs) are much more calm. if you step on them, so what, they outweigh you and it didnt hurt them.

i have a presa canario that will be huge, HUGE! and my girlfriend is somewhat frightened by large dogs. i can see where this would be a problem if he were nervy or sharp, but large breeds (that are well bred) have fewer issues with nerves. they are rarely fear bighters (which account for nearly 90% of the bites out there).

if it is well bred and well raised, a large ,solid temperament dog is the best thing for people who are scared of dogs.

not that some smaller dogs arent just as good, but situationally, they are more easily intimidated.

Joseph

I agree but kinda disagree also to the small dog part. My family has had 3 small dogs. The 1st one they had about 8 yrs before I was born and died when I was around 5 or 6. The 2nd all I remember is being afraid to walk by it cuz he had distemper or something(he was diagnosed with something by the vet) he eventualy growled at everyone when they walked by and my parents did everything to turn him around but since nobody offered obediance in our area at the time what more could they do. My friends couldn't come in the house when he was inside cuz my parents didn't want them or me to get bit. He did eventualy bit me and brake skin(nothing serious but enough to make me cry) the next day the vet told my parents there some kind of problem and my parents didn't feel safe having the dog in a neighborhood loaded with kids espicaly since I was only around 5 at the time.

Now 1 of my 2 dogs is a female JRT/Shihtzu that does have her moody "female" shall I say moments but otherwise is a good dog.

[Lucky Chaos]

[quote name='SandrA9810']I don't understand why people pick the worst breeds when some one is afraid of a dog. I saw this family at the dog park, and the mother was terrified of dogs, and she sat there on the bench watching the dogs. They picked a german shepard of all dogs. Those things are huge full grown and the pup was only 10 weeks old. I feel sorry for the puppy most of all. But if you're gonna get some one to like a dog, pick a cute playful breed, and definatly not one that can be easily trained to do harm, especially with young children around. A lab can be a great guard dog, and a good family dog.



Labs and GSD's are about the same size. They're both extremely popular breeds, which means theres a lot of badly bred ones of both. Which means your just as likely to get a bad lab as a bad GSD. And either can be trained to do harm. I had a GSD and my aunt was terrified of her. She was the sweetest dog, even after being abused. She adored kids, too. My aunt came to love her as well. GSD's can also be a great family and great guard dogs if properly trained.

that is the typical thought process, but possible (possibly, not definately) the exact opposite of what should be thought.

larger dogs (germans, pits, large labs, even great danes and mastiffs) are much more calm. if you step on them, so what, they outweigh you and it didnt hurt them.

i have a presa canario that will be huge, HUGE! and my girlfriend is somewhat frightened by large dogs. i can see where this would be a problem if he were nervy or sharp, but large breeds (that are well bred) have fewer issues with nerves. they are rarely fear bighters (which account for nearly 90% of the bites out there).

if it is well bred and well raised, a large ,solid temperament dog is the best thing for people who are scared of dogs.

not that some smaller dogs arent just as good, but situationally, they are more easily intimidated.

Joseph

I agree!

[Guest Anonymous]

I know there's bad in every breed if they're not properly raised. But this family sure didn't act like they knew much about dogs. I guess it was a start at bringing the puppy to park to socialize, but the kids kept playing with it and dragging it out from under the bench when it was afraid. They weren't allowing the pup to get acquainted with the smells of other dogs, and most the other dogs wanted to just run and chase and do doggie things with the pup but the pup was too frightened.

I've met some of the sweetest big dog breeds out there. There's two great danes that come to the park in the afternoon and they're a little older now, but just so gentle and sweet and will stand there for hours letting people pet them. There's a mastiff that goes to wolf lake, most playfull thing too. He loves to fetch his stick out of the water.
And I've noticed smaller dogs can be a little more nippy and barky around strangers than larger dogs, but most people believe the opposite.
I just think in order to raise a good GSD, it needs A LOT of training. And I know it's a big pup now, but for the mother to be terrified of dogs, they could've gone with another breed with a better temperment. Plus they got it from a pet store, so who knows what kind of temperment it has.
JRT's are a good example, they can have a wind up energy, but as long as they go through some good training, that energy can wind up into doing the right thing and not just barking and running in circles. And I know GSD can be very intelligent and need a lot of training to bring the best of that out. But if it's not trained properly, where's all that intelligents going to go to?