dog bite - Page 2

This is why I love dogs and hate rugrats. The vast majority of young children that I meet with my dog on walks have never been taught how to behave around dogs. Here's another classic example: I dropped in on a friend who was having a birthday party going on. Kids were running around in the yard, screaming and carrying on. The neighbor's young St. Bernard wanders in the yard dragging his broken chain. One of the boys has a Super Soaker water gun and he starts shooting the dog right in the face. The dog tries to get away and the boy screams and chases, shooting it with water in the face every chance he got. I finally got hold of the dog's collar myself and lead him out of the yard. As I did the boy started yelling and complaining that I had ruined his "fun". And where were the parents? Sitting under the porch watching it all and blabbing as if the boy had done nothing wrong. That little brat deserved to get bit for being such a mean little s**t, and the parents deserve a bit on the a$$ too, for raising such a little monster. There's a reason I don't have any kids myself, and don't want them either! No thank I'll stick with my dog.

A dog who is unsure of his position in the pack is an unhappy dog and may display unpredictable behaviour. This is dangerous especially with children. You must ensure that your dog sees you as its Alpha and any other family members as HIGHER in the "pack". The easiest way to do this is by mimicking what other dogs would do in a group... This acc. to bmk.org

I prefer this type of dog because he will not perceive a threat in a noisy child waving a toy in his face whereas the weak nerved, fear aggressive dog would "unexpectedly" deliver a bite straight to the child's face. I'm just cutting en paste on the same article to share what might have happened and the dog snapped. some thoughts anyone???

Once again people should be licensed to own dogs, another case of dogs dont bite people, people get people bit. Steve Simpkins Haus Simpkins k9 Svcs.

Steve, I don't care for more regulation, but must agree that people are responsible for most "incidents", and could prevent most others with proper vigilance. Perhaps we should "put down" the person found responsible in each case.

A child can ruin a dog real quick. Too bad the people that need to hear this won't. Kids can be mean. Parents can encourage this in their children just like any one that works with dogs knows that the people are the ones that need the training. We have certainly painted ourselves into a corner. The only ones that win are the Lawyers.