Paying a very high price - Page 2

Still, that's funny, I wonder what that dog was wondering about, LOL  It's the reliance on spellcheck. People don't actually proof read any more so the ridiculous word choice mistakes pop up all the time. Can you imagine the anthropologists of the future trying to figure out something of our society, and it's all based on dumb ass spelling mistakes, or spellcheck word choices. I do wonder, LOL

As our society moves further into technology and further away from animals, we will become more and more ignorant about what is proper behavior around animals.. regardless of the species. 

My Father grew up when they still used a LOT of horses as draught animals both on the streets and in agriculture.  You grew up KNOWING certain behaviors around horses would get you or someone else hurt of killed.  Dogs and cats could be rabid and there were a LOT of loose dogs on the streets and no leash laws.  You learned NOT to go up to strange animals. 

Now the closest most people get to live animals is TV or the internet.  They are totally cluless and what they do know comes from Cesar Milan and the Dog Whisperer... and they DO try it at home and damn the disclaimer not to. 

Our ancestors would have been as clueless about cars and computers as most people are today about animals. 

As animal owners we have to be ever more vigilant due to the ignorance of non animal owners.. because their ignorance can be the cause of the death of our dog. 

It's a sad story from all aspects.  Quite honestly when we watched the video of the dog being rescued, my husband and I anticipated the dog biting his rescuer.  From a dog's perspective, he could have thought he was being man-handled by a stranger.  Then to have this poor dog on tv a day or so later made no sense - stress overload.  I will say that when the tv anchor initially petted the dog, the dog allowed it but then turned his head away.  That should have been a clue to his owner, that he had had enough.  But then the poor dog's stress button was pushed even further.  When the dog bit, he quickly released which was lucky for the reporter.  If he really meant to harm this woman the damage could have been far worse. 

I know a woman, who when asked by a stranger " will your dog bite"?  Her reply is " he could, he's got a mouth full of teeth".


Cassandra

Cassandra,
" he could, he's got a mouth full of teeth".

Good one.  I will have to remember this one for the next time I'm asked the famous question.

I know someone who answers even more pointedly: "Of COURSE he does! He's got teeth, doesn't he?" 

OMG Brandi and Sunsilver, I was laughing.  I have a friend who is a LEO and he was out walking with his wife when this dog came charinging out of nowhere and the lady who owned the dog was yelling, "he won't bite, honest, he won't bite" and my friend said "hey lady, it has teeth doesn't it?"  My other favorite ones are "gee he/she never goes out of our yard, this is a first".

My husband and I were helping my trainer friend with his very large obedience class, my husband made the mistake of petting this very laid back appearing yellow lab on the head while he was standing face to face (not face in face but you get the positioning).  The dog changed in a split second from laid back to lunging and trying to rip my husband's head off.  The owner of this dog immediately started to beat it, we stopped him and used both experiences as an educational opportunity.  My husband was pretty sheepish because he forgot proprer dog manners, it was just one of those brain fart moments, he has never forgotten the lesson.  I wish we had videoed it because it was an amazingly fast change from laid back lab to rip-head-off

   (At any potential public location around the country:)

(Friendly, but clueless well-meaning individual, running up in delighted glee:)

OOOOOHHHHH!!!!! What PRETTY doggies!!!! They are SOOOOO well trained!!!!  Do they bite???


My answer:

ALL dogs bite.

Noon news update on Kyle: She's  home, doing fine, happy for all the emails she got..
Max, the dog, was shown too.. laying on a dog rug in the new shelter they built last year, enjoying a giant, meaty knuckle-bone.

(Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/10/kyle-dyer-dog-bite-tv-anc_n_1267806.html ) Robinson was cited with failure to have his dog on a leash – Max was off-leash when he fell into the pond – allowing his dog to bite, and failure to have a vaccinated dog. Robinson insisted that Max's vaccinations are up to date.

Ok, no problems with citing for being off leash, the owner had the responsibility to keep his dog under his control, true Max may have escaped....

I don't believe the owner allowed his dog to bite, Kyle put her face next to the dog's and the bite happened so quickly, the owner did put his arm around the dog's chest and pull him back ....

I believe a certificate is proof of vaccinations.....

( http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/30429101/detail.html ) Robinson sent 7NEWS a rabies vaccination certificate that shows Max was vaccinated on November 25, 2011 at an animal hospital in Mississippi.The certificate said the vaccination was good for three years.

Ditto on those who sited the dog's body language! I've never seen someone with such overbearing petting. Enclosing his mouth in her hands, constantly rubbing his face and mouth. For a minute I thought she was going to lift his lips!! lol  YES, he turned away from her and looked at his owner as though to say get this freak away from me. Being down on his level with her face in his didn't help either. It was a bite like a dog would give another dog if it was bothering him. But I guess the owner didn't notice the signs either, so there is some responsibility on his part too, but as for holding him back(ie: under control).... when she was just a couple inches away, the strongest person in the world could not have held an unexpected lunge back 2 inches.
Debby