Worst temperament possible? - Page 1

Can you get any worse possessive aggressive issues than this???

Anyone here think a dog like this could possibly be rehabilitated?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AWjzCRC174&feature=related

I had a 3/4 chihuahua 1/4 pug named Pancho (aka Panchie monster/devil dog) who behaved that badly.  Yes, he did bite.  I had to fence my front yard and put in a rural mailbox outside the fence.  He lived out his life with loving tolerant family.  It helped that he was only 13 pounds.  We were always careful to protect our guests. 

This family thinks it's funny and teases him.  Not smart.

This dog is only playing a game. Nothing to worry about.

It looks more like a neurological condition to me... looks similar to certain seizure-type disorders. The movement of the hind-leg is very atypical, like he doesn't have full control of it.

I think there is a string attached to the dogs foot and someone is teasing the dog.I think I can see a ruffle in the dogs fur on it's side where the string rubs it sometimes. It's pretty funny though.

I saw the same dog in a slightly different video. Found it more sad than funny. This is not a temperament issue, as noted it is most likely epilepsy or someone manipulating the leg with fishing line.

Worst temperament possible is an extremely shy dog that is a fear biter. They are unpredictable and therefore dangerous.

Some people have strange ideas about what's funny. The dog is either being teased with a string on his foot or he's got neurological problems. Not a temperament issue, unless you're talking about the video makers.

I hate that video. I saw it once and it made me sick. IT IS NOT FUNNY. Would it be funny if your child was so violent he wanted to hurt itself?  I don't understand how people can laugh at that crap. People like that don't deserve to own a dog.

This is a dog with severe possesive aggression and potentially not quite right mentally. Does not look like epilepsy to me. How fixable that kind of issue is can often not be determined without working with the dog firsthand.

Someone is manipulating the dogs leg with a string or something and teasing him, look at the way he relaxes and shows appeasing behaviour before picking up his bone when the leg is allowed to fall back to it's natural position.  Hope he bites them!

Margaret N-J

I've seen this dog video so many time's, haven't you?

No one is pulling on the dog's leg..lol

The dog may have a few issue's but this dog has made a game out of this behavior and probably enjoy's it.

House pet's often invent their own way's to be entertained when no one else will play with them.   I imagine the owner thought it was funny and encouraged the behavior.

It's not nearly as bad as tail chasing or attacking the couch cushion's.

I see no aggression issue's here.