Dog bite at the schutzhund club. - Page 2

Years ago at our club we had a dog that was like that.  The handler bought (cheap) a schH1 GSD  (this was after he tried to do schutzhund with offf breed).  Anyway, he asked me to hold the dog while he walked away to do a recall, dog seemed normal.  As he was about half way down field the dog just turned and attacked me.  I have a scar on my forearm, but that's OK because it saved my face.   Anyway, the guy felt really bad & it wasn't his fault. Sometimes shit happens, we are dealing with dogs in a protection sport.  In my case, holding onto a dog I didn't know well was my fault, no one else's. 

The hospital will contact the SPCA, they told us. 

I agree with you Sue, shit does happen.... I am glad that I trust my dogs, though.  The problem is, they KNEW the dog had issues, that's why they kept him locked up, I didn't know about it, until my dad told me when we got home he overheard them talking about him one day....and they told my mother she could pet him, I don't get it.  And to be the trainer, and not apologize, he is accepting his fault, in my mind. 

Do you think the dog should be put down?

How awful for your mom! She is lucky the dog didn't get the carotid artery. I thought I read on another thread recently, the one about the dog bite at Petsmart, that whenever you go to the hospitol or doctor with a dog bite it is reported. Hard call on if the dog should be PTS. I think it might depend on if his owners get a wake up call or if they are still going to be unresponsible .....sounds like they were as much at fault for saying she could pet the dog.

Why on earth would they bring a dog like that out to club and let your mother pet him! 

i think the dog needs to be assessed by a professional trainer if indeed the dog is aggressive without good cause yes it should be destroyed. and the owners need to take a look at their dog training skills

He is almost 7 years old, I'm really not sure training is an option at this point.  Because the wife said, her husband can't handle a dog like him, right there.. that says it all. 

no what i am saying is the dog needs to be temperament tested

He'll fail a temperment test with flying colors.  Nervy nervy....

if you truly think that this dog poses a risk to the general public i strongly suggest that you speak to the owners. or speak to animal control

The dog has handler aggression issues, that's not a reason to put him down.  Neither is what is what happened with your mom - In my eyes, the real tragedy here is if this dog continues to remain in the hands of an irresponsible incompetent jerk  who not only cannot handle his own dog  but also experiments with innocent bystanders to gauge the mood of his dog. 

If this dog does not get into much better hands it will happen again, and someone might be hurt even more seriously  and of course the dog will have to be destroyed.