gsd bite - Page 1

I have had gsd since I was a baby and still have them from white ones black ones and I believe that we all know that a gsd will attack if feeling threatend and they are very protective over there family.my gsd's have never bit someone like that one did but if she feels threatened I would not put it past her. I also have a 8 and 3 1/2 year old my youngiest goes right up to her and takes her bone away and plays rough with her she can also but her head down by her face when eating but never ever would I allow another child to do that my dog is taught to protect my children but another child at eye level the dog could feel threatens and bite and we all know a gsd has the strongiest bite so 1 bite could do an extreme ammount of damage compared to a small dog bite. My daughter has been bitten by 5 dogs never her own dogs but when looking at what she did to provoke the dog we had sat down and discussed what u can do with your own dog compared to a strangers or friends dog I don't blame them dogs they where either feeling threatened or feeling like there child was threatened on every bite she had.

Okay, I must say I am confused with what you wrote: Why? BecauseL

1) A properly bred and raised dog, will not bite unless directed to
2) Should never bite out of random or just because:
3) Children should never be left un-attended with any dog, especially dogs they do not know.. and should be taught not to place their faces close to the dogs teeth.. or allowed to pull, yank to take anything away from any dog they do not know.. Thus this starts at home.. by being taught to respect the family dog. Sure, the dogs should be taught to let them, or any family member to remove, a ball, toy from their pets,, But, it must be done properly, and again with respect.

You condoning the fact you're child has been attacked na bitten 5 times by random dogs, proves to me that you are or have not taught your child to respect, the dogs you own thus, can not respect others.. Correct me if I am wrong,, but I have to stand by my words, anyone, let it be child or grown adult being bitten that many times, must be doing something wrong..

While the GSD bite is strong, it is not the strongest bite of all dogs. They do more damage with the ripping and tearing part of a bite, I believe.

Bella, You are probably a nice person and caring mom. However, I agree with the prior poster. Any child that has been bit 5 times by someone elses' dogs, needs to learn to stop harrassing dogs and, really is not a very bright child. Sorry, but you need to supervise her better around all animals, she is just too young to read dog body language correctly and is failing to learn by experience.

Very well directed BeeTree... I have raised 3 children along with many GSD's, each child new where they stood, in the house hold, as did the dogs. I taught my children from the begining to love and respect the animals we owned. I also taught my dogs to respect the children, would my dogs bite them? Never! Would my dogs protect them? Yes, to their dying day. Would they bite another young child on my premisses? No! Why?

1) They were taught to respect and understand children
2) I never left the kids and dogs un-attended, they were always supervised,, and if they got outa hand around the dogs, I took them out of the situation once I completed that, I explained what they were doing wrong.. If the dog fired up, I would step in and correct the dog as well.. There is no reason for any dog to bite out of random.. or just because.. it is important as animal owners that we, promote positives rather than negitives.. When we let things slide, dogs bite, people get hurt, lawsuits begin and yeah dogs die..