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Post by Jaguar on May 11, 2017 21:24:38 GMT -5
The Pekingese came after me, I was at my friends house sitting on the floor with a bunch of us girls watching the TV. And the dog just came up and bit me, and I wasn't moving or anything. The dog was a damn psycho.
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Post by zibazinski on May 11, 2017 21:25:13 GMT -5
Isn't that another name for a pit bull?
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Post by weltschmerz on May 11, 2017 21:28:18 GMT -5
I can't say as I'd specifically seek a Pit, but I tend to stalk the shelters around here and most dogs are either Pits or hounds, and I DEFINITELY would not want a hound. A few weeks ago I fell in love with Fred. www.petfinder.com/petdetail/37866050He is such a freaking sweetheart. And 45 pounds? He's a little dog to me. That face!!!!!! Get Fred now! Hurry! And 45lbs? He's eensy-weensy. He's a pocket pal. My dog would have him for a snack. I mean, errrrrrr, my dog would just eat him up. Wait, still no....... My CAT would have him for breakfast! Wait....err.....
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Post by imawino on May 11, 2017 21:29:31 GMT -5
Isn't that another name for a pit bull? Oh, I think you are right. There is a dog with an oddly shaped head (to me, I'm sure their mothers think it's gorgeous! ) that I am trying to recall the breed name of.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on May 11, 2017 21:31:22 GMT -5
The Pekingese came after me, I was at my friends house sitting on the floor with a bunch of us girls watching the TV. And the dog just came up and bit me, and I wasn't moving or anything. The dog was a damn psycho. My grandpa used to raise pekes. Mom said they are absolutely NOT kid dogs. Very skittish and prone to biting. She said they had one that would attack you if you stood up from the table too fast. She theorizes it's due to all the inbreeding needed to create one. It's not like you see pekes in the wild. Even with careful breeding they still have screws loose. You have to be really good with dogs to own them. No they can't kill a baby but they could take a decent chunk out of a kids face.
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Post by justme on May 11, 2017 21:32:27 GMT -5
Scariest dogs I've known are tiny. Family friends had nasty lil chihuahuas that it was hard not to kick when they'd go after me, Fell in love with American staffordshire Terriers when my friend had what we're the biggest loving babies I've ever met. I crashed at his place with a bunch of people after a party. Walking back from the bathrooms the siblings are rough housing (to the point they had a few small cuts). They weren't paying attention and accidentally bumped into me. I was immediately showered with apologetic rubs and licks and after they were satisfied I was good they ran as far away from me as they could. Are they the ones that look like the RCA dog? Or the Target dog? Oh hell no. They're one of the unofficially official pitbull breeds. First photo is the breed (minus ear clipping which I hate). They look very similar to American pit bull Terriers (which maybe should be the only breed called pitbulls) which is the second picture. I'm thinking those two breeds often crossbreed...and probably with the two other unofficial pitbull breeds.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2017 21:37:23 GMT -5
Ok, the real killers are the cocker spaniels. I have the sweetest, laziest, etc. cocker spaniel on earth. I have nine grandchildren, and she just looks at them bewildered when they throw her toys at her. She is not going to bite anyone. But SOME cocker spaniel suffer from "cocker spaniel rage." My vet hinted at it when he told me how sweet and docile mine was, and I looked it up online. It is primarily a genetic thing (maybe even epilepsy), and you know before they are a year old. It's also really the English cocker spaniel as opposed to the American cocker spaniel. What I am saying is that generalizations are just that. Generalizations. A dog who growls at menacingly or bites children should be rehomed even if it means euthanasia. On a different level, that's true of people too.
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Post by imawino on May 11, 2017 21:40:23 GMT -5
Why? Any big dog could very easily kill a baby. Any adult human could easily kill a baby. That doesn't mean I don't make distinctions between which adult humans are more likely to kill the baby than others.
There's a world of difference between "COULD" (is capable of) and how likely one is to do something.
So you'd leave your infant alone with giant dogs that you perceive as somewhat less likely to kill it than a pit bull?
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Post by justme on May 11, 2017 21:44:28 GMT -5
Yup. My BFF has a king Charles cavalier. She's either a crazy bitch or scared as shit if she doesn't know you. Rightfully so as her first owners almost bred her to death, her paws are permanently damaged from how they kept her, and she was infested with fleas. (Friend of BFF unknowingly bought a full bred from the same people that "rescued" her dog, so we're pretty positive the assholes she got her from run a pretend rescue) She loves her mom and me to death, but we have to watch her around others even though she's a tiny thing.
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Post by chiver78 on May 11, 2017 22:09:24 GMT -5
Isn't that another name for a pit bull? Oh, I think you are right. There is a dog with an oddly shaped head (to me, I'm sure their mothers think it's gorgeous! ) that I am trying to recall the breed name of. you are thinking of a Bull Terrier.
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Post by milee on May 11, 2017 22:27:38 GMT -5
Ok, the real killers are the cocker spaniels. I have the sweetest, laziest, etc. cocker spaniel on earth. I have nine grandchildren, and she just looks at them bewildered when they throw her toys at her. She is not going to bite anyone. But SOME cocker spaniel suffer from "cocker spaniel rage." My vet hinted at it when he told me how sweet and docile mine was, and I looked it up online. It is primarily a genetic thing (maybe even epilepsy), and you know before they are a year old. I didn't know that was a real thing, but I've seen an example IRL. One of my friends had a Cocker spaniel that was the most unrelentingly nasty dog I've ever had regular contact with. That dog never got used to or nice to anybody but the dog's owner and even then she'd sometimes bite the owner, even. It was unnerving to spend much time at her house because no matter how many times you'd been there, no matter how long you were there, no matter how much the owner did to "introduce" you and let the dog know you were OK... the dog would repeatedly lunge and try to attack you. Full on attack - slobber flying as the jaws were snapping attack. If the owner wasn't there physically holding the dog back, she definitely would have taken a chunk out of every single other person she encountered. Nasty. Dogs usually like me and I even have good luck with the types that are naturally shy/reserved, like Shelties. I've had rescue dogs and had good luck re-socializing them. So I really thought eventually my friend's Cocker would eventually warm up, but nope. Heck, the dog even tried to bite my friend's parents who were over at the house all the time. My friend loved that dog more than a child, but I thought she was nuts to keep a dog that aggressive. I can't even begin to imagine how visits to the vet went.
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Post by Opti on May 11, 2017 22:45:15 GMT -5
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Post by weltschmerz on May 11, 2017 22:53:03 GMT -5
Isn't that another name for a pit bull? Oh, I think you are right. There is a dog with an oddly shaped head (to me, I'm sure their mothers think it's gorgeous! ) that I am trying to recall the breed name of. Bull terrier.
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Post by weltschmerz on May 11, 2017 22:54:12 GMT -5
Ah. I see chiver beat me to it, but I have a picture!!
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Post by NastyWoman on May 11, 2017 22:58:17 GMT -5
Now let's get off those biting/not biting/cute dogs for a moment. What about those attacking blinds cords. They are in my bedroom and my sofa is not really comfy enough! That is the real danger and it's like the Little Shop of Cord Horrors. FEED ME!!!
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Post by Opti on May 11, 2017 23:09:54 GMT -5
OK, how about a dog and blinds?
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Post by chiver78 on May 11, 2017 23:24:33 GMT -5
Ah. I see chiver beat me to it, but I have a picture!! haven't figured out how to link a picture I haven't taken myself, via Tapatalk. you win.
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Post by justme on May 11, 2017 23:48:15 GMT -5
Now let's get off those biting/not biting/cute dogs for a moment. What about those attacking blinds cords. They are in my bedroom and my sofa is not really comfy enough! That is the real danger and it's like the Little Shop of Cord Horrors. FEED ME!!! Your first mistake was changing your name to Seymore.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 5:08:55 GMT -5
Ok, the real killers are the cocker spaniels. I have the sweetest, laziest, etc. cocker spaniel on earth. I have nine grandchildren, and she just looks at them bewildered when they throw her toys at her. She is not going to bite anyone. But SOME cocker spaniel suffer from "cocker spaniel rage." My vet hinted at it when he told me how sweet and docile mine was, and I looked it up online. It is primarily a genetic thing (maybe even epilepsy), and you know before they are a year old. I didn't know that was a real thing, but I've seen an example IRL. One of my friends had a Cocker spaniel that was the most unrelentingly nasty dog I've ever had regular contact with. That dog never got used to or nice to anybody but the dog's owner and even then she'd sometimes bite the owner, even. It was unnerving to spend much time at her house because no matter how many times you'd been there, no matter how long you were there, no matter how much the owner did to "introduce" you and let the dog know you were OK... the dog would repeatedly lunge and try to attack you. Full on attack - slobber flying as the jaws were snapping attack. If the owner wasn't there physically holding the dog back, she definitely would have taken a chunk out of every single other person she encountered. Nasty. Dogs usually like me and I even have good luck with the types that are naturally shy/reserved, like Shelties. I've had rescue dogs and had good luck re-socializing them. So I really thought eventually my friend's Cocker would eventually warm up, but nope. Heck, the dog even tried to bite my friend's parents who were over at the house all the time. My friend loved that dog more than a child, but I thought she was nuts to keep a dog that aggressive. I can't even begin to imagine how visits to the vet went. That does sound ugly, but that's not really "cocker spaniel rage." I read up on it because of the grandkids In the syndrome I am describing, the dog is normally sweet and docile. Then, seeming out of nowhere, the dog's eyes glaze over and the dog goes nutso. From everyone's favorite unreliable source (but it's what I have also read elsewhere): The dog you describe just sounds particularly obnoxious.
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Post by milee on May 12, 2017 6:22:17 GMT -5
I didn't know that was a real thing, but I've seen an example IRL. One of my friends had a Cocker spaniel that was the most unrelentingly nasty dog I've ever had regular contact with. That dog never got used to or nice to anybody but the dog's owner and even then she'd sometimes bite the owner, even. It was unnerving to spend much time at her house because no matter how many times you'd been there, no matter how long you were there, no matter how much the owner did to "introduce" you and let the dog know you were OK... the dog would repeatedly lunge and try to attack you. Full on attack - slobber flying as the jaws were snapping attack. If the owner wasn't there physically holding the dog back, she definitely would have taken a chunk out of every single other person she encountered. Nasty. Dogs usually like me and I even have good luck with the types that are naturally shy/reserved, like Shelties. I've had rescue dogs and had good luck re-socializing them. So I really thought eventually my friend's Cocker would eventually warm up, but nope. Heck, the dog even tried to bite my friend's parents who were over at the house all the time. My friend loved that dog more than a child, but I thought she was nuts to keep a dog that aggressive. I can't even begin to imagine how visits to the vet went. That does sound ugly, but that's not really "cocker spaniel rage." I read up on it because of the grandkids In the syndrome I am describing, the dog is normally sweet and docile. Then, seeming out of nowhere, the dog's eyes glaze over and the dog goes nutso. From everyone's favorite unreliable source (but it's what I have also read elsewhere): The dog you describe just sounds particularly obnoxious. You're right, that definition doesn't fit my friend's dog. Mainly because the dog didn't have any periods of being sweet and docile. At least not that I saw. I was close friends with her - so regularly over at her house - for about 8 years and in that whole time I never once touched that dog and never saw anybody other than her touch the dog. Most of the time when other people were over, the dog was so worked up that she had to shut it in another room, but even if it calmed enough to stop actively trying to bite whoever was there, it was still edgy, wary and unapproachable. That's not the only dog I've ever known that was likely to bite people, but the other biters at least had moments of calm and over time you could at least make some sort of a truce. Then again, I guess the ones with moments of calm are more dangerous because you can get lulled into a false sense of security. My friend's Cocker Spaniel was always very upfront that her #1 goal in life at all times was to rip your throat out.
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Post by zibazinski on May 12, 2017 7:33:51 GMT -5
That does sound ugly, but that's not really "cocker spaniel rage." I read up on it because of the grandkids In the syndrome I am describing, the dog is normally sweet and docile. Then, seeming out of nowhere, the dog's eyes glaze over and the dog goes nutso. From everyone's favorite unreliable source (but it's what I have also read elsewhere): The dog you describe just sounds particularly obnoxious. You're right, that definition doesn't fit my friend's dog. Mainly because the dog didn't have any periods of being sweet and docile. At least not that I saw. I was close friends with her - so regularly over at her house - for about 8 years and in that whole time I never once touched that dog and never saw anybody other than her touch the dog. Most of the time when other people were over, the dog was so worked up that she had to shut it in another room, but even if it calmed enough to stop actively trying to bite whoever was there, it was still edgy, wary and unapproachable. That's not the only dog I've ever known that was likely to bite people, but the other biters at least had moments of calm and over time you could at least make some sort of a truce. Then again, I guess the ones with moments of calm are more dangerous because you can get lulled into a false sense of security. My friend's Cocker Spaniel was always very upfront that her #1 goal in life at all times was to rip your throat out. Forewarned is forearmed.
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Post by hoops902 on May 12, 2017 8:40:29 GMT -5
Any adult human could easily kill a baby. That doesn't mean I don't make distinctions between which adult humans are more likely to kill the baby than others.
There's a world of difference between "COULD" (is capable of) and how likely one is to do something.
So you'd leave your infant alone with giant dogs that you perceive as somewhat less likely to kill it than a pit bull? I wouldn't leave my infant alone with any dog, giant or not. The discussion I was responding to was about OWNING a dog, having it around kids, etc...nothing about leaving animals around babies unsupervised.
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Post by NastyWoman on May 12, 2017 15:17:02 GMT -5
Now let's get off those biting/not biting/cute dogs for a moment. What about those attacking blinds cords. They are in my bedroom and my sofa is not really comfy enough! That is the real danger and it's like the Little Shop of Cord Horrors. FEED ME!!! Your first mistake was changing your name to Seymore. I am sure all of you were waiting for me with baited breath to chime in and I forgot: but here I am (♫ rock you like a hurricane♫) and I made it safely though the night. No attacks by the cord blinds... yet.
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