Another thing I wanted to add was if you own a Pit, Rot and a few other breeds that been "known" to attack, you must notify your homeowners insurance company so a rider can be added. That's in Illinois, not sure about other states and often an insurance company will refuse coverage if you own one of those dogs.
Another thing I wanted to add was if you own a Pit, Rot and a few other breeds that been "known" to attack, you must notify your homeowners insurance company so a rider can be added. That's in Illinois, not sure about other states and often an insurance company will refuse coverage if you own one of those dogs.
This is true here in Colorado/Larimer County. It is a handy excuse too, for a landlord to say no to certain breds. I had some tenants that had the biggest Rottie I have ever seen...looked like a horse, they were great owners and this dog didnt even care that people came in the house or the yard...I think he just "looked" scary lol
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Good to hear you came out relatively unscathed! I'm with the "dogs problems is the owners" fault.
I've grown up around big dogs.. a few pits and rots, lots of bigger "friendly" dogs like labs and such.. and unfortunatly a few small dogs.
In my experience, it's the SMALL dogs you have to worry about if you are talking about dog attitude. They're small, nervous and will "defend" themselves when they even think they are threatened. Hell, you SNEEZE near a small dog and your taking your life into your own hands. Well, maybe just your ankles anyways. We've always raised our dogs the same, got them used to strangers visiting and the like but the small dogs were always a problem. I'd always be careful when people came visiting and my brothers mini shanauser was loose. But with the huskies or malamutes it was "unleash em and let em go". Anyone who couldn't run fast enough was fair game, and in for the face-licking of a lifetime.
A good example is my moms lab. She's a push over, but can play rough if you let her. She never bites even when riled up but does get excited. She's learned not to jump up but she rarely even scratched people, she'd just "up" near you not on you.
Meanwhile my grandmothers westie will attack ANYONE and anything. But no one is gonna complain about getting attacked by a dog that's the size of a housecat. But this dog has attacked my moms lab, my nephew when he was a child, and it has bit everyone who walks by it. It'll even attack my grandmother if she tries to touch the dogs leash. Heck, when my grandmother would bring the dog over to my moms, my moms lab would hide behind the stove and not come out. This is a 70lb dog hiding from a chunk of white fur that's no bigger than its head. Not to mention that it was the labs "territory". Grandma stopped bringing the dog when me and my dad threatened to start kicking it each time it bit us.
But no one says anything because it's "just a westie". But one day that dog is going to start something at a park and attack a pit or a rottie and get absolutely destroyed. And the pit/rottie is gonna take the fall.
You'll notice in places where they have muzzle laws, most of the "wee little cutesy" dogs don't have muzzles on... because they'd never hurt anything of course!
I'm sorry about the bite. Hey, at least you're caught up on your tetanus shot now.
I've always been good with dogs. I could always read them and avoid a bite, but I started getting nipped at work a few years into the handyman business. I couldn't understand why I couldn't see it coming anymore.
Then, it occurred to me that I was in a different social situation when doing estimates than when socializing with friends, or even when doing work for a homeowner. Estimates sometimes are adversarial. I'm a stranger, and when I enter the house in a businesslike manner, dogs don't always get it. They can feel that I'm threatening their owners. Now, I defer to the dog. I stop what I'm doing, or saying to the homeowner, and let him have a sniff. [The dog.] I get permission from the owner, and the dog to come in and do business. It seems to be working, FWIW.
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Wow Matt glad you are ok!
Wonder how it would have come out if you had the K9 you have been hoping for?
We will be in town (Vegas) Friday and Saturday night.
Glad you're okay. I'm also a police officer, but haven't had to deal with any really vicious animals yet. I did here that a couple of officers in my division responded to a javelina that was charging people in an apartment complex. When they arrived, the javelina charged the two officers and one of them lit it up with our pepperball gun. It didn't come back after that lol
That's just bad but can be expected from a pitbull...
In our country the owning and therefor breeding of pitbulls is prohibited by law..! And I think that's a good thing, in an over populated country there's literally not enough space for dogs like that..!
Oh, by the way, I'm a dog person, we have two dogs that are defensive to people who enter the premises but are great with everybody they know...
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A veteranarian told me one time that people own pit bulls to nurse their egos.
There are some vets that will not treat pits. Pits apparently do not show agression like other dogs, so when a pit bull comes running towards you, you don't know whether it is going to jump up and lick you to death or jump up and tear your throat out.
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I agree with your post.
A minister friend of mine raised Pit Bulls (in a very friendly environment) for many years.
He was attacked on 3 different occasions ... by 3 different dogs ... when they did not recognize him at first glance.
One time .. a dog jumped from his front porch in the air towards his neck, he moved and it missed him. Another time, the pit bull hung itself when it tried to jump a fence and its' collar got caught.
I don't trust a putt bull ... period.
IMHO .. Cocker Spaniels are the most unpredictable though ... Cockers can only do minimum damage to an adult in most cases.
SOS
PS ... I think the guy who was bitten was very lucky with his minor bite.
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