Hoochie: COME ON ENGLAND!
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Carrying on from my last question, particularly Launi's answer that a dog with enough drive to maul a dog, will quite possibly maul a person.
My dog has attacked another dog before now (not when I had him, this was a couple of years ago, and I am only going by what others have told me so apologies if I am cloudy on some details). He apparently was in a temporary foster home before I had him. The woman who fostered him let him off a lead in an unfenced area. He saw a young dog (a puppy I think, but a few months old) on the other side of the field, ran straight for it, and grabbed it by the throat. All he did was nip the skin but he wouldn't let go until somebody lifted his back legs in the air. He didn't maul the puppy and could well have killed it as he is very strong, but as I say, all he did was nip the skin and hold it, which sparks me as slightly weird considering he's a bully.
Now I am fully aware he has done this and do not let him off his lead unless fully away from other dogs. Never in the park, on the street or anywhere other dogs are likely to be. The only other time he has bitten, as far as I am aware, was when another dog approached him, growled and he retalitated, but again, it was just a nip and that was not his fault. He was on a lead at the time.
So I suppose you would say my dog has dog-aggressive tendencies. He has never, ever bitten a human and I'd find it hard to believe he would without being seriously provoked.
Would you say my dog is more at risk than any others of attacking a human with the intent to kill?
Possibly because it could make the dog 100X worse and possibly because there is no risk of him posing a danger to another dog whilst under my care as I simply do not put him in a position when he could be a danger. Apart from when idiot owners let their growling dog appraoch mine... not my dog's fault he bit, people should train this thing called recall.
My dog has attacked another dog before now (not when I had him, this was a couple of years ago, and I am only going by what others have told me so apologies if I am cloudy on some details). He apparently was in a temporary foster home before I had him. The woman who fostered him let him off a lead in an unfenced area. He saw a young dog (a puppy I think, but a few months old) on the other side of the field, ran straight for it, and grabbed it by the throat. All he did was nip the skin but he wouldn't let go until somebody lifted his back legs in the air. He didn't maul the puppy and could well have killed it as he is very strong, but as I say, all he did was nip the skin and hold it, which sparks me as slightly weird considering he's a bully.
Now I am fully aware he has done this and do not let him off his lead unless fully away from other dogs. Never in the park, on the street or anywhere other dogs are likely to be. The only other time he has bitten, as far as I am aware, was when another dog approached him, growled and he retalitated, but again, it was just a nip and that was not his fault. He was on a lead at the time.
So I suppose you would say my dog has dog-aggressive tendencies. He has never, ever bitten a human and I'd find it hard to believe he would without being seriously provoked.
Would you say my dog is more at risk than any others of attacking a human with the intent to kill?
Possibly because it could make the dog 100X worse and possibly because there is no risk of him posing a danger to another dog whilst under my care as I simply do not put him in a position when he could be a danger. Apart from when idiot owners let their growling dog appraoch mine... not my dog's fault he bit, people should train this thing called recall.