SFR Dog owners warning

Sorta fishing-related
If you want an accurate opinion about the wisdom of taking your dog to a 'dog park', talk to your veterinarian about it; it's great for business, but not so much for a dog's health.

My dipshit bonehead neighbor, who has an affinity for pitbulls, had his attack a much smaller dog while both were leashed. He couldn't handle his pitbull, and ended up spending a fortune at Spokane's 24/7 vet hospital keeping the neighbor's dog alive.
 
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The issue with unleashed dogs is that nearly all (with a few exceptions) dogs are reactive in some way towards other dogs, and will run at other dogs for play or to attack. My dogs have been attacked no less than a half dozen times just around my neighborhood by people having their dogs in their unfenced front yards. The most recent one was about a month ago when (the thankfully small) dog ran from three houses down and across the street to charge at my dogs only to be met with my boot.

The closest call I had was with a house a few doors down from us that have a very large American Bulldog mix who ran out the open front door at us. The only reason we got away is because I was close enough to my house that I could get us in the front door before he got to us. I guess that we had an even closer call now that I think about it... Got attacked by a springer spaniel playing fetch in another house's front yard. Drew blood on one of my dogs' ears and my boot drew blood from his face. That was a few weeks after I adopted our dog.
 
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my wife was attacked by a young pit bull when roller blading in the 90's along the coastal bike trail in our town, managed to fend off the animal with kicks while on the pavement until others came to her aid and it ran off. Wife called the police, who immediately knew what dog it was due to prior complaints, and animal control ended up seizing the animal.
The owner, a defense lawyer who specialized in defending drug dealers, got the dog back, and a month later when again outside and off leash tore into a kid on a bicycle, knocking it down and then giving it facial and upper body bite injuries. The parents of the child ended up winning a 750K settlement after a legal battle during which my wife testified to her experience.
If there was ever a good reason to pocket carry, off leash out of control dogs is it.
 
SurfnFish said:
my wife was attacked by a young pit bull when roller blading in the 90's along the coastal bike trail in our town, managed to fend off the animal with kicks while on the pavement until others came to her aid and it ran off. Wife called the police, who immediately knew what dog it was due to prior complaints, and animal control ended up seizing the animal.
The owner, a defense lawyer who specialized in defending drug dealers, got the dog back, and a month later when again outside and off leash tore into a kid on a bicycle, knocking it down and then giving it facial and upper body bite injuries. The parents of the child ended up winning a 750K settlement after a legal battle during which my wife testified to her experience.
If there was ever a good reason to pocket carry, off leash out of control dogs is it.
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Glad he finally got nailed for his negligence.

My previously mentioned peer who recently got attacked is currently going through the system and seeking a similar sum.
 
I like dogs, those that are well trained and under control. Many years ago in a rural setting two dogs broke into my chicken coop with a secure outdoor fenced area and started killing chickens. I shot the first dog to flee but the second one lucked out...I ran out of rounds on the first. A neighbor owned the surviving dog and I explained what happened. He understood, never had another dog problem. Each year a rancher used to take an add out in the local paper and inform locals that any stray dog threatening livestock on his land would be shot on site. Threatening meant being there, the sheriff supported.
 
Are any of the issues related to the breed of the dog?

Are any of the issues related to why people buy dogs e.g. security?
 
Years ago I was fishing for salmon on the lower Kalama River and had parked my car on the side of the road with no houses in a legal pullout. There were no houses upstream of where I stopped on either side of the road, there was however a house just downstream of where I was parked but on the opposite side of the road, the river side.

I walked upstream for about 1/4 mile before going in the water then fished my way back to the car. When I left about 2 hours later I got out of the water and climbed the bank to avoid going through anyone's yard. Walking down the road towards the car I saw a lady just downstream from where I was parked open her screen door and sic a big bulldog on me. The dog jumped off of the porch and ran up the Kalama River Road straight at me. I had a big salmon rod with the long cork handle and a spinning reel on it for defense. I didn't have time to be scared and grabbed the rod with both hands just above the handle. When the dog got there a few seconds later it jumped at me and I was able to ram the handle down it's throat till the reel stopped it. The dog said something like: "GLMFOWRGAGAW" and ran off. The lady stood on the porch and watched then ran to the aid of her baby cussing at me. I never said a word and the whole thing was over in about 30 seconds.

That was before pepper spray.
 
Roper said:
Too many people in today’s society have no business owning a dog. They have no clue as to how to raise it, train it and take care of it. That is a sad reality.
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That is fact! My brother bought a yellow lab, a sweet girl who wouldn't hurt a fly, so she's not a danger as far as biting is concerned, but she is a big dog and barely out of puppyhood, so in constant wiggling motion. She jumped on an old guy who came to visit, and her front claws cut his old man papery skin. She wasn't trying to be mean, just friendly, but it's my brother's fault because he doesn't know how to train a dog and frankly, is too lazy to do so.

When I was a kid, I got bitten by a feral dog (protecting its puppies, although I didn't know that). I lived in Libya at the time. The dog ran away, so I had to have 14 rabies shots in the stomach, once a day. We contacted the police, said, "We need the dog captured alive to see if it has rabies." The next day, the police showed up and said, "Success! We shot the dog!" so I had to continue my shots until the end.
 
RCF said:
Are any of the issues related to the breed of the dog?

Are any of the issues related to why people buy dogs e.g. security?
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My girlfriend has a 90+ lb. Anatolian Shepherd. They were bred to guard livestock from wolves. It lives on a farm and is great with people including kids that climb all over her. It is clear about its job to keep the coyotes away and chases them off almost daily, will park by the rabbits or chickens a keep a vigil. A very sweet animal, that gets along with some other dogs, but if another dog is aggressive or a yipper on the farm it gets put down quickly. I have not seen it bite another dog, just force them into submission. We are very careful when walking her keep her on a lease and to have her sit and stay when another dog approaches, and dog parks are not an option.
 
RCF said:
Are any of the issues related to the breed of the dog?

Are any of the issues related to why people buy dogs e.g. security?
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According to the interwebs about 2/3 of fatal dog attacks (30 - 90 in the US per year) involve pitbulls. And many of the victims are children.

Our DIL had a pitbull that was never abused and, from all appearances, a very well behaved animal until one day...the powerful SOB bit her deeply on her thigh. End of dog.

Leaving any dog unsupervised around children is especially dangerous...any dog can respond aggressively for any reason.
 
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