Cindy thanks for responding and then closing the thread before I could respond. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Karmen, lets ask Bernhard. Last I knew Itor didn't bite a CHILD!!!

Also, if I am not mistaken PSDs are a little different then your little 10lb dog.

I can't imagine an officer leaving his gun loaded and unattended with a child. I suppose they do that with their K9s?!?

This is my last post on this. You may be able to live with the knowledge a dog you knew had a history of biting is in a home. How would you feel if that dog then seriously hurt some child?

Brad, yes I have dogs that would bite in a heart beat. They are treated as PSDs. They are under lock and key. Where only people with a key can get to. I treat all of my dogs just as I do my guns, and crossbows, and so forth.

I would NEVER knowingly put a dog with a bite history into a house with children.

Flame away, I am a big boy.

"DARN" I thought I was the only GSD owner that kept their dogs locked up when not with them.

I'm now confident I have a future with working line K-9's. I don't let my male GSD around adults without my being there, much less with kids. Too much libility, Yes I know he will bite, has done it and hopefully won't do it again.

He did what he was trained to do, yes taking a piece of meat out of someone trying to enter my home with only my wife there.

THAT"S WHY WE TRAIN, TRAIN and TRAIN !!!

If he had biten a child, well I'm just glad he didn't!!!! We would have not gotten the chance to share all of the great moments together.

Ed, why am I wrong? You mention the dogs should not be around children. Exactly. Why was is the JRT STILL around children? Why was the doxie around children? So while they are seeking professional training...and we know how long that takes especially when the dog goes home every night. What do we tell the kids?

I have dogs now that shouldn't be around kids, guess what...they are not. It is an owner probelm. It is an uneducated owner problem. However, they kids are the ones who suffer. Not the dog.

Anyway, I said I was done with this subject and now I am.

Todd,

I closed the thread because it had outlived it's usefulness.

Check your PM.

let me know when I have outlived my usefullness, please? :rolleyes:

Todd - the only prior comment I am answering to is:

"So all you rescue people who say give the dog a chance? Where are you now. I mean sounds like this was a once in a life time bite. The dog had never done this before. He is only a 10lb as some of you say. What do you tell the parents?

Oh yeah, it was the infants fault. He must have teased the dog or something.

Just curious, would this dog be allowed in rescue? Then, when you were looking to adopt it back out, what do you tell people?"
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I don't rescue small breeds so I can't speak for them. Most large breed rescues that I know do not take in dogs with a bite history as a general rule, but will of course try and find out the circumstances around the bite/s before making their ultimate decision. I actually have found all breeds much more *liberal* in what they will take into their program, as opposed to *breed* rescues. In most cases, if it happens in foster care, and is unprovoked, and no medical issues, they might try training, might euthanize the dog or keep the dog in their own homes. If the dog is with an owner, that would be the owner's decision, hopefully with support from the rescue.

Originally posted by Todd E. Gaster:
I have dogs now that shouldn't be around kids, guess what...they are not. It is an owner probelm. I agree with you!

OK - now I am curious, do you only feel dogs that bite children should not be rehomed (or should in fact be euthed) or taken in by a rescue - which was not the original issue BTW. Are bites of adults ok? And why is it ok for some people to keep dogs not good with kids or adults, that the owners know would bite, yet not ok for others? I must be missing something? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />