Will Rambeau Moderator Reg: 01-25-2003
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Well, when I see folks defending their dogs and the dog's behaviors, they tend not to do a very good job of it ( I'm thinking in particular of the pitbull owners ) - emotions run rampant during these high profile cases and it's kind of a no win sitution for all of us as dog owners.
I'd like to see more "Letters to the Editor" in local newspapers pointing out that human behavior and responsibilty all play a major part in most dog bite cases resulting in a death, but the letters would be best sent in by neutral people, not dog lovers trying to prove a point. That'd likely be much better recieved by Joe Public and maybe it'd raise public awareness to the problem of parents not supervising their children around animals.
In the Karen Delise book on fatal dog attacks, it points out that virtually all of the 50 or so attacks by siberian huskies were on infants: mostly under 6-9 months.
Any Siberian owner would have to be especially vigilant around an infant.
The prey drive of the Siberian, in my experience, is in no way attenuated. I know of Siberian massacres of chicken coops, lived with a rat killer siberian of exceptional talent, and know of a very amiable siberian who killed a caribou.
fetch, I think not.
the other side of the coin is that Siberians can be a safe and sociable breed around older kids and adults.
However people fooling with primitive breeds evolved under conditions far removed from our need to really be mindful.
My friend with a bloodhound (and we have LOTS of bloodhounds in my neck of the woods) did some research after we learned her dog could be dog aggressive found a recommendation that they not be around infants as well....
...that the cry of an infant resembles the sound a scared bunny makes........well I have heard both and don't THINK they are the same but maybe to a dog......they are both annoyingly high pitched.
That soft gentle breed can have an incredibly aggressive side to it...
No defending the dog owners........I raised 2 kids with dogs and have 2 young grandkids and until the kids got older, I would not have left them alone with a dog even though I never saw cause to worry....
that the cry of an infant resembles the sound a scared bunny makes
Not necessarily a bunny, but this is why I and a breeder decided against me buying her dog. The dog killed one of it's pups and there was a question on if it was because it was crying. Being that I have an infant, there was a thought his crying could trigger whatever it was that caused this dog to kill it's pup.
There are three constants in life: Death, taxes and the love of a dog.
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Not necessarily a bunny, but this is why I and a breeder decided against me buying her dog. The dog killed one of it's pups and there was a question on if it was because it was crying. Being that I have an infant, there was a thought his crying could trigger whatever it was that caused this dog to kill it's pup.
I'd think twice about getting a pup from ANY dog that that culls from it's own litter, that's a sign of an unstable bitch.
Totally agree. She was retiring this bitch because of her eating a pup... and I was looking to buy her as a spayed family companion/ pet. It was too bad, too. She seemed like a great dog otherwise.
There are three constants in life: Death, taxes and the love of a dog.
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