2006-10-05 08:15:28 · 58 answers · asked by clarelouiseprince 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
I think it is the most inexcusable idea in the world. I have 2 rotts. My male is 7yrs old had him since he was 4mo old. My female is 6yrs old had her since she was 1yr old. They are my kids. They both have been around children and other dogs. I and my partner trained them ourselves. My male for example plays dead...literally you can put a steak on his nose and he wont touch it till we tell him its okay. But to me the most amazing thing I have ever seen from any dog and I have been around alot is that for example my 8mo old nephew was sitting in between my males front legs eating a hot dog and he didn't so much as drull on him. Both of my dogs have been trained to take food from children or adults by mouth not touching with there teeth.
The way any animal raised is treated is how they will act towards other. If animals are tied up and not socialized with children, adults and other dogs they will be aggressive. I invite anyone to walk up to my truck or my house and I guarantee you that my dog would help you take whatever you wanted from them except me.
Please remember that all dogs deserved to be loved. In cases where an animal has hurt someone or hurt another animal I believe there should be consequences, however it is not right to STEREO type any one breed just because the look the same.
2006-10-05 09:19:05 · answer #1 · answered by totallyserious29 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's ludicrious! There is no such thing as a dangerous dog, the wrong owner could create a monster in any dog!
Cigarettes kill more people in one year than a Rotti does, but the government wouldn't ever dream of banning them would they? It's biased, media hyped crap! These attacks happen everyday, with every breed, but now the media has got a bee in their bonnet's with Rotti's, you'll notice that you're reading about them all the time...but not because they're happening more frequently...because the media are paying more to hear about it!
In two years time the media might decide to make a Collie the next dangerous dog, after a handful of over publicised attacks and a nation who are such clone thinkers...it will be more than feasable! When will it stop? When will someone actually realise that the key to ending badly behaved dog's, will be when the owner's actually have to take some kind of responsibility?? Why can't we have dog licences, mandatory dog insurance?? I'm sure this will separate the irresponsible owners from the responsible owners...and maybe, finally, the latter can stop having to justify and protect the life of their breed every five seconds!
2006-10-05 09:02:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dangerous dog lists are pretty useless. As an animal shelter worker I`ve met dangerous dogs of ALL breeds. I've also met Rottweilers and Pittbulls who are very friendly and even-tempered. In the area where I live, the labrador retriever is the breed with the highest incidences of attacks and bites--especially on children. All small breeds of dog bite more often than large breeds; and just because they are small doesn't mean they're not dangerous. I believe each dog should be temperament assessed individually. Also, there should be much stricter laws regarding animal ownership. You will find an irresponsible owner is usually at fault when it comes to biting. Once I met someone who was afraid of her own dog--she had to call the SPCA to come and get it because it wouldn`t let her leave her house. It had attacked 2 children and broken a little girl's arm. Despite all that, this woman freaked out when informed the dog would be destrouyed. She felt that the SPCA should have adopted it out to another family. I say put down dogs who bite, regardless of the breed. And maybe spay or neuter their owners.
2006-10-05 08:27:30 · answer #3 · answered by Gallifrey's Gone 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A load of B0ll0cks if you ask me.
At the end of the day it IS down to the OWNER and the OWNERS fault as a dog is only as good as the owner that's taught it!!! I've seen this in dog training classes (with another breed that is) and as soon as the owners 'GOT IT RIGHT' the dog understood, followed and stopped having the problem that the owner took it there for in the first place.
(You have to train the owner before training their dog)
Also, I've know quite a few people (some breeders too) that have had rotteys for years and years and never once had any problems with Rottweilers being aggressive, even stating the dogs are as soft as anything when around kids, even letting the kids climb all over them, and pull there ears.
Again, down to good breeding and PROPER training !!
Like I said, at the end of the day I think you need dangerous owners lists, not dogs lists (with the exception of the dogs already on there (American Pitt bulls etc) as aggression is an inbuilt instinct).
2006-10-05 09:59:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
All dogs are descendents of wolves. Wolves are pack hunters, killers, as well as being highly sociable creatures with traits that fit in quite well with the human family.
Dogs have been bred over the centuries to perform certain tasks or look a certain way. That is our fault, humans, not theirs. If they had been given a choice, could they have agreed to that genetic manipulation or not? No.
We as a race are at fault here, and we should take responsibility for our interference with genetics. In an ideal world, owners would be policed, monitored and put on lists.
However, if it were my child that had been mauled or killed by a dog which already had a reputation for aggressive behaviour, I would without doubt want every single one of that breed out of my sight, off the planet, not just put on a list.
Putting certain dog breeds on lists is a placating gesture, which will do little to actually stop attacks happening again. Next time it will be a poodle that attacks a child. Then a jack russell. Basically, all dogs are only 99% reliable, there is and always will be the unpredictable percentage, due to them being a hunting, killing animal.
2006-10-05 08:44:49 · answer #5 · answered by frostbitten 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think there should be a dangerous owner list . Rotts have bad press but alot of the time the owners are to blame . Having owned a rottweiler previously i can tell you i will never ever get another dog with the same beautiful nature that she had ...
R.I.P. Kassie
2006-10-05 08:28:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Instead of a dangerous dog list I wish there was a dangerous dog OWNER list.
I also wish people would educate themselves about every dog in their immediate neighborhood and explain to their children that dogs easily mistake movements that we see as play as aggressive behavior.
Everyone needs to be aware of where these animals are and slow down.Walk CALMLY past these animals without looking at them or talking to them.
And ANYONE caught teasing an animal who is behind a fence or on a chain should be slapped silly on the spot!
Maybe then there would be far fewer dogs termed "dangerous."
I'm a woman.About medium build.And I have walked into many a yard and right past many dogs that men twice my size were terrified of because they were supposedly viscious and knocked on the front door.
Dogs do not scare me.PEOPLE DO.
2006-10-06 01:26:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a load of rubbish.
These dogs are loyal companions,the poor dogs that are tied up,un socialised and just used for guarding are the victims too.
These that are doing the biting are sadly unsocialised proberbly badly bred dogs,the dogs on in the pub were guard dogs therefore they lived on a flat roof all day and then wandered round an empty pub all night,never meeting anyone and I bet the owner only had 10 mins spare to feed them.
The little boy that was attacked the dog was CHAINED up in the garden,again I guess no socialising,properbly lived its life outside with not much human contact.
If you treat ANY dog like a wild animal (no even wild animals get more contact/interaction) its going to act like a wild animal.
People are buying dogs of any breed for the wrong reasons............ohhh I will buy a rottie cause it makes me hard and no one will bother me,ohh I will buy a staffie cause it will bite everyone.
More work should be put into the idiots buying dogs.
2006-10-05 23:00:14 · answer #8 · answered by carolyn m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but maybe a dangerous owner's list. I think that most problems are caused by the carelessness of the owners, rather than the dogs. If owners have a dog that could potentially do damage, it is up to them to keep it under proper control and training - how can a dog be expected to know what is right or wrong, it is usually instinct that makes it act.
2006-10-05 08:22:15 · answer #9 · answered by debzc 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A dog does not set out to hurt anyone, but bad owners are to blame in most cases, a babies cries hurt's most dogs ears, and this is why children and babies should never be left alone with any dog. Once the dog has done something like this then it should be put down because it will do it again now it has had a taste of blood.
We had six dog's at home once being trained by my dad for security work/Police and home life, we never had any trouble with any of them and all was Rotts, German shepards and dobbies.
2006-10-05 09:55:42 · answer #10 · answered by Angel-Lady 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋