ok i am against dog fighting, but i have a problem?

Question

A friend of mine owns a sybirian husky and i just got a rottweiler.
i am always saying how nice it's going to be when we take them for walks on the mountains or for camping and he is always telling me that we will not be able to do that because if we bring them both his husky will kill or anyway bit my rottie...
that kind of bothers me because his dog is a very friendly and nice one and second i don't believe a husky would win a rottweiler in a fight. but since i will never proove that because i will never ever let my dog get in a fight, he will keep telling me these things. so irritating...
i wish i could proove him that he is an idiot and that he is wrong about the husky winning by some other way... we are good friends but he is trying to show off that his dog is stronger and better...

they are both males...
and it's not that i am inmature it's just irritating when they put your dog down...
i never tell him anything and i don't even answer to his comments. i disagree but i don't want to challenge him or anything because i am sure both dogs will get hurt winner and looser...

Answer 1

I am against dog fighting also. I own a 3 year old pitt bull. My best friend has a full grown roittweiller. I owned a siberian husky about 4 years ago. I hope I dont hurt your friends feelings but his dog has nothing on yours. I read about this all the time. A rottweiler and american pitt bull terriors are the most aggressive dogs in my opinion. Maybe if you want and your friend is up to it...put the dogs together (both on collars so if they do want to fight ya'll can pull them apart) and just see what happens. Also a effect is the sex of the 2 dogs. If yours is a female and his ais a male-his male wont touch your female in any way. It's doggy respect. Vice versa! If it is 2 males, I suggest don't put your dog no where near his. Your breed is much more aggressive.

Answer 2

You can never really tell which dog would win in a fight. We had a pit/lab mix and a shepherd mix, both female that fought several times. The pitt/lab was much bigger than the shepherd mix, but couldn't fight worth a damn, Thank God! Eventually, we sent the pitt/lab to live with her human daddy and mommy kept the shepherd mix. The vet told us they would eventually try to kill each other so we had to seperate them. Now all of this was our fault since we never let the dogs figure out clear dominance lines when the shepherd mix was brought into the family. The pitt/lab was already there for 2 years, but we were afraid her rough playing would hurt the shepherd mix since she was a puppy and often stopped them. If we had left them alone in the early days things probably would have been fine. People are generally the ones at fault when dogs fight no matter what the outcome is.

Answer 3

The Siberian Husky is a beautiful breed (I've owned one) but they can be a handful for inexperienced owners. The husky is a balance of power, speed, and endurance. He does not display the possessive qualities of the guard dog, nor is he overly suspicious of strangers or aggressive with other dogs. Some measure of reserve and dignity may be expected in the mature dog. His intelligence, tractability, and eager disposition make him an agreeable companion and willing worker.

As for the Rottweiler (I own 2), this is another wonderful dog. But again, this breed is not for the inexperienced owner. The Rottie is a balance of great strength, agility, and endurance. The Rottweiler is self-confident and responds quietly and with a wait-and-see attitude to influences in his environment. He has an inherent desire to protect home and family, and is an intelligent dog of extreme hardness and adaptability with a strong willingness to work, making him especially suited as a companion, guardian and general all-purpose dog.

If you don't believe that you can trust your friend to control his Husky, you should decline any invitations to walk your dogs together. While most dogs will not fight with each other (they can immediately size up the competition and frequently settle "dominance" merely with posturing), and even less will fight to do harm (a dog fight is loud and fearsome, but seldom bloody), the possibility always exists that 2 dogs will tear each other apart.

So if you are asking who's going to win in your dog fight, grow up! You don't own a pet so that it can be a bully to the neighborhood. If you can't socialize and control your Rottie, then you picked the wrong dog. Your pet deserves better!

Answer 4

Both dogs will end up hurt regardless if you fight. If you put them together, just be aware of how to break up a fight. The method mentioned of grasping at collars does not work and puts you in the middle of the fight. If you are uncertain how to break up a fight, there are some good sites on the web. As a start, try this one...http://www.leerburg.com/dogfight.htm.

Beyond that, be an adult and a responsible owner. Your friend is being immature in threatening aggressive behavior by his dog. You are being irresponsible by even thinking about fighting.

Answer 5

So you want to show that your dog is stronger or better? Train your dog well, socialize it and it will have plenty of confidence and that will show.

A well-socialized and trained dog doesn't go around attacking other dogs to show how tough they are. Real tough guys don't have to prove they are tough all the time. They know they are.

My cousin-in-law is a Navy Seal. He doesn't get in bar fights, or push people around or talk tough. He is polite and well-mannered and is the kind of guy who clears the table for his mom at Thanksgiving.

Does the fact he has manners make him any less lethal when he's out doing whatever hush-hush stuff he does? No. He has confidence in himself and that shows. He knows he's strong and that's all that matters.

Raise your dog to be like that---confident, strong and controlled. Let the other guy ramble on about his Siberian and let it roll off your back.

Answer 6

Well it's a good thing you never plan to allow it to happen to prove a point. It sounds like you just disagree and sometimes you have to agree to disagree.

It also sounds as tho your friend doesn't plan to properly socialize his dog, which is why it would aggressively go after another dog... might be better just to steer clear of your friends dog if he isn't willing to keep it properly socialized and trained well.

Answer 7

Why are you so concerned about what he thinks anyway? He sounds like a moron. If he's really a good friend of yours he wouldn't keep on irritating the hell out of you. Doesn't he know that dog fighting is illegal?

Answer 8

98% of bad dogs have 100% bad owners! Your friend sounds like he does't deserve to have a dog. If you want to have a dog you can be proud of try taking some obedience classes, then if you want to you can compete on a healthy level

Answer 9

you guys should socialize your pets, its best for them in the long run, but in no way would a husky overtake a rotty. it might BITE your dog, yes, but once it does i bet yours would put it in its place. but you should totally try to get them to get along. its healthier for the dogs to know boundries. we take our pup to the off leash dog park every weekend, and its amazing to see how controling some people are of their pets, the dont let them interact with other dogs at all!! and THOSE are the dogs you have to worry about, because they dont understand how they are supposed to behave with each other.

when we went this weekend, our little pup (5 month aussy shep, about 20lbs) wanted to play with this pitt mix (easily 80-90lbs) but the people were keeping it on the leash because they had never let the dog play with other dogs other than its siblings. at one point my dog jumped on this dog and it pinned her down and she started crying and wimpering and the other people started freaking out yelling at their dog, but i know my dog, she was not in any pain and if they had looked they would have seen her butt wagging furiously (she has no tail, so the whole back end moves instead). i had to calm the people down and let them know she was fine and that both dogs were just playing and having fun, eventually they calmed down and let the dog off the leash and it played tug with a bull dog that was there and the three of them wrestled, but they were so worried about it getting into a fight that they didnt want to let it have the opportunity to even meet other dogs, they were at the far end of the field and we just happened to be playing fetch when our dog decided to go investigate.

if you are in control of your dog, it will stop fighting when you tell it to, or you will be able to pull them apart. if they are kept together, they will learn to tolerate each other, and even accept each other as part of the pack, but you need to let them get to that point on their own, and that will never happen if you just keep them away from each other at all times. introduce them, remember, growling is normal and they need to determine dominance with each other but they also might just want to play and get along from the start, but you have to try.

if you have a dog park near by, bring them both there, it will be fun

Answer 10

Just beat up your friend and let him know that you'll both be around long after the dogs aren't.