Are you getting sick of "Dog Attack " stories?

Question

I am so tired of reading about them. I dont understand why we blame the dog when in most cases it is the owners fault. People your dog is an animal. Animals do what animals do!!! They will also do what they have been trained to do. Lack of training is the real reason most of these dogs hurt people. I read some answers that say people shouldnt own dogs if they have kids. Well, if I used that logic, I shouldnt take my kids fishing. Last year a women was killed when a swordfish jump in the boat as she was trying to reel it in and pierced her heart. And lets not forget no one should cross the street because there may be a bus coming. More people are bitten by small dogs but, you dont see anyone protesting Yorkies do you? Thanks, for letting me vent!!!!

I do not mean any disrespect to the children. But, would these same children have been hurt if they weren't left alone with the dogs?

Answer 1

I am more sick of the ignorant people who buy or adopt dogs without bothering to educate themselves. If people did just a little research then these attacks would not happen. The dog is blamed because we live in a throw away take no responsibility for our actions society. Until this changes it will always be the dog's fault (certain breeds).

Answer 2

Oddly enough, no it doesn't bother me. If I don't want to deal with it that day, I'll skip over it. As far as blaming the owners, this is unfair. It's not the dog's fault either. I'm going to pick on Pitbulls since they are always on the news lately. You can take two Pitbulls and the same person can train them identically. And they can be trained well. They both can be very loving, kind, and show lots of affection. Neither of these dogs show any evidence of aggression. One Pitbull can go through it's entire life without a hitch. Whereas the second Pitbull can act totally normal and have a genetic marker that is unstable. For some unknown reason, this flawed gene causes the dog not to be able to differentiate between aggression and non-agression. This is what makes the dog so dangerous. Which Pitbulls have the flawed gene and which ones don't. Science has not isolated the gene yet.

Answer 3

Yes, I agree that lack of training and education on the owners part is the biggest problem here with dog attacks. Bad owners, not bad dogs.

I frankly can't see not raising my children with dogs. The dogs in our home are well behaved and so good with our young children (3 and 5 yrs). I even broke the rule by getting a Border Collie, when they are usually suggested not to have in homes with young children as mine. But our BC has been a perfect addition and does very well with our boys. We've TRAINED to discourage the nipping/biting issue common in this herding breed and have had great results.

Too many people get a dog based on looks rather than something that will actually FIT THEIR LIFESTYLE. If people would just research and take time for training, so many wouldn't end up in shelters.

Answer 4

I feel exactly the same way! I have a huge great dane/boxer that loves to go to petsmart. Everytime we go though, the managers follow us around. One day I had finally had enough and asked what they were doing. They told me they believed my pitbull was a bite liability and that if they saw any sort of aggression they could ask us to leave. Can you believe people. He is the friendliest dog I have ever come across. The only thing anyone has to watch for on him is his tongue. It makes me sick how ignorant people are. It is absolutely the owner that causes dog bites! Just because some dogs make the news more, doesn't mean they are the worst for the problem. I read that last year the number one large dog reported for dog bites was the German Shephard. You wouldn't know it from the news though. When I walk down the street, I walk around the little ankle biters personally, not the big guys. You can tell for the most part if a large dog is aggressive or not. You can't tell with the little guys. It all revolves around peoples ignorance.

Answer 5

I agree. People let their dogs be the pack leader when the human needs to be the pack leader. The human need to be the dominants!! Just the other night I was at a house and there were very small children around. The grandma has Chihuahua
and the damn dog would growl near the kids or me sometimes. The mom told her kids to stay away and if the kids came near me I held the dog away. I rather have the dog bite me than any kid.

The Pit Bull owners are a real chram, There's something wired wrong with Pit Bulls to start with, natrually they seem very aggresive, I've heard of Pits who come from a good home just snapping.

Answer 6

I live in arizona and they want to pass a law to Ban rotweillers and pitbulls. Ive met the sweetest rotties and pits in the world . They were so well trained. Yet people dont understand its the upbringing of the animal that makes it what it is. If you train it bad and treat it bad its only going ot take out its aggression on others and wont know the difference. People are so cruel to label an animal to be so dangerous when they can be very nice and tempered and well behaved.

Ive seen some chihuahuas who are uncontrollable only because their owners didnt give them any attention or mistreated them. Again its not the animal but the person who owns them.

Answer 7

The cases that have been in the news lately, especially in my area were of small children being mauled TO DEATH by the family pets. The parents were actually blamed in these instances and are awaiting their court date. It is a tragedy, and deserves coverage. Children have died a brutal, unnecessary, unfair death. And not by Yorkies. So for you to reduce it to this, is unfair to the memory of those children.

I however do not blame the dog. It is the parents fault. If they had trained such a vicious animal, children should never been let around it. They truly were unfit parents and dog owners. I see your point, but please remember that children have died, there is a bigger picture.

Answer 8

I agree with you that it's bad for the dogs. But I think getting "tired" of them is the wrong thing to say. Can't we show some respect for the victims of these attacks? What about that poor little girl who was killed? People who are in car accidents make the news. So to do those who are mauled. And if you look, vehicle incidents make the news way more than animal ones.

Answer 9

I don't think it's the dogs that are at fault here. I think it all depends on how the owners train them. If the owner trains them to be aggressive and attack, then they will, because that's all they've learned how to do. If the dog is raised in a loving home, and is trained the right way, then there's no problem.

Answer 10

While I understand how frustrated you must be, my son was maulled by a doctor's family pitbull. My son had known the dog for 2 years, played over at their house all the time and just completely outta the blue the dog attacted while they were playing a board game. Thankfully, the dogs owner was a doctor and got him to the hospital right away. My son, now 15 loves our little dogs and is only physically scared, but not dead.

Sorry for another story!

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