Noodleface
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It watched us have sex with hungry eyes. I thought it was just being crazy, but now I realize it was watching and waiting for a child to be conceived.
Yesterday was my dog's 4th birthday.
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hodj
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My suggestion is that the next time you buy a terrier, you buy a Westhighland White Terrier.
They are the cutest, sweetest terriers ever.
After our rottweiler/lab was put down with leukemia we bought two pure breed terriers, the westhighland white and the cousin breed the cairne terrier (The type of dog that Toto from the Wizard of Oz is)
The cairne terrier is a little too low key for me. More like an old lady's lap dog. Might just be his personal temperment. But the Westies...holy shit are those dogs great.
BoldW
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I wouldn't trust my kids around an Irishman, either. 
Mixed breed dogs are smarter with better temperaments than their inbred full-breed cousins. History and training are going to have a lot to do with aggressiveness as well. But, just like with tigers and lions, even when raised completely in captivity and seemingly docile, they're still friggin tigers and lions. I still watch my dogs around my nephews, because they're kids and do stupid things to test their boundaires, like pulling on tails, poking the eyes, and other things that may set an animal off. Any animal.
Mixed breed dogs are smarter with better temperaments than their inbred full-breed cousins. History and training are going to have a lot to do with aggressiveness as well. But, just like with tigers and lions, even when raised completely in captivity and seemingly docile, they're still friggin tigers and lions. I still watch my dogs around my nephews, because they're kids and do stupid things to test their boundaires, like pulling on tails, poking the eyes, and other things that may set an animal off. Any animal.
Alex
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As mentioned earlier, smaller dogs tend to be much more aggressive and defiant than larger dogs. Smaller dogs are allowed to get away with a lot more due to their size. Things like laying on their owners lap. That's a huge no-no, but small dogs can get away with it. No good owner wants their huge dog to jump up on people when they enter their home - so they train them. I grew up three different dog breeds over the years - Airedale Terrier, German Shepard and a Jack Russell. The Jack Russell was by far the worst of the three. There are home videos of me being an asshole to the Airedale when I was two years old - pinning him down by sitting on his stomach and shoving grass into his mouth. That dog loved every minute of it.
And Izo's persistent "4.5 million, half are children" thing is pissing me off. That's not what the stats said. The line was "Each year, 800,000 Americans seek medical attention for dog bites; half of these are children." So there's that. Izo is just jelly he can't own an awesome pit bull.
And Izo's persistent "4.5 million, half are children" thing is pissing me off. That's not what the stats said. The line was "Each year, 800,000 Americans seek medical attention for dog bites; half of these are children." So there's that. Izo is just jelly he can't own an awesome pit bull.
hodj
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I've never seen one be aggressive towards anything but a squirrel or a chimpmunk.
Holy shit though, the squirrels and chimpmunk population in the area took a nose dive after we got them.
Little fuckers are just bred to hunt rodents and other small vermin like crazy. Its in their blood.
Holy shit though, the squirrels and chimpmunk population in the area took a nose dive after we got them.
Little fuckers are just bred to hunt rodents and other small vermin like crazy. Its in their blood.
Juvarisx
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Agreed on the small dogs being assholes. When I take my dogs to the fenced in parks to run them some clueless owner always brings some 15 pound football who tries to dominate all the other dogs. I got yelled at once because my male Siberian (the wolf cross) growled at some stupid Pomeranian when it was trying to nip his face and bark at me and attack my shoe. How I was the bad one for having such a "dangerous" dog etc etc, when all he does is run with my female Siberian in laps around a park or chase / get chased by a couple of the other Huskies in the area. That Pomeranian is likely more dangerous to a kid then my dogs ever would be sadly.
Noodleface
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Dude I wanted a Corgi, this is the best I could do without shelling out $450,000 and sacrificing a small child to get a real Corgi. Mine looks and acts foolish. I never want another small dog again.
Izo
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Lot of dog whisperers in this thread. I'm referring to two different set of data. You'd know that if you got your head out of the dog pound
One more time, just for you, it's CDC data, not 'my' data:
http://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/
Go here:
http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreation...revention.html
and here:
http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreation...factsheet.html
Got it, dog whisperer?
hodj
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I do prefer larger dogs to smaller ones as well.
The Westies really made me reconsider my attitudes towards Westies though.
Most small dogs I'm not a big fan of, but the Westies. They're just so goofy. I like goofy dogs. Part of why I like labs so much. They're the goofiest dogs in the world practically.
Tarrant
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Of all the dogs mentioned here I'm surprised no one has listed issues with Chows. Those things seem to require a pretty strict training to be good pets and if you don't remain on top of them they turn into jerks. Not "attack you and maul you" jerks but "your finger looks good let me taste it" types of jerks.
Juvarisx
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Those stats do not really suprise me. If you take a generic dog (no breed) liek the article doesnt differentiate either you have to put in the followiung factors.
1. Bad Owners who do not / cannot control their pet
2. Lack of training and discipline given to the pet
3. Kids 5-9 are generally little assholes who have no respect for anyone else things or how to not piss off a dog
4. Boys are more likely to chase a dog hit it, poke at it etc
5. Lack of supervision of kids in general
6. Kids not being taught how to approach a dog, what to do and not to do to a dog, etc. How many kids fuck with a dogs food bowl and get attacked. A lot i imagine.
7. A child under 4 is likely not as tall when standing as a larger dog is
None of those things is unpreventable with training, supervision, and respect
1. Bad Owners who do not / cannot control their pet
2. Lack of training and discipline given to the pet
3. Kids 5-9 are generally little assholes who have no respect for anyone else things or how to not piss off a dog
4. Boys are more likely to chase a dog hit it, poke at it etc
5. Lack of supervision of kids in general
6. Kids not being taught how to approach a dog, what to do and not to do to a dog, etc. How many kids fuck with a dogs food bowl and get attacked. A lot i imagine.
7. A child under 4 is likely not as tall when standing as a larger dog is
None of those things is unpreventable with training, supervision, and respect
Xarpolis
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That's a dumb post. The reason you don't think of a junkyard dog being anything but viscous is due to public opinion. The whole point of a guard dog is to intimidate a would-be thief. They don't HAVE to be angry and out for blood, but if they look scary, the thief will think twice.
You wouldn't panic if a geo tracker was riding your ass down the road, yet you would freak out if it were a big pickup painted in primer and a very loud exhaust. It's all a matter of perception, though both are capable of doing the same thing.
Kind of like Treyvon, really. A tall black kid in a hoody is a lot more intimidating than a clean cut white guy in a polo. You "expect" the black kid to be a problem. You assume that the white guy will be police and non-threatening. Sounds kind of like this whole debate, no? PS - Baku (my dog) is a pussy. A very good dog and I trust him immensely. In the first picture of him sitting with my 3 day old daughter, she did NOT lay with him for hours.. or even 10 minutes. I simply put her in his lap, took the picture, and took her away. It was to show my mother how good he is with our new daughter. If I got a bad vibe from him, I never would have put her at risk. But I got nothing of the sort. And I know this dog and his attitude and mentality.
Convo
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Have a 70lb pit and greyhound. Both have been amazing around my year old niece. Basically since she was a few months old. Really depends on the owner.
Btw my Greyhound is by far the best dog I have ever owned. Not sure about the whole muzzle thing Famm was talking about. I've taking him to greyhound picnics, the Vet which mostly does greyhounds and I don't think I've ever seen a muzzle on one? Most dogs chase shit. Greyhounds can just catch it..
Btw my Greyhound is by far the best dog I have ever owned. Not sure about the whole muzzle thing Famm was talking about. I've taking him to greyhound picnics, the Vet which mostly does greyhounds and I don't think I've ever seen a muzzle on one? Most dogs chase shit. Greyhounds can just catch it..
Xarpolis
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I learned that after the fact. His full name is Bakuhatsu, the Japanese word for explosion (My wife is Japanese). We didn't have a name for little Baku the first week we had him. We just called him pup or kid. We were trying to think of something unique, and realized that when he was resting (which was almost all of the time), the only thing that ever got his attention and caused him to lift his head was the sound of a passing truck. A big truck, not like a rav 4 or something.
We decided that could be his name. My wife wanted to name him something Japanese, and we didn't like how Engine sounded, or Diesel. so we settled on Explosion (it's what makes an engine work). Most people weren't able to say Bakuhatsu, so we shortened it to Baku. The rest is history.
We decided that could be his name. My wife wanted to name him something Japanese, and we didn't like how Engine sounded, or Diesel. so we settled on Explosion (it's what makes an engine work). Most people weren't able to say Bakuhatsu, so we shortened it to Baku. The rest is history.
Famm
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Alright. Well. Ok then.
Nasty nasty fuckers. Protective of the household to a serious fault in my experience. I don't know what you mean, all the Chows I've met seem like they want to fucking eat you if you are a stranger. I'm assuming they can be trained to be more relaxed with strangers, but I've yet to meet one. Then again, I don't really see that many around in the first place. They are probably all locked up in people's back yards and basements.
I'm starting to think I've just known a lot more white trash shithead dog owners than the rest of you guys too. I've met nice dogs of all these "mean" breeds in nice families and shit, but I've met an equal amount of the same breeds that are aggressive to strangers. Not Chows though, yet to meet a nice Chow personally.