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We went dogless for 10 months and adopted a small dog for a change thinking it would be easier to pick up at our age. Big dogs require early training and socialization which I would guess is the reason the shelters are full of them. Some people shouldn't have pets just like some people shouldn't have children.
 
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Socialization is key. Over the years I've had many big dogs. Always made sure my dogs and the kids were good with each other. This is my now adult daughter when she was a toddler, along with my Rottweiler buddy Otis (R.I.P.). Otis was socialized with the whole neighborhood, both kids and adults. When my son was a toddler, Otis likely saved his life, or at the least saved him from a mauling by an Alaskan Malamute. My ex-wife and toddler son were playing in my backyard when a neighbor's Alaskan Malamute jumped our 6' high picket fence. It immediately charged towards my son, and Otis intercepted him literally inches from my son. Massive dog fight ensued. My ex-wife was able to snatch up my son and make it back in the house. Otis and that dog fought for a good long time. When they briefly broke up, my ex-wife was able to open the back door and call Otis inside. My ex-wife finally had to call animal control to come get that dog, as the owners had taken a day trip to San Antonio. The owners of that dog were so sorry about what happened. The man said he would have the dog destroyed, but I knew that dog was safe with that guy's kids, just not strangers or other dogs. I didn't want his family to lose their dog. He wound up putting up an over 8' fence around his backyard after that. Socialization is very important, and it just doesn't happen by itself. It can be a lot of work, but a responsible owner will see to it.
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Same thing here. Most of the dogs at pound are Pit or Pit mixed. As much problems they have with this breed they still allow adoptions. Maybe the dog pound needs to get educated. I understand they don't want to euthanize them but to stop the problem at some point you have to eliminate it. People are just not responsible.
 
NMEDGE said:
Same thing here. Most of the dogs at pound are Pit or Pit mixed. As much problems they have with this breed they still allow adoptions. Maybe the dog pound needs to get educated. I understand they don't want to euthanize them but to stop the problem at some point you have to eliminate it. People are just not responsible.
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Some people make the same exact argument with guns.
 
Bear in mind that many dogs are very protective of their family and home. They may challenge you because they think you are the threat. How you respond to that challenge makes all the difference. Stay calm, maintain eye contact and slowly back away. Respect their territory and they usually let you pass.
I used to take long walks around my neighborhood every day for exercise. I've been approached by many dogs. Some friendly and some not so much. So far, I've never had to spray or shoot one. I hope I never have to.
 
Out in the country in rural Arkansas lots of folks let their dogs run free. Sometimes, those dogs don't come home. It's just the way things are here.

We live out on acreage and our border collie has the run of the place in the daytime, she is well trained and doesn't leave our property and keeps an eye on our livestock. At night she stays in a fenced in pen. We don't have roaming dog problems in our rural community because woe unto the dog that comes upon our property uninvited.

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When I was a boy on a farm in the Midwest I recall a year when feral dogs became a major problem attacking livestock. They were such a problem that the local stock association organized a wild dog hunt. I was too young to tag along but my uncle found a litter of puppies under a barn and brought me a female Collie puppy that was my best friend for the next 15-16 years. She walked me to the school bus every morning and came to meet me every afternoon when I got home. The driver asked if she had been there all day. I was 19 when Sandy passed and it broke my heart.
 
In the 30 years I have lived here I have had to shoot 2 dogs in the neighborhood. In both cases it wasn't the first incident with the animal or its owner. Both times I was cleared by local police and city attorney. Some people never learn or just don't care but when the dog starts charging and you know it's just not going to end well for you the options are limited.
 
I along with other LE officers can probably tell more than a few stories involving dog attacks. I responded to a call of a dog attack in a home. Upon arrival I was shocked to see the scene. The families Saint Bernard knocked over an infants crib mauled the 12 month old to death. Wont go into more detail but it was terrible. The dog was still in the room covered in blood. Right or wrong I shot the dog.
 
NMEDGE said:
Same thing here. Most of the dogs at pound are Pit or Pit mixed. As much problems they have with this breed they still allow adoptions. Maybe the dog pound needs to get educated. I understand they don't want to euthanize them but to stop the problem at some point you have to eliminate it. People are just not responsible.
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The worst part is the shelters/pounds need to quit try to be sneaky. My dog earlier in this thread was advertised as a “Lab mix”, online and on his kennel at the shelter, when I adopted him at 4 months old. Did the Embark DNA thing and he was actually 60% Staffordshire Terrier (Pit by any other name), 19% Lab, 13% American Bulldog, and the rest a few what they called “Superdog” - bits of several other breeds. Clearly should have been advertised as a “Pit mix” - not saying I wouldn’t still wouldn’t have adopted him (he did jump in my arms as soon as kennel door opened), but I should have been told going in.
 
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bc22wm said:
100% trust in any animal is misplaced. (50% or less of two legged animals ;)) I am very much live and let live, BUT attack or threaten me or mine, all bets are off.

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Glad everything work out.
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Even your own! I had three dogs up until 4th of July 2022. One (another pit mix - but mixed with all working dogs) got into with Zee, the much older dog above. I had to get in between them as the other was going at Zee hard. Ended up with several punctures in left leg and right hand…one in the leg deep enough I went to the ER, couldn’t stop the bleeding. Hospital had to notify city even though all mine and next day had visit from animal control. I had to get all the punctures thoroughly cleaned and sterilized and a new TDAP (which includes Tetanus vaccination).

Choice was home quarantine or put him down. I have a then 7 year old grandson who stays over every month or so. I did what I thought was the responsible thing and put that dog down. Hardest thing I’ve ever done after personally/successfully taking him through obedience training AND beginner agility training. But he did have a history of going after my other two dogs, though not quite as vicious as that 4th of July. He had been growing more aggressive (toward other animals and even wife when she tried to protect other animals) as time passed and I was acutely aware of it. Wasn’t his fault, but a Pit, Rottweiler, GSD, Siberian Husky, Mastiff, a few others mix (Embark again) is likely going to be on the aggressive side. No way was I going to allow that to happen to my grandson, nor pawn him off on some other unsuspecting (or, more importantly, an uncaring/incompetent) new owner.

As someone said above, these will be my last large dogs (other besides Zee is a 55 lb boxer, but a clown, not a fighter 😂). At now 66 with a good 5+ years before both of these two pass, I’m getting a bit old to wrestle/train with bigger dogs. I used to be able to walk any two of the three together. Now I don’t dare walk more than one at a time.
 
I'm 68 and Maggie will be my last dog. I have always had Siberian Huskies and have never had a problem with any of them. They have given me years of joy but again the age thing for me. I cannot see myself walking a big dog in my 70's and I am not really fond of small dogs. When Maggie goes I know I will be lonely without the company of a pet.
 
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I'm 68 and Maggie will be my last dog. I have always had Siberian Huskies and have never had a problem with any of them. They have given me years of joy but again the age thing for me. I cannot see myself walking a big dog in my 70's and I am not really fond of small dogs. When Maggie goes I know I will be lonely without the company of a pet.
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Know what you mean. We have five dogs oldest is 13, youngest is 1. I'm 77 and worry about their fate when I'm gone.
 
What no one has mentioned was snakes and pets! Some people are total morons when having a large snake loose in their house with small children as some children have been killed by the snakes. People have had the snake for many years before having a baby and the snake is thinking it's being protective? On another note when my wife was talking to her younger sister that lives near Phoenix, she told my wife her husband was waking the snake....... how the he!! do you walk a snake, especially in a neighborhood!
 
OldGrunt said:
Sorry for a partial hijack of the thread, but I just realized that it's Aunt Bee's 5th birthday. She came from a line of German Shepards breed for police/guard dog work. She is the "alpha" between her and her buddy Opie. I do think she is the smartest dog I've ever had.View attachment 71719
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Beautiful dog. I love the big guys. We had Bouvier des Flandres for years. Our first one , Bear, was 122 lbs. somebody come around the house and there was a tremendous “Woof”. I believe he’d have fought a chainsaw to protect us. That said, you knock on the door - WOO, WOOF. If the wife or I let you in, he’d immediately turn into a HUGE lapdog😊. -literally. Our grandkids would crawl up on him and sleep when they were little.
 
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