Meandering comment about a dog bite

[Western]

Last night on our local news.

A woman was walking her small mixed breed dog in a suburb, as she past one of her neighbors homes 5 Pitt Bulls started barking at her from behind a window in that neighbors house, the Pitts broke the glass, went through the screen and attacked and mauled the puppy. The woman and another female neighbor where bitten pretty bad trying to separate the dogs.

The Pitts where taken by Ft Worth animal control for a 10 day quarantine, standard for Texas to watch for rabies.

The dog owner faces several thousand $$ of fines, didn't say if the ladies would sue, But the Animal spokesman said "The dog owner was responsible for the attack since he had the liability to control them at ALL times"

So I think even on a leash, your liable for damages caused by your pet, but it does seem "dumb" for some one to approach a obviously upset dog.

I think you got a "freebee" from your construction guy, right or wrong.

 

[bigtiller]

Having a dog on a leash is not enough to protect the owners lialibitily. The dog has to be under control. That means the owner and the leash has to be strong enough to keep the dog beside him even when the dog does not want to do that.

A 16 foot leash is just about as bad as letting it run free. And does nothing to remind the dog who is in control.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I have a large dog that bites intruders. Do NOT walk in the door of my house without being introduced to the dog, or you will bleed. Outside the house he is protective, but hasn't bitten anyone. Away from the house he is a friendly puppy. I adopted him when he was 7 years old, so don't know what his training has been, but acts like he is a trained guard dog. If so, I don't know the command that will make him stand down.

Once he has been introduced to someone, he files them as friendly and never threatens them again. My wife doesn't worry about being by herself at night. We keep him in the house and make sure he is under control before opening the door. I don't worry about burglars much either.

 

[Mace Canute]

My male GSD is very territorial. The yard is his and anyone entering is greeted by what appears to be their worst nightmare...he's 135 lbs and has a very deep bark and is visually intimidating. Outside the yard he is exactly the opposite; he almost totally ignores anyone walking by, just casually checking them out as if he has seen them walk by a thousand times before. It's funny, if I come into the yard through the front gate with a friend, he does his "song and dance" routine but if I enter through the garage, he doesn't, he almost totally ignores them then too. My little woofer is starting to slow down now. He will be 11 this coming June and between arthritis and hip dysplasia problems, he isn't the pup he used to be.

 

[dmccarty]

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Ok, builder was here working on house. Both my wife & I at different times, noticed him outside, facing the full glass front door "stuttering" towards one of our dogs which happened to be on the other side of the glass. The dog started getting into the red zone and barking/growling at him and he walked away giggling.
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Sounds like he might have have teased the dog on more than one occasion. If he did, he was asking for it from the dog.

Years ago in the city house it was garbage day. Kelly was in the garage which had a garage door with glass windows. The garbage cans were just outside of the door waiting for pickup as usual for garbage pickup day.

For some reason I was home and I heard a strange knocking noise from the garage followed by Kelly barking. Kelly happened to be outside. There was a doggy door in the back of the garage so she could go from the garage to the backyard. I opened the door to the garage and found Kelly barking at the twit of a garbage man who was knocking on the glass windows in the garage door. My guess is that he did this every week. I gave him a look and he scurried off.

I never heard him do this again nor did the wife but we certainly were not normally home at that time.

Later,
Dan

 

[beppington]

Sounds like he might have have teased the dog on more than one occasion. If he did, he was asking for it from the dog.

I wonder if that would matter much to a judge.

 

[wdchyd]

My In-laws had a nice dog that would bark at the mailman everyday when he'd deliver the mail in a box next to the front door......

Then one day the mailman had a letter to hand carry (probably certified) and the dog attacked the mailman and bit him right at the opened door.........

Looking back the dog seemed to be the most gentle dog, but it seemed to the dog that he was teasing him.....and he got a taste of him......

You just never know what they're thinking.....

 

[beppington]

You just never know what they're thinking.....

Exactly. As a teen, my friend's mom had a little poodle mix of some kind. It was a real nice dog, would sit in your lap & let you pet it, etc. But every now & then, for no apparent reason we could ever figure out, that dog would just go nuts for about a second & a half, snarl-barkin' & acting like it was gonna chew you to pieces (even though it was pretty small), & then walk away. A few minutes later, all was back to normal again. No idea what would go thru that dog's head.

 

[SandburRanch]

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You just never know what they're thinking.....

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On the local news recently an elderly couple had a nice old Rottweiler they kept in the house as a family pet. The elderly lady had a stroke and went down. When the husband attempted to attend to her on the floor the dog attack nearly killing him before he could get away and out of the house for help. Mans best friend? Not always.

 

[boggen]

the dogs over the years. were all friendly. except some folks. each dog was different. but certain folks. if they were not held back. and the person did just a hair thing wrong, it would of most likely been painful if a family member wasn't there with the dog.

my mom's friend dog. she is a little ankle bitter only men though. just goes up and just touches teeth at the ankles then backs away.no hard biting. maybe a little tug at bottom of your pant leg.

if ya been around enough animals, ya know most of them have there own personalities to them. some are just plain stubborn, while others just go along. certain things tick some folks off and different things for other folks. and same goes for animals. at least in my experience.

for example: i took my dog over to my mom's, and she has the big round exercise ball. He hates it. as soon as he realizes it is near him. he gets grumpy. but everything else he is just fine with.

dogs are many ways like human kids. taunt them enough. and they will get ya back somehow. or less parent / owner intervenes.