Service Animals

[Industrial Toys]

My Vets office was telling me that they didn't mind if peoples dogs urinated in the office. What pisses them off (pun intended) was the people not telling them. People are pathetic loosers! All about appearances.

 

[wheelbuilder]

Maybe I can get a bottle of my favorite beer registered as a support animal.

Get one with live yeast and I'd say you're good
If you have 6, there's a convenient carrier too.

 

[wheelbuilder]

This made me smile. The only place outside of dog shows that we bring our dogs is to the vet. They all go at least twice a year, sometimes more if something is going on. We keep them inside the van until the Vet is ready for us, and then somebody comes out to get us and escort us in. At first they would bring us through the front door and past the other customers waiting in the lobby with their dogs, but that didn't work out well, so now they bring us in through the back door to avoid the other dogs. As show dogs, our dogs are used to other dogs and pretty much ignore them, but as Akita's, if another dog challenges them, they react. Usually it's just a very deep growl, that will lead to raised hackles and then baring their teeth. It's very intimidating and both times that it happened there, it was because the other person didn't have good control of their dog and their dog showed aggression when we walked into the lobby. People actually got so scared that they ran out of the lobby the second time it happened!!! Nothing came of it, we keep our dogs on a very short leash and got him out of there right away and left the Vet and their Techs to deal with their clients in the lobby.

Which is why we would never bring our dogs anywhere. It's not that they misbehave, it's how they react to others that misbehave.

Matsu is a beast at 110 pounds and growing, but Kami is only 92 pounds and the truly scary one!!!

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We were taking our previous mastiff to a specialist for knee surgery. On the way in, we met a couple with a rottweiler who had a barking fit at our dog, Large Marge.
When we got inside, the vet tech said to us, that's no way for a mastiff to behave. I explained what happened, and she immediately knew who the barker was.
Maggie rarely barked, when she did, something was very wrong and it meant attention. She was an interesting dog.

 

[Jstpssng]

Maybe I can get a bottle of my favorite beer registered as a support animal.

:thumbsup::drink:

 

[Molalla1]

:thumbsup::drink:

I would like to sign up for this also . . .

 

[goeduck]

How would anybody know they were there? The cockroaches would fit right in.

Good point. :laughing:

 

[Diggin It]

I thought about getting a Jackass, but I wasn't sure people could tell us apart.

 

[Molalla1]

I thought about getting a Jackass, but I wasn't sure people could tell us apart.

. . . .

 

[goeduck]

I thought about getting a Jackass, but I wasn't sure people could tell us apart.

I would like to have a donkey but I do not think my neighbors would like it
Eddie the donkey braying - YouTube

 

[Jstpssng]

I would like to sign up for this also . . .

This made me smile. The only place outside of dog shows that we bring our dogs is to the vet. They all go at least twice a year, sometimes more if something is going on. We keep them inside the van until the Vet is ready for us, and then somebody comes out to get us and escort us in. At first they would bring us through the front door and past the other customers waiting in the lobby with their dogs, but that didn't work out well, so now they bring us in through the back door to avoid the other dogs. As show dogs, our dogs are used to other dogs and pretty much ignore them, but as Akita's, if another dog challenges them, they react. Usually it's just a very deep growl, that will lead to raised hackles and then baring their teeth. It's very intimidating and both times that it happened there, it was because the other person didn't have good control of their dog and their dog showed aggression when we walked into the lobby. People actually got so scared that they ran out of the lobby the second time it happened!!! Nothing came of it, we keep our dogs on a very short leash and got him out of there right away and left the Vet and their Techs to deal with their clients in the lobby.

Which is why we would never bring our dogs anywhere. It's not that they misbehave, it's how they react to others that misbehave.

Matsu is a beast at 110 pounds and growing, but Kami is only 92 pounds and the truly scary one!!!

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I try to raise my dogs to be non aggressive, I have no room here for a mean animal. That's one reason I keep Labs. Ruger was apparently a service dog dropout; I was told that he came from somebody who raises service dogs, and they know how they will work out by the time they are 6 weeks old. Between that then and when I got him he spent a year at the end of a chain; when I got him he weighed 63 lbs and I could feel his spline when I ran my hand down it.
He is very good around people and most animals, although it took a while to teach him the proper way to play with the chickens.

My last dog was an alpha female; great around people and other dogs but she had to be the boss. She once stood down two Shepards and a Burmese Mountain dog... but was some glad when I opened the door and told her to get in the truck. The only dogs who ever backed her down were both Akitas; one was a coworker's, and the two dogs had always played well together but when she got old and arthritic she made the mistake of growling at him. while it was her fault things got ugly between me and the owner for a minute because he started running his mouth as I was cleaning up her wounds and wiping up the blood; I told him to shut up and get his bleeping dog out of there.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I can see the value of an aggressive dog in some circumstances. But mostly, I would say an aggressive dog just reflects really badly on the owner. Sure there are adopted and rescue dogs. We have leash and muzzle laws. It's really a shame so many people and dogs have to suffer because of the stupid.

 

[Diggin It]

I would like to have a donkey but I do not think my neighbors would like it

My neighbors have them. At least two in different directions that I can hear. They place them in the cattle fields. Apparently they'll stomp down a Coyote trying to get the cows.

 

[goeduck]

I can see the value of an aggressive dog in some circumstances. But mostly, I would say an aggressive dog just reflects really badly on the owner. Sure there are adopted and rescue dogs. We have leash and muzzle laws. It's really a shame so many people and dogs have to suffer because of the stupid.

I would much rather have watch/alerting dogs than guard dogs. Let me know someone is on or near the property and I will decide from there.

 

[Jstpssng]

I can see the value of an aggressive dog in some circumstances. But mostly, I would say an aggressive dog just reflects really badly on the owner. Sure there are adopted and rescue dogs. We have leash and muzzle laws. It's really a shame so many people and dogs have to suffer because of the stupid.

Despite how he is when we're out and about; I've been told that you don't want to try to come through my door when I'm not home. Any dog which is raised to be part of the family is going to protect you to some degree.

 

[goeduck]

Despite how he is when we're out and about; I've been told that you don't want to try to come through my door when I'm not home.

It would be interesting to know how this plays out in different locations liability wise with a dog protecting/aggressive inside the home vs outside the home. Then on property vs off property. I would assume the owner and dog are toast in the last scenario.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
Any dog will bite, given the wrong circumstances. Some are more prone than others though. Breed, breeding, upbringing, and situation all come into play.

 

[wheelbuilder]

^^^^
Any dog will bite, given the wrong circumstances. Some are more prone than others though. Breed, breeding, upbringing, and situation all come into play.

Yep. Every dog my dad has raised has been aggressive. His neighbors, me, my Step Dad and my sister don't have that issue at all. My Dad is certainly doing something with his dog (he thankfully doesn't have any anymore) that is causing it.

 

[Sigarms]

I can see the value of an aggressive dog in some circumstances.

The key issue IMO is if the dog will show aggressiveness when the circumstances actually need that behavior to protect it's master vs if the aggressiveness causes undo harm to other people / animals and the "reaction" was over the top (overkill, not needed...).

Some dogs while in control of their owners will still show aggesivness to others (people / other animals). Those dogs should be in a dog muzzle 24/7 when in public IMO.

For myself, the only thing my dogs need to do is to alert me of what they perceive danger to be around the house.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I was more thinking of situations like crowd control where people might want to taunt police, but not so much a dog with it's teeth showing. lol

 

[Sigarms]

I was more thinking of situations like crowd control where people might want to taunt police, but not so much a dog with it's teeth showing. lol

If I'm up against men with guns, dogs really aren't going to matter IMO.

I also don't believe that if someone tells a cop that he needs to lay off the doughnut shop that the cop has the right to let he dog go after the person.

Now, put a cop in an area where it could be an ambush and you don't want to risk human / cop lives to find where the threat is, send in the dog by all means to flush them out and get a bead on them.