i'm researching aggressive dog behavior
i'm trying to prove that dogs don't act randomly or turn on ppl…theres something there to cause it…i need examples for support.
yes i agree, its a fact that no breed of dog will attack without a reason. now they might attack if they have been provoked,were hurt or are in pain,being protective,scared or fear….etc
i've seen where people have said, a dog attacked a child….now dont these people think there might, just might be a reason? children dont know how to respect an animal,so they like to pull on tails,lay on them, and sometimes it hurts them and they cant say 'hey stop' and the parents are to busy doing something else or think its 'cute' untill the dog has had enough and bites,then the dog gets put down because the child was hurting and he couldnt say anything.
its so sad. this is a pretty good site for parents and pet owners to check out http://www.safekidssafedogs.com/Why_Dogs_Bite/why_dogs_bite.html
and here i found a paragraph to back up what i said in the beginning *"People should keep in mind that dog biting is based on behavior, in which certain environmental and social variables trigger the behavior. Hence, experts contend that there is no breed of dog that will attack somebody without any reason at all. This means that 99.9% of all dogs will not attack anyone as long as there are no viable reasons that will trigger the attack."
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December 7th, 2008 at 1:10 am
its not just the dog sometimes they attack cause there is a female dog in heat and that male dog will try to protect it and sometimes its the people who raise the dog they can teach it to be mean or to be nice so dogs are their masters best friends i hope this helps……
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December 7th, 2008 at 1:47 am
When my daughter was 3 years old, I was watching a clients dog. The dog had a vasculitis and needed to be seen by the dermatologist, but the owner had to go out of town on business. While watching the dog, she was being treated with steroids for the vasculitis. My daughter was playing with the dog (who was very nice and gentle F/S boxer). I was sitting in a chair at a desk talking on the phone, my daughter and the dcg were playing near me. The dog had gone under the desk, my daughter after her, and the dog bit my daughter in the face.
The next day the owner was to come back into town. But before she did the dog started vomiting blood. She was started on some antiulcer medications and went home when the owner came back.
A few days later we heard from the owner that the dog had developed such severe gastric ulcers from ther steroids that she was hospitalized for blood transfusions.
This dog is very gentle and sweet. I believe that she was trying to hide under the desk because of the pain she was experiences from the ulcers and just had no other way to let this little kid know that she wanted to be left alone. Also ( you may already know) that steriods themselves can on rare occations cause aggressive behavior.
The dog has not ever since tried to bite anyone.
Good luck with your research.
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December 7th, 2008 at 2:27 am
yes i agree, its a fact that no breed of dog will attack without a reason. now they might attack if they have been provoked,were hurt or are in pain,being protective,scared or fear….etc
i've seen where people have said, a dog attacked a child….now dont these people think there might, just might be a reason? children dont know how to respect an animal,so they like to pull on tails,lay on them, and sometimes it hurts them and they cant say 'hey stop' and the parents are to busy doing something else or think its 'cute' untill the dog has had enough and bites,then the dog gets put down because the child was hurting and he couldnt say anything.
its so sad. this is a pretty good site for parents and pet owners to check out http://www.safekidssafedogs.com/Why_Dogs_Bite/why_dogs_bite.html
and here i found a paragraph to back up what i said in the beginning *"People should keep in mind that dog biting is based on behavior, in which certain environmental and social variables trigger the behavior. Hence, experts contend that there is no breed of dog that will attack somebody without any reason at all. This means that 99.9% of all dogs will not attack anyone as long as there are no viable reasons that will trigger the attack."
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* – http://www.puppycareonline.com/dog-breed-characteristics.php
December 7th, 2008 at 3:15 am
When I was a child "pit bulls" were not the "bad breed" of the day. It was Dobermanns. A friend of mine lived across the street from a man who owned one. Everyday we watched this dog get hit, kicked, and generally abused. We watched it go from a happy puppy to a nasty adult, all while tyed on a six foot piece of rope. No adults would step in because they were scared of the owner. I was 7 and remember crying about the dog.
One day me and my friend were playing outside when the dog broke his rope. I was older, and could run faster. By the time I got my friends dad, the dog had chewed him up pretty good. It took over three hundred stitches to sew him up.
The news that night showed the dog in the Animal Control truck, and the owner claiming not to know why the dog "turned". He claimed the dog was a much loved family pet, blah, blah. BULLSH**!!
Evreyone in my friends family was terrified of Dobermans after that. They would say terrible things about them. Now me and my friend are both adults with our own family, kids and dogs. Both of us own Dobermanns. Neither of us has had any problems, and both of us have changed our parents mind about the breed. We both fight breed bans, and do rescue work with "aggresive" breeds. I guess the memory of that dog being beaten every day was stronger than the memory of that one terrifing day, and all the blood and pain.
BTW, the dog's name gave a foreshadow of it's future. Not because it was predestioned because of his breed, but because that is what the owner WANTED. His name was Killer.
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December 7th, 2008 at 3:31 am
My dear friend's dog attacked her a tore up her leg…….Yep, he had a reason. She told him " No, go lay down" while he was begging for food from her plate. He had never been mistreated, or abused in any way. He slept in bed with her and her husband, and they thouhgt of him as the baby they couldn't have. He was 4 years old, and had always been the sweetest dog in the world. He was a pitbull.
My 3 year old daughter was dragged across the yard by her arm, screaming all the while…..Yep, there was a reason, our 7 month old Pitbull pup wanted to play with her..Nope, he had never been mistreated, or even hit. My daughter had been sitting on the porch coloring.
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dog breeder/trainer Hope this helps
December 7th, 2008 at 4:10 am
I had a lovely border collie that was diagnosed as having a mental disorder by her vet. She had to take anti-psychotics and tranquilizers the rest of her life and she was much better. Try looking up canine mental disorders, there is some great evidence on causes of dog behaviors. I wish I still had the information my vet gave me. They can get mental disorders just like people. Some are genetic and some are caused by outside factors- like abuse or neglect.
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