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Pet owner killed by dogs after saving them from death
Reuters ^ | Feb 3, 2010 | Marja Novak

Posted on 02/05/2010 4:40:59 AM PST by loungeSerf

A Slovenian who saved his three dogs from being put down for attacking humans was himself mauled to death by them, police said Wednesday.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bullmastiff; canine; dog; doggieping; k9; maul; owner
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To: loungeSerf

My next door neighbors have 2 of these dogs. 200 pounds but they are gentle, slow moving dogs, don’t live very long 8 years max.


21 posted on 02/05/2010 5:44:31 AM PST by Ditter
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To: DJ MacWoW

Yes, they’re animals. They still operate according to rules. Their rules, but rules regardless.

The pack leader doesn’t randomly kill pack members. If he did, he would find himself in a single dog pack very soon.

A dog that doesn’t think you’re the leader won’t necessarily kill you, he will attempt to dominate you. If you attempt to fight with him, then he might carry if further. And as soon as you submit, he will break off his act. He won’t rip your head off. These are the rules of the pack. Without them, there would be no pack, there would just be a big group of dogs fighting and humping.

You’ll look hard and long to find a dog that will KILL its loving, gentle master, for no reason other than wanting to be alpha. It doesn’t work that way in the pack. Two dogs don’t tie their paws together and knife fight...animals know it is far safer to put on a display and gain dominance that way than going to the lengths of a real fight. Real fights end up with real wounds...real wounds can kill you real quick in the natural world. Animals know this, and instinctively avoid fighting. They also don’t kill pack members, even ones lower than them, for no reason. Try keeping order in a pack that is randomly murdered by its leader...good luck with that.


22 posted on 02/05/2010 5:46:27 AM PST by Spike Knotts
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To: ontap

I would never have 3 dogs that large unless I knew how to handle them.


23 posted on 02/05/2010 5:46:56 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: Ditter

They sound like mastiffs, not bull mastiffs. It would be very rare for a bull mastiff to get to 200 lbs.

I have mastiffs and they are very gentle, and slow moving lazy dogs.

Bull mastiffs are lighter, faster, and much more aggressive.


24 posted on 02/05/2010 5:53:16 AM PST by kara37
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To: Spike Knotts
If the alpha dog saw the owner as a threat to his status, the owner is kibble. This man did not have control of the dogs least of all control of the alpha dog. ANY animal will kill to maintain alpha status. If this owner tried to "take control" when he never had it before, he was a threat.

Remember too that these dogs spent 4 years away from the owner. There was no longer a relationship there.

25 posted on 02/05/2010 5:54:42 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: kara37

They are English Mastiffs, now that I think about it.


26 posted on 02/05/2010 6:05:34 AM PST by Ditter
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To: MortMan

“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.”


27 posted on 02/05/2010 6:14:22 AM PST by decimon
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To: decimon; MortMan

“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.”

I always liked that quote as it rings true. Too bad it did not prove to be the case in this instance but I suppose there are exceptions to everything.


28 posted on 02/05/2010 6:26:05 AM PST by Hacklehead (Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
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To: Hacklehead
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.”

I always liked that quote as it rings true. Too bad it did not prove to be the case in this instance but I suppose there are exceptions to everything.

The comments about three dogs being a pack could be it.

29 posted on 02/05/2010 6:34:48 AM PST by decimon
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To: Ditter

Yes, that is what I own.
The correct AKC name is Mastiff. However, a lot of people refer to them as English Mastiffs.


30 posted on 02/05/2010 6:36:31 AM PST by kara37
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To: kara37

They just got a new puppy, so cute.


31 posted on 02/05/2010 6:37:55 AM PST by Ditter
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To: Spike Knotts

I had one of those psychotic dogs. Got her when she was around 4mo. old. 3 vets and 4 behaviorists all agreed she had wires crossed. She was eventually put down because she thought biting people was the appropriate greeting. No amount of training was able to change that. It is rare, but it does happen.


32 posted on 02/05/2010 6:39:33 AM PST by rintense (Only dead fish go with the flow, which explains why Congress stinks.)
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To: Ditter
I have 5 of them. I love the breed, even though they are not the sharpest tool in the shed. I always said that the only way the would hurt an intruder is if they tripped over them.
However, who in their right mind would risk breaking into my house. Their size is enough to scare the crap out of anyone.
33 posted on 02/05/2010 6:45:30 AM PST by kara37
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To: rintense
There are many humans who have their wires crossed and should be dispatched as well.;-)
34 posted on 02/05/2010 6:45:37 AM PST by verity (Obama Lies)
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To: loungeSerf

I seem to be seeing more of these karma stories lately.


35 posted on 02/05/2010 6:47:26 AM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: rintense
No amount of training was able to change that. It is rare, but it does happen.

I just read Cesar's Way (the Dog Whisperer book) and one of the most annoying things was his insistence on the potential to rehabilitate any dog. There are so many homeless dogs out there, how much effort is it worth to try to rehab an aggressor?

36 posted on 02/05/2010 6:47:46 AM PST by nina0113
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To: nina0113

Every dog trainer I know can’t stand the Dog Whisperer.


37 posted on 02/05/2010 6:57:06 AM PST by rintense (Only dead fish go with the flow, which explains why Congress stinks.)
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To: ontap
The owner should be the lead dog (pack leader).

In this case he was the leader.

He led them to HELL!!

Muwhahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!


38 posted on 02/05/2010 7:32:40 AM PST by cowboyway ("The beauty of the Second Amendment is you won't need it until they try to take it away"--Jefferson)
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To: RJS1950
I seem to be seeing more of these karma stories lately.

Signs of the upcoming Apocalypse..............

39 posted on 02/05/2010 7:34:20 AM PST by cowboyway ("The beauty of the Second Amendment is you won't need it until they try to take it away"--Jefferson)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Keep this in mind the next time you hear someone blubbering about having to put their dog down. Dogs are animals, not people.

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I had to put all 3 of my dogs down in 2007. 2 from old age, 1 from cancer at 5 y/o. I shouldn’t be upset by that at all?

I blubbered a good bit that year, and not in the slightest bit embarrassed to say so. Doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten the difference between dogs and people, though. That’s just silly.

Show of hands, dog lovers, how many of you have forgotten that dogs are animals, not people?


40 posted on 02/05/2010 9:28:25 AM PST by dmz
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