[wardaddy]

probably legit shot but breed specific asshats can kiss my butt

u kill my dog though for any reason and i will probably get yours in time..i will always avenge my boy

[driftdiver]

So you’re saying we should take you out at the same time as your dangerous dog?

[Jeff Chandler]

u kill my dog though for any reason and i will probably get yours in time..i will always avenge my boy

Keep your boy under control and it won't be a problem.

[Gator113]

You have an awesome looking dog (family too), with a great smile. I love the look of the breed, but I’m not convinced that I could handle one anymore.

I have a 2 year old GSD. He is good natured, complies with my commands very well and responds well to leash corrections. However, in some circumstances he wears a shock-collar as an emergency brake. LOL

Falco has become protective to the extreme.... on only one occasion. I was alone, in the dark, at a “community” campfire while camping on the Oregon coast. 4 creeps approach me. They looked like scum, baggy pants, prison walk, etc. At about 20’ he came unglued. Had I let him off lease, I am sure he would have attacked. I told those guys not to get any closer. Fortunately, these asshats recognized the threat and walked away, quickly.

I am with my dog 24/7 and unless we have him out running, he is seldom more than 20’ from me (I’m retired). I have health issues and he seems to know it. We are best friends and if anyone shot my dog, their life would change in a most significant way...

Again, that is a very good looking breed that you have.

[VanShuyten]

This breed discrimination angers me, too. We were denied umbrella insurance coverage from USAA because of our minature (80 lb) akita.

[Salamander]

Tough call.

The poster who said 'don't own a dog you can't control' is dead-on.

Odin wears this when out:

So, I don't worry much about something grabbing him by the throat and few dogs ever try and break bad on him, anyway.

*But*, even though I'd hate it like poison, if some dog attacked one of my "defenseless" Ibizans, I'm afraid I'd have no choice but to save my dog, whatever it takes.

I know how to end a dog fight, even if I'm the only person there but whoever owns the attacking dog is going to wish they'd never been born.

If I, as a puny old 100 pound dame can manage to keep *my* dogs under control, so should everyone else.

I would not seek revenge on the dumb, untrained dog but I would make the irresponsible owner's life a living hell.

Just last week in PetSmart I was talking to a man with a beautiful little Golden pup he was out socializing/training.

Some guy with a Husky came down the aisle and that dog went berserk, lunging and "for real" snarling and snapping.

The guy with the pup immediately dropped down to shield his dog ["weakness behavior" to an already-aggressive red-zoned dog] and the guy with the Husky just sort of feebly "tried to pull him back" [crap owner who was getting off on his "savage dog"/out of control dog] and I did the appropriate thing...I stood upright between them, blocking the Husky's way and displayed dominant body posture to the Husky who then STFU and backed down.

The guy with the Husky even had the gall to tell the other guy to get out of his way before his dog attacked.

[insert multiple expletives, here]

I have no idea what would have happened, had I not been there.

I *do* know what my Odin would've gotten had *he* tried to savagely attack some other harmless dog.

Bad behavior is *not* tolerated here.