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To: Paladin2

Ok. But my comment was about killing people. I’ve never been afraid my dogs would get out and kill people. I keep reading reports of these dogs finding someone sitting, walking, gardening, napping etc. and killing them. The last was a video of a pit charging across a traffic intersection diagonally corner to corner and viciously attacking a small child walking with her mother. That dog’s attack started before he crossed the street. He took that small child down like prey. He didn’t attack the mother first, he went for the tender young. He wasn’t defending or threatened, he was hunting.

Dogs typically bite and release unless they think you are attacking the homestead. Pits are documented breaking out of houses, cars, fences, muzzles and leashes and then roaming until they find someone to maul/kill. This is not domesticated dog behavior. It’s lion or cougar behavior.


32 posted on 08/12/2013 6:03:02 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote
I'm somewhat concerned about my current 3/2 (Lab/Chesapeake/Something) dog vs. small children.

I believe that she could be appropriately trained to leave them alone, but may need more practice/training. Learning about the neighbor kids would likely work well in a short time as she is quite friendly with the household cat and other dogs/people who are in the "greater pack".

She doesn't directly attack them, but a couple of them tease her while she is on the 2D backyard overhead run arrangement.

36 posted on 08/12/2013 6:12:08 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ransomnote
Education
37 posted on 08/12/2013 6:12:18 PM PDT by jy8z (When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
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