DOGS

https://i.imgur.com/WPxdTa5.jpeg

the dog that lives with me, the dog that i look after three days a week

"no bad dogs, only bad dog owners"

If the parents raise a child who goes on to commit murder, will you all just blame the parents?

The owners might be fucked up but still, in the end, the dog killed that person.

FP'd for bad, humorless trolling

Putting FPs on ppl is all you are capable of.

baffled by your bizarre take on this thread tbh, you really can't read a room to save your life

Are you sure you can talk about reading a room?

Dogs are sentient beings that are products of environment, upbringing, and genes, just like human beings. When we hear of people who commit terrible crimes, we often look toward these three factors when trying to suss out the why.

Similarly, we must do the same with dogs. There are no bad dog breeds, and making blanket statements about them shows a complete ignorance of facts.

Also, no dog breed can lock its jaw— this is a myth promulgated by a racist media to generate hatred of breeds associated with poorer, less white populations. This is absolutely obvious to anyone who knows anything about Breed Specific Legislation and bias against pitbulls, bully-type dogs, dobermans, etc.

guys i posted a pic up above if ye must doing yere bits id like ye to do it after paying due respect to the dogs i posted

having previously outed myself as a cat person upthread my opinion may not count for much, but i do think that is a 10/10 dog pic

More on racism and BSL:

https://racism.org/articles/basic-needs/propertyland/2334-the-black-man-s-dog-the-social-context-of-breed-specific-legislation

https://law.lclark.edu/live/files/32171-25-1-third-articlepdf

https://medium.com/etc-magazine/the-inherent-racism-behind-breed-specific-legislation-7e3d6d1981fb

ty karl

Fair enough, table. It felt like it was all about the terrible owners as the sole explanation for the dog's behaviour.

We can talk about different factors that lead to the event of the dog committing the act.

deems, I marvel at the ability of retrievers to just dive into the most insane muck. great pic.

ty table ✓

they look marvelous d-mac. Makes me glad my dog hates water and mud though.

Yes love that pic, what a lovely stinker!

deems I love how your dog is looking at the golden like "anything good in there?"

"no bad dogs, only bad dog owners"

If the parents raise a child who goes on to commit murder, will you all just blame the parents?

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jfc fuck off

American humans kill 500 times more people a year than american dogs do. Statistically speaking, you'd be safer in a room with 20 pit bulls than you would with 1 person.

well, exactly. You have to be extremely unlucky to get killed by a dog. More people die from freak accidents in the home than from doogie snappers!

made that last stat up, but who really gaf

anyway some of these ppl killed by dogs might have been nonces or fascist generals in previous lives, you never know

Also, no dog breed can lock its jaw— this is a myth promulgated by a racist media to generate hatred of breeds associated with poorer, less white populations. This is absolutely obvious to anyone who knows anything about Breed Specific Legislation and bias against pitbulls, bully-type dogs, dobermans, etc.

I don't doubt anything that you are posting here, but I still wouldn't get a Bully. Whether it is a rational fear or not, their potential for inflicting harm worries me more than it does with other dog types and I don't want any more stress or anxiety than I've already got in my life. I'm sure yours is a beaut.

I've got a grumpy alpha-male Labrador who hates kids and growls at them sometimes if they approach him too fast. It gives me low level anxiety at times, but I know he's incapable of seriously harming a human or even another dog. If I had a dog that was capable of causing serious injury - I'd be perma-stressed. I have seen my dog at his worst when getting into scraps with other dogs and it's all sound and fury with no real biting. Even that causes me more stress than I want really.

They are hard to control. In places like Goa there are a lot of stray dogs about, definitely been stressful walking around there.

While I've not been I've seen videos of cats in Istanbul and it looks delightful. Over here any cat walking about is cute and they usually get out of your way but if you see them time and again they want a stroke.

Another time I was walking through a cemetery and the cat who was about joined me in a walk, then we went our separate ways, sharing a great moment.

In contrast small dogs are little Napoleons, barking away at anyone while their fascist owners laugh.

the only thing I feel when my dog barks at ppl is slight embarrassment

I wish there were more considerate dogs owners like you, Calzino.

dogs only bark at people if they’re on the lead ime, or if they’re stupid tiny yipper dogs who are compensating for their freakish breeding by taking it out on the rest of us

Our dog used to bark at the postmen and postwomen, and men with grey hair. He was a horrible high strung little fella but we miss him! I’ll send you a pic.

I don’t get why there’s denial that dogs specifically bred to fight or hunt might be more aggressive temperamentally. Have never feared a Saint Bernard or the lovely horse-dog* across the road that comes up to the top of my hip, other breeds, prefer to keep my distance.

*looks like a very large extremely hairy golden retriever? I don’t know his/her actual name but to me it is “The honey monster”

fwiw dogs bred to hunt are generally bred to FIND prey and/or bring it back once it’s been killed. i don’t think a lab or a spaniel would have any idea what to do with a live bird sitting right in front of them (i have witnessed this confusion first hand)

dogs bred to fight yeah idk i’m not a fan, and even big old malinois make me nervous even though they’re basically fine - they are bred to “protect” their owners so god help you if they think you are a threat

Or point to it so you can shoot it I guess.

Spaniels are fast enough to catch and kill squirrels. I only found this out about 5 years when an adorable Spaniel (RIP Bernie) I used to see all the time, his owner told me he would sometimes kill 2 or 3 of them on one walk when he was younger.

We used to have a couple of Jack Russells, they are excellent hunters of small animals. Clever and relentless.

lol maybe my spaniel is just useless

Our dog was part spaniel and he was dumb as shit, but then my best friend knew a springer who had worked out how to open a dishwasher to lick the plates, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

We used to have a couple of Jack Russells, they are excellent hunters of small animals. Clever and relentless.

Yes, and probably snakes too. I reckon that's where the name "terrier" comes from, their propensity to dig.

I was talking to someone who has three poodles and they were telling that one of them butchered a hedgehog in the garden. Was shocked and had no idea poodles were capable of such wanton bloodshed, then I was informed they used to be used as rat control in coal mines.

After the Jacks came to live with us, the chipmunk population in the yard dropped to zero.

xp yeah they’re working dogs aren’t they? Not dissimilar to Portuguese water dogs

all you pitbull haters are full of shit.

Some pit bulls were selected and bred for their fighting ability. That means that they may be more likely than other breeds to fight with dogs. It doesn’t mean that they can’t be around other dogs or that they’re unpredictably aggressive. Other pit bulls were specifically bred for work and companionship. These dogs have long been popular family pets, noted for their gentleness, affection and loyalty. And even those pit bulls bred to fight other animals were not prone to aggressiveness toward people. Dogs used for fighting needed to be routinely handled by people; therefore aggression toward people was not tolerated. Any dog that behaved aggressively toward a person was culled, or killed, to avoid passing on such an undesirable trait. Research on pet dogs confirms that dog aggressive dogs are no more likely to direct aggression toward people than dogs that aren’t aggressive to other dogs.

buying into media lies and savagery and contributing to the enormous population of pits in shelters. just astonishingly bad critical thinking taking place on this issue.

oh snap water dogs!! i told about this once before but it's one of my fave dog stories so lucky y'all get to read it again!

back in the 60s the russian navy wanted the perfect military water rescue dog so they crossbred newfies + a couple types of fiercely protective shepherds and created the Moscow Water Dog, who would swim out to drowning sailors and bite them, oops lol

Any dog, no matter their apparent breeding or temperament, is capable of attacking a person. They’re animals who run on instincts, not reasoned-out decisions. But it’s pretty easy to reduce the chance of an attack ever happening to zero if you’re a responsible dog owner: don’t let your dog off leash outside your secured yard, don’t leave your dog unsupervised with a child or another dog, teach your children how to act responsibly around dogs (don’t fucking approach and/or touch strange dogs without asking the owner if it’s ok, don’t loom over them, don’t touch their heads, don’t grab them), get to know your dog so you understand their triggers and signals.

When I was a kid, a child had his face savagely bitten by a friendly and charming Labrador. The dog was in a car parked outside a party, with the window rolled all the way down. Kids were running around and one popped up suddenly in front of the open window and startled the dog. He reacted on instinct and attacked.

Yep, we fostered an adorable little JRT once. Took our eye off her for a second around a small kid, small kid tried to pull the dog onto her lap, dog got a fright, nipped small kid in the face. It was all fine, the child had forgotten all about it by the end of the visit, but it could all have gone a very different way.

they look marvelous d-mac. Makes me glad my dog hates water and mud though.

Have I told the story about the woman I met one day with her pure-bred cocker spaniel? She keeps him in show-dog condition at all times. I said "but is that not very impractical around here, with the beach and all?" And she said no, he hates to be dirty, and won't go in the water at all. She looked at my four wet, sandy dogs and asked me "how do you keep your house clean?" and I said, "I don't, my house is absolutely manky." Which is true. I don't think she believed me.

Deems, that is an awesome dog picture.

my dog had an early period of jumping in the canal and wading through mud, but soon decided this stuff sucked. And I'm glad.

Poodles (the clue’s in the name, comes from pudel which means ‘to splash’ in German) are really German water dogs. The French water dog is called a Barbet.

how do you keep your house clean?

keep towel at door, got a robot vacuum, gave up besides

fuckin saving up like mad for washable paint mind