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Originally Posted by foshizzle11
the only circumstances that we know of from this story is that one or maybe two or maybe all of his dogs mauled the smaller dog to death. We don't know if they were all involved or not. Why put them all down?
It is pretty telling if you were to do some research and learn about dog behaviour. Experts can give an opinion on when a dog should be put down or not and that is exactly what will happen when these dogs are assessed at the humane society or where ever they went.
I am glad the average person doesn't get to decide if a dog is too dangerous. My brother inlaw has a 150lbs mastiff that is a puppy dog, wouldn't hurt a fly. Is in fact scared of most little dogs. Is he considered dangerous because of his power?
My dog, a 60 lbs shepherd mix was minding her business at the dog park and a little ####zu mix attacked her neck, so my dog pinned her. Didn't hurt the other dog, but sure as hell scared the other owner and the other dog. These small breeds aren't accountable for what they set off in these larger, more powerful breeds? I think it is pretty simple that if you dog is unpredictable no matter the breed it should be considered dangerous. Who will decide that? Who will tell me if my dog is dangerous? We have a 25lbs cockerpoo is more unpredictable than our shepherd mix sometimes.
Muzzle every dog, not sure that will solve anything.
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If your dog can inflict life altering injury to a human then your dog is dangerous. Just cause you claim that it's super safe doesn't matter because although you might be telling the truth, no dog owner is going to admit otherwise. It's not about predictability. It's about potential danger. Cause all it takes is for a dog to get spooked, even your dog, and it can hurt someone.