Dog Attack - BE RESPONSIBLE

[White Doors]

Originally Posted by guzzy

"In any case, says Dr Coren, banning one breed simply opens up the door for other breeds to be used and abused by breeders and bad owners. He mentions statistics from Winnipeg, which indicate that following a breed ban in 1990, bites from dogs defined as “Pit Bull Type” dropped from 28 in 1989 to 1 in 2003 – but bites from other breeds have risen across the same period of time, including those by Rottweilers and Akitas."

This was taken from http://thetyee.ca/News/2005/01/25/PitBullBan/

28 bites in 1989 to 1 in 2003. This while not destroying any pit bull without a history of aggression.

Here is a chart showing the dog bites in Winnipeg per breed: http://www.pitbullproject.ca/winnipeg.htm

Yep, according to that they should ban the german shephard. More bites and alot bigger than Pit bull types.

[LGA]

Really wish people would just train their dogs. A lot of people seem to do some trash training, going with "roll over" and "jump" rather then the important ones.

A well trained Shepherd shouldn't attack unless provocked.

[White Doors]

Originally Posted by LGA

Really wish people would just train their dogs. A lot of people seem to do some trash training, going with "roll over" and "jump" rather then the important ones.

A well trained Shepherd shouldn't attack unless provocked.

A well trained

'insert dog breed here'

shouldn't attack unless provoked.

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by shane_c

Physically she will heal but emotionally I'm not sure. She freezes up now when she sees a big dog and we're out on our walk.

Don't know if this will make you feel better, but my guess is that emotionally, she'll be fine. Dogs don't tend to harbour emotional trauma the way that humans do. She's conditioned to fear big dogs right now, but as long as you and your fiance don't act fearful around big dogs, she'll eventually get over it. Dogs live in the moment.

BTW, how big is your dog? A smaller dog may naturally fear bigger dogs, just because they're, well, bigger.