Posted on 02/12/2009 11:18:17 AM PST by Terriergal
Pedigree Dogs Exposed
Documentary - BBC
Narrator: "and there's the rub -- the problems of dogs (like this champion neapolitan mastiff) are all too obvious to outsiders, but within the breed, they are blind to them.
David Hancock -- dog historian "We have allowed some breeds to become too heavy, some too short-faced, some too heavy-coated, some too short-legged, others too short-lived, all in the pursuit of cosmetic points, not sound anatomical points."
I just looked up Red Rage- it sounds like what the Cocker Spaniel my cousins had as kids had. That was one of the scariest dogs I have ever known. Usually Labs are fairly even tempered (although ours is kind-of neurotic and co-dependent), so that must have been a shock.
‘I just looked up Red Rage- it sounds like what the Cocker Spaniel my cousins had as kids had. That was one of the scariest dogs I have ever known. Usually Labs are fairly even tempered (although ours is kind-of neurotic and co-dependent), so that must have been a shock.’
Sigh...
Lucy was 75 pounds, beutiful black coat, loving, and caring. But from almost day one, at 12 weeks old she had a big problem with our older female mix breed (Rott/Shepard) named Roxie. Roxie was 8 when we got Lucy. The first two knock down, drag out fights, Roxie pinned Lucy by the neck, but didn’t kill her. I can call Roxie off of literall ANYTHING. But we never could get Lucy to that point, where we could call her ‘off’ in such a situation.
The last time was last spring. Roxie was 12 (turned 13 January 1st) and simply isn’t the dog she was. Lucy damn near killed her in my living room. I’m 6’2’ 200 pounds, and in good shape, I could stop the fight. Roxie was ‘belly up’ first time I’d ever seen THAT...it was horrible. Finally, I got a kitchen stool, slammed it down so the legs went over both of them, and Lucy let her grip on Roxie’s face go...Roxie’s was bleeding all over the place, and obviously in shock..literally threw Lucy through the deck door outside (door was open btw)....and got out the shotgun.
My wife and I had discussed this. I was ready to put her down the year before, my wife begged me not to, she’d work with her, and for a time that did make a big difference. But the fct was Lucy was...freaky. We never knew when she was going to decide a new person in our home was Satan incarnate and had to be destroyed.
We put her down last spring. It still hurts to this day, probably always will. I’m just glad I didn’t have to shoot her myself.
My dogs are run-of-the-mill mutts but are my best friends and family members. Click on my name to see them.
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