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To: magslinger

No I had a food aggressive cocker that we rescued at age 9 months.
He had not been socialized and had been mistreated; crated 16 hours a day and then beaten for barking and soiling the crate.
He grew to love and trust us, but was wary of strangers.
He was a beautiful dog, who died this past Jan of a heart condition. He was 6 1/2.


7 posted on 03/12/2010 1:46:21 PM PST by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: kalee; Arizona Carolyn

Sorry, I should have made it clearer that I was parodying the stereotyping of pit bulls by doing the same thing to spaniels. Any breed of dog can be vicious depending on the upbringing and circumstances. I worked for several years as a carpet cleaner (and yes, spaniels helped pay for some of my paychecks, bless their little bladders) and I was attacked without being hurt three times. Twice by goldens (!) and once by a shepherd. I don’t really blame either of the goldens’ owners. They genuinely didn’t believe that their friendly dog would get protective when some stranger came into the house and started throwing the furniture around. You never know how any dog will react to what it perceives as a threat or what it will consider such.


12 posted on 03/12/2010 2:56:43 PM PST by magslinger (Cry MALAISE! and let slip the dogs of incompetence.)
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