Posted on 09/10/2010 12:01:58 PM PDT by LongElegantLegs
A TERRITORY girl is lucky to be alive after she was mauled by a savage dog.
Seven-year-old Meg Croton and her brother Connor, 9, had been feeding their family's dog - an eight-year-old mastiff cross - in their Humpty Doo back yard when the girl was attacked by the vicious hound.
"I tripped on a rock and fell, and I think I kicked his leg," Meg recalled the attack. "And then it hurt very badly and he was on top of me and ripped on my head. "But my brother saved my life."
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Lots of highly general opinions being expressed here. Irish Setters are hunting dogs, and my property is about 30 acres which does contain Bobwhite quail. The dogs will absolutely go quail hunting on their own at the first opportunity.
They have a large pen, but prefer to be chained in good weather because they are chained near the door where people go in and out and they get much more attention and pats on the head than when in their pen. But they are out an hour or two or more per day depending on whose around to take them out or watch them.
But it they aren’t penned or chained, especially at night, they might be miles away before anyone knows, or stolen, or run over by an automobile.
With as many breeds as there are, with various instincts and temperaments, and all the possible situations the owners and dogs might live in, anyone dispensing all this highly general advice cannot be taken seriously.
WOW.
Well, that would be like me arguing with the person who has a WWII land mine in their den and has for 30 years.
“it’s never gone off” ::whack:: ::whack::
“see, it’s a dud I tell you”
OK... Well, it might be a dud. So far, looks like you are right.
But I damn for sure will NOT be agreeing that we all should go and collect WW II mines and say that they are safe for our children to strike.
Anymore than I would suggest that unknown adult dogs are safe for children.
And for every “lucky so far” like you, we will read about those who get the wrong dog and the wrong boom, much to the terrible price a mauled child will pay for the rest of their life.
I pray you stay lucky.
I pray NO ONE else takes such a risk.
I would love to see that! I do best with middle of the pack dogs from a litter, not too timid, not too bossy.
Horses on the other hand - I've had deal with all types but I never expected them to behave themselves around children.
I pinged another dog trainer to this thread. AAM trains dogs for hunting, field trials and more. I hope she finds this thread.
Aw, I love that picture with the baby! He looks like he’s being so gentle.
I need to get Swiper a gun...Some jackass broke into our backyard a couple of days ago. I don’t know exactly what happened; the gate was off the hinges, but it had been propped up to cover the entry. I like to think there was an immediate bowel evacuation when they saw Swiper running towards them.
Then your chained is breed and training specific. That sounds fine. ANd if caged and given attention while chained, it is really not much more than an advanced form of stationing. My reference was entirely towards chained and abandoned. If people are coming and going and the dogs are naturally hyper due to specialized training for hunting purposes, they are really “leashed” not chained.
100 times?
100?
Smart dog!
Please Eaker, I keep seeing the Pablo reference....who is this Pablo of which you speak?
I’m curious just how you keep a dog from wandering off, or from being run over by a car? Where I live, dogs running free won’t last a year or two before being run over, unless very well trained to be cautious around the highway. That can be done, but every dog won’t learn that well enough.
Or maybe you are talking about indoor dogs? My dogs are not indoor dogs at all.
So you're telling me to ignore the evaluations I have made over the past four years, and trust your opinion. But wait, didn't you mention that When I get another dog, I will be married and have small children. Not before.
So am I right in assuming that as of right now, you have no children? Wouldn't that make your opinion completely irrelevent, by your own admission?
I would assume from your previous testimony that you do NOT have children at home? Or perhaps ever? Your experience in such a case would be, as I stated, irrelevant to this topic.
Lol, sorry, it was you who chose to begin telling people what they should and shouldn't do without having one clue what their specific situation was.
And it was you in your #80 who made it personal:
If you have a dog, find another way to keep it from wandering.
Will, it is called a fence. That is how you keep your dogs at home. I have 4 dogs and live on a very busy city street. They wouldn’t live 2 minutes if they got out of the fence and into the street. If they have a tendency to dig out, you can put hog wire down into the ground as deep as necessary. If there are gates and irresponsible people leave them open, there is something called a lock. It can be done, you can keep your dogs safe without chaining them up or keeping them in a dog run.
What a thoughtful-looking dog!
*sigh*
The article is about a child who was bitten.
The article states the dog was chained.
I pointed this out.
Chained dogs more often show up in bite stats.
You take issue with this.
I’m done discussing this with you.
Somewhere along the line you have called me a know it all.
I admit I think you have a problem admitting you might ever be wrong, and I do feel a little bad about that.
Seek help.
Now can we be done or do you still feel you have to say more?
My sons pound puppy, not sure of his parentage, but they suspect maybe some pit. He’s sweet but needy.
But I really think you need to wash you car more often.
We had a black and tan coonhound who hated living in the house. We chained her to the garage all day, we had to force her into the house to sleep at night or when we were gone. She hated all men in uniform but little kids could stop by and pet her. It wasn't the best situation for a dog but we couldn't afford a fence. She was a good pet overall.
Looking back, we could have done better by her but she was our first dog.
Next time I see that dog he better be on a chain on his “station” and ........and ..... oh heck, looks like a magnificent pup and I can see some pit in him!
He’s very well loved. Even if he’s not a golden. :)
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