Dog Rips Child From Mother Arms (Rottweiller Kills Girl)

KABC TV 7, Los Angeles ^ | August 2, 2004

[Kokojmudd]

"Rottweiler's are to dogs as bullsharks are to sharks. Many sharks will bite you, then leave, but the bullshark might just rip you to shreds. It's just in them to do so."


Bad analogy. You cannot domesticate a shark or a lion or a rattlesnake. These dogs have been domesticated for a long, long time. The only exposure most people have with rottweilers is when they read about an attack in the MSM or see their neighborhood thug being being pulled by one. You never read about the dog protecting people from attacks unless you went to the ARA or AKC just like you would have to subsribe to the NRA's magazine to read about gun owner preventing attacks. Spend some time with responsible owners and their dogs....sure they will be biased just as NRA members are biased. Better yet talk to K9 crews in law enforcment and the military and let them tell you about their rottweilers, german shepards and dobermans (and other breeds).

[fishbabe]

Agree with you..My friend acquired a golden retreiver that had been beaten and abused by his former owner...The dog is a huge baby..Not a mean bone in his body but,he is scared to death of hoses and brooms[The objects he was beaten with]This dog had been abused for 3 years before my friend got him..He is the sweetest dog there is..You beat a rotty or pit bull and I'll bet they are ready to tear the neck off the next owner...

[Shyla]

Sorry - I read your post wrong. You are correct about the issue of two females having pups - I mentioned adding from outside the pack.

[Skooz]

LOLOLOLOL!!!!

"pit bull-type dogs"


LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

People might start shooting them before they actually attack. Say, like when they are seen running around the neighborhood off their leash. That might wake a few of these owners up. Boy, the sickos would wail and howl louder than when they kill human children. Especially the fat, hypoglycemic white-trash women owners.

[liberty_lvr]

Agreed.

BTW, thanks for the spelling correction!

;o)

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

I'm not arguing with you. You might be correct. There might be more to this story, too.

An average dog will flee, if squirted with cold water from a hose. Best way to break up a fight.

I knew some guys who's dogs started fighting and they kept pouring scalding hot water on them and couldn't understand how come they kept fighting harder.

After I put out the fight with cold water from the hose, I explained why what they were doing was wrong.

[patriciaruth]

I believe you said a wolf would attack other's pups as a way of life and I said that is absolutely false.

You are absolutely wrong that wolves and dogs don't ever attack pups and children of others than the alpha female.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Wolf hybrids are a completely different story and should not exist.

[Skooz]

Pretty odd that some act as if Rottweilers roamed the plains in packs before they were "domesticated."

[Shyla]

Your post no. 231 - Try telling them that! Their is definite heirarchy as to who gets what. It is just mainly a showing of teeth and snarling but not biting or attacking each other.

[Romish_Papist]

we did plenty of training on our German Shepherd and our Anatolian Shepherd. man, were they obedient--- to us! But you couldn't trust them around kids..

Repeat after me:

It is your fault, you did not train them well enough. There is no such thing as a dangerous breed.

It is your fault, you did not train them well enough. There is no such thing as a dangerous breed.

It is your fault, you did not train them well enough. There is no such thing as a dangerous breed.

It is your fault, you did not train... [/SARCASM]

[liberty_lvr]

Hehe. How true.

Great tagline, too!

[Dead Dog]

"Well, how come people never make Labs or Goldens mean? "

That is total BS. I grew up with a Lab Retriver mix that was naturally hostile to other dogs and certain people.
Any dog bread can be a problem. Especially those with a tendancy to be loyal.

The problem with Rotties are the idiots who live vicarously through their dogs. It isn't so much "making" them mean, but seeing them as a weapon.

[patriciaruth]

Dogs are hybrids and are
"unstable," especially if the breeder doesn't cull the vicious or nutsy ones.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

The Alpha is responsible for feeding the pack. They control the food supply.

They feed the pups first, then the weak and sick, and they will eat last or not at all.
As I explained in post 210 the hierarchy changes often due to the demands of leadership.

[rhombus]

Here's the list of the so-called "most dangerous":
Pit bulls, Rottweilers, German Shepherds, Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, Doberman Pinschers, Chow Chows, Great Danes, St. Bernards, and Akitas. My dog (no longer with us) was a mix of a couple of these. He was very nice but people profiled him all the time and some would act terrified around him. I used to call him my N-word dog.

[kellynla]

You inferred that golden/labs weren't capable of attacking and I proved you wrong, now if you want to "move the goal posts" fine but there are only around 10 or 20 deaths a year I think from dog attacks! helloooo???

more people die from guns, cars and even from drowning in the swimming pools????
I guess you'll want to ban cars, guns and even swimming pools next! LMAO

[Shyla]

I agree with you about possible dangers. I take great strides to protect my wolves with double fencing, underground fencing and electric fence:)

I do understand - they are what they are and accept that and the responsibility that goes along with it. The odd thing though is, my female, who is very shy around strange adults, pee's with excitement whenever a child comes around. The wolves love children. My daughter helped raise the wolves from pups and they think she is one of them. However, when she goes into the enclosure to play with them, I go too, wouldn't have it any other way.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

I pay a fortune for my four Rotties, but nothing for my Great Pyrrenes who could kill all four at once if he was so inclined.

Of course, he's not, he's even cuddlier and cuter than they are.