[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

One of my dogs has killed.

He got a medal.

More have saved lives. Some have died trying.

My uncle, from whom I learned, had many dogs recieve medals. Some saved the lives of who knows how many soldiers by running countersniper missions in the bush in the late sixties, early seventies.

Many of them died in the field. Most of them.

Of course, if a person's dog hurts a person, the owner is liable, just as if a person shoots someone, the gun is not the criminal.

Just like guns, dogs in the hands of police, soldiers emergency workers AND civilians have saved many times the lives that they have taken. You read about two or three sensational cases a year where a dog goes bad.

You seldom read where a dog has gone into a fire or a lake and rescued a human but it happens every day. So common it's mundane. There's also the Guide Dogs of America, who procure seeing eye dogs and wheel chair assist dogs, you never hear about them.

Guess what?

Rottweilers are great assistance dogs because of their calm manner, stability and great strength.
They are great rescue dogs due to their determination, great noses and tremandous courage.

They are wonderful companion dogs. I believe you'd think again if you ever saw the reaction mine get when we visit Operation Stand Down and they get mobbed by the homeless vets, who so desperately need the compassion that is found in the sloppy tongues and wiggling stumps of their tails.

[Rodney King]

My basic opinion is that people should be held strictly liable for what their dogs do. That would solve most of the problem immediately.

[Kokojmudd]

"Rottweilers are great assistance dogs because of their calm manner, stability and great strength.
They are great rescue dogs due to their determination, great noses and tremandous courage.

They are wonderful companion dogs. I believe you'd think again if you ever saw the reaction mine get when we visit Operation Stand Down and they get mobbed by the homeless vets, who so desperately need the compassion that is found in the sloppy tongues and wiggling stumps of their tails."



Thanks for the info on this wonderful breed. Rottweilers are very protective. My heart goes out to the family of baby killed by the dog. One of the best book series for young children is Good Dog Carl. http://www.gooddogcarl.com/

[BellStar]

I was one of the first female DEA licensed Narcotic dog trainers in the state of Texas, I have handled and trained some of the best personal protection dogs anywhere. I have trained bomb dogs and show dogs and obedience dogs. My only problem was humans who were to lazy to train than keep up training or just could not or would not be the alpha human.

These lovable breeds can and sometimes do kill. If YOUR dog kills YOU should be subject to the death penalty or life in prison. If your personality is not strong enough to control one of these breeds DON'T get one. Breeders you know better!