My niece has two pit bulls. The last time I visited her(they live far away), the male freaked me out. He stood in front of me and barked the whole time. My sister said, oh that’s odd, Tango never does that to anyone else. I could feel the hair stand up on the back of my head. I tried very hard to just stay calm and not think of what might happen. After I left I thought, I will never go back there again while that dog is alive.
“...oh that’s odd, Tango never does that to anyone else.”
Probably the last thing the owner says right before their dog rips into someone. Or after — “my dog has never done that before. They must have done something to provoke my dog.”
“I will never go back there again while that dog is alive.”
Correct attitude, but if it was me, I would be able to go back the next day. Of course, if you told your niece you were going to kill her dog in the next 5 minutes if it did not start acting right, then she might not invite you back anyway.
What should happen is vicious/barking dogs should be hiding when you show up, either because the dog is smart or because the owners don’t want them, uh.., disciplined. I don’t whisper, the dog recognizes my attitude.
I have 8 dogs and I squirt them with a water pistol if they misbehave, started when they were pups. So if they bark, I just motion to the water bottle and they immediately shut up. Uncontrolled dogs should not be tolerated.