CDC's 10 Most Dangerous Dogs List [you'll never guess which one is the most dangerous!]

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[mike1sg]

Have Three of them, they are great!

[mystery-ak]

...ah...you only got one...

[Bobibutu]

"We don't have a fenced yard, and a new neighbor, who has told us "She is afraid of dogs" is moving in....anyone have any suggestions?"

Intro your neighbor to the dog - I assume your dog has been "socialized".

Put the dog on a down-stay. Let your neighbor move around the dog at a comfortable distance and experience no threat. Then closer at her own speed. May take several days. Finally your neighbor is able to command the dog to "down" whatever - confidence is built - etc.

She may have been frightened/bitten as a child. Find out.

I don't want to get into therapy here - but that may well be what you will be doing. May require a professional to keep the peace vs the $$$ fence.

[Bobibutu]

JRTs are from another planet. However the same training rules apply and will work.

[Bobibutu]

All dogs are good dogs - they just need proper guidance.

We have taken the most agressive dogs and reprogramed them into obediant, dependable, loving partners.

Beats the needle.

[Judith Anne]

I read your link. You didn't read mine.

The American Mastiff breed registered by the CKC is the only American Mastiff I recognize, and it was developed by Frederika Wagner of Flying W Farms, who is also a reputable breeder of English Mastiffs. Please take a look at the link. Flying W's purchase agreement requires that dogs be neutered if not purchased specifically for advancing the breed.

Your posts sound very hostile--I don't have any desire to get into an argument with you, what's the matter?

[Darnright]

>Well, let's turn this around. What are the ten least aggressive dogs - the most docile animals that make the >best pets. Anyone? Anyone...?

Well, beagles are pretty harmless, as are golden retrievers (well bred ones, at least). English Cocker spaniels aren't at all like American ones. They are very sweet. Keeshonds (a type of Dutch spitz) are for the most part wonderfully outgoing. English Bulldogs look ferocious, but are usually pretty easygoing.

[Mr. Mojo]

I read your link, and I like the dog.

And you've been the hostile one, not me. Re-read our conversation (in an unbiased manner) and you'll see.

Just forget about it.

[Judith Anne]

Well, if neither one of us is hostile, and I know I'm not, thanks for checking out my link...I think they are absolutely grand animals....

Hub wanted an English mastiff, but I didn't like the drool...friends of ours are happy with their gentle giant, a Neapolitan Mastiff, but they are bigtime droolers, too...Our big, old half-Dane has a nice dry mouth, a bit more of a guard dog than the pure Dane temperament, but very gentle with people...

I have no idea what Pup's cross is, but he looks a lot like yarddog's black dog photo above, only bigger...

I know there are a lot of mixed breeds that potentially have poor temperaments, especially if they are from some of the guardier breeds, but I think we'll be okay with the CKC American Mastiff...they have a temperament guarantee of two years...

[hotpotato]

"We can only hope that our dogs will protect us when/if the time comes."

That's not my quote.

[SevenDaysInMay]

Take a dog for a wok.

Metrosexuals and plain stupid people should not have dogs. The dogs deserve better.

[Bobibutu]

OK - I was remiss - what would you like to add?

[Mr. Mojo]

I once met a guy with a "Bandog" that he claimed was half Neapolitan Mastiff and half Pit Bull. Nice dog too, and no drooling problem. He told me that these Bandogs could be a variety of mixes, all of them with Mastiff/Pit Bull bloodlines. I'd only be comfortable buying a dog like that if I met both the breeder and the puppy's parents personally.

But your particular CKC American Mastiff appears standardized, and both the English Mastiff and Anatolian Shepard - its composition - are stable dogs and safe with kids and others (and long as the 'others' are not hostile strangers). I think you made a good choice.

I've had big slobbering dogs most of my life -- Newfoundlands. Sweetest things on earth, but most have a lot of health problems ......and they can't take hot summers. But I've been lucky with mine.

[Bobibutu]

Is that a Jack Daniels amongst the Gin?

Good taste! I'll drink with your hound anytime.

[Darnright]

"Would refer you to Jack, an Airedale who won the Victoria Cross posthumously for gallantry in WWI."

America's first war dog was Stubby, an American Pit Bull Terrier mix. He was also awarded honors for saving men during WWI.

[Bobibutu]

Ah - but then - life might be booring :-)

[SCalGal]

But what is most disturbing is pet stores in shopping malls that sell dogs like Akitas and Rotties. They are fine dogs, but only with an educated owner, I see Akita pups at stores and I can only imagine what kind of person would buy it.

Impulse buy. I got a 4 mo old Akita pup in through rescue a while back. The owners bought it because their old Akita had just died and they wanted a replacement. Total impulse buy. The people were afraid of him, and he was just a little guy.

The pup was a terror. Even my brood bitch didn't like him, and the little monster managed to draw blood on me.

What people don't realize is that pet store pups are typically separated from mama and siblings at 4 or 5 weeks, then shipped off. Well, they never got the socialization and training they needed in how to be a civilized dog - mama teaches that best! And all the puppy squabbling has a purpose in teaching doggie manners.

Never buy a pup from a pet store.

[hotpotato]

No, perhaps I didn't communicate it well. People in the breed club, when they saw poor examples of their breed in the pet stores would buy the dog and spay or neuter it,

I thought you were referring to rescue because of this statement "My breeder wanted to buy one last year just for that purpose, she has the rescue for the west half of the country." It's irrelevant. Buying puppies from petstores keeps puppymills in business and to say you are doing so to spay them so puppymill puppies won't end up in the gene pool is not logical.

They didn't want poorly bred dogs out on the market.

You don't do that by helping to support the puppymill industry. When a puppy sells, they replace it with more puppies and more sales encourages them to produce more. The economics of it is not that difficult.

You know what happens to pet store dogs when they don't sell don't you?

It varies. If people don't buy them, they won't produce them. Petstores will reduce the price of a puppy until someone takes it. Your "group" is making a mistake by making it profitable for the puppymills. Supporting petstores/puppymills continues the cycle. See this link:

Why are you freaking out?

I'm hardly "freaking out." Why are you so uncomfortable?

than see a whole pile of crappy puppies out there bred by irresponsible breeders.

First, I'd never define any puppy as crappy and have never worked with anyone in rescue that would. 2nd, the best way to reduce the number is to stop supporting puppymills. They don't care what you do with the puppies you purchase. They only know that somebody is buying them and it suits them to whelp more.

[Central Scrutiniser]

My friend has one, he got it from someone who couldn't handle it. He sent it to a trainer for 3 week boot camp. She is old and mellow now, but if she didn't like you, you were out of luck, and she had a great memory. They are wonderful dogs, in the right hands!

[Ol' Sox]

Say, is that a Tollycraft in the background behind your cat and dog? Looks very similar to my old 1968 23 footer.