i can NOT believe the gullibility of some of the posters on gun/dog threads.
My brother had FIVE rots and was pretty much neglectful at times too. Not once in 15 years , 4 of the originals have died of age or illness and since been replaced by 3 others and still NO attacks of idot friends that payed rough with them. I slap boxed the entire pack more times than i can count, but they knew that they were loved and cared for , and they enjoyed the roughhousing games. Would i ever let my kid play with them like that or be alone with them? HELL NO !!! they are animals.
Just like the wiener dog that bit me in the face as i was sweetly talking to it next to ITS car. only time ive ever been bitten in anger/defence. Know your animals, know your marksmanship abilities, dont be knee jerks.
Dachshies are pretty bad tempered, aggressive little dogs. They get away with it because they're cute, they know it, and they use it to manipulate people.
I've been bitten by three of the four dachshunds I've owned. Not seriously, and always on the nose. Weiner dogs have this weird "thing" about lunging at human noses. Their eyes get all blank and spacey-looking, and they lunge right at the nose, nipping it.
Then when the human scolds them or smacks them on the muzzle-they get an attitude!Like it was their right.
Weird little dogs.
Gary Larson did a cartoon I wish I could post here. It showed a man lying on the ground, his nose wrapped in padding. A dachshund is latching on to the nose as its pack mates watch. The caption reads, How attack weiner dogs are trained.
Not bitten. Not barked at. MAULED.
The fact is that certain breeds DO have a tendency to go berserk. And they can easily kill people. And do.
Do I mean your well mannered dogs are secretly sneaking out the back and eating children in neighboring towns?
No, of course not.
Did I mean that Golden Retreivers and Miniature Dachshunds are never bad-tempered rotten dogs?
No.
People. I simply made an observation that certain breeds are ON THE WHOLE safer - as well providing what I thought was a slightly amusing image of someone pointing at a weinerdog and saying "It mauled me, officer!"
Given a choice between dealing with a single aloof or strange Rottweiler and five hundred barking Miniature Dachshunds - my choice is with the weiner dogs.
They very seldom leap successfully for the throat.
And you can kick'em a dozen feet, easy.