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Dog Attacks, Restricted Breed or not

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  • #52
    Shivers26
    Closed Accounts Posts: 639 ✭✭✭Shivers26


    I've never actually been bitten myself but I keep Cavaliers. I took in a rescue Cav a couple of years ago and he was very grumpy for the breed and he snapped at my son a couple of times. We would never ever have left them alone together so nothing bad ever happened. It turned out that the poor thing had a medical issue due to be mis-treated for years and once we got that sorted he was perfect.

    We were out walking 2 Cavaliers last Sunday and were in Donadea woods where literally dozens of dogs were being walked. The only one that was snappy was a JRT. These people we passed with a big dog actually thanked us for stopping to chat and pet the dog. They said other people just saw the size of him and would give a wide berth and he was so friendly. We would always let our dogs socialise with other dogs when out and I would not avoid restricted breeds once they were with the owner. Most dog owners love having their dogs admired anyway so would be happy enough to let the dogs have a sniff.


  • #53
    boodlesdoodles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 569 ✭✭✭boodlesdoodles


    I've never been attacked myself thank God but a few weeks back my Westie was attacked by a Kerry Blue who got off his lead. He had my fella by the neck in his jaws and his jaw had to be prised open to release my dog. Being a westie he's all mouth, he's a big wuss really afraid of his shadow at times but I had put a lot of work into him on walks ignoring other dogs. We were at the stage when I could walk him with pleasure and even jog sometimes. He was taking notice of nothing only me. The attack ruined all that work and dented my confidence in a major way. I'm still exceptionally nervous walking him and he's gotten slightly dog aggressive but he's never off lead and I'm working on his discipline again - we'll get there.

    The worst part is that the owner of the other dog knew very well that his dog was dog-aggressive in fact it had attacked another dog on the road a week previous. The dog warden called to him and told them they should muzzle the dog for public safety e.g. a child might make a noise he doesn't like some day. Have they listened? They're still walking the dog unmuzzled using the same collar that it escaped from. The mind boggles.


  • #54
    bmw535d
    Registered Users Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭bmw535d


    i have a huge lab with the best temperament you could get but my aunts retriever annoyed it one day and he snapped and made **** of the retriever. there's never been another dog brave enough to challenge him they run up all shouty and my dog lets 1 growl out of him and they sh*t it and run away.

    to this day he has never even accidently nipped any1,the previous owners really did do a good job of raising him:)


  • #55
    jinxycat
    Registered Users Posts: 599 ✭✭✭jinxycat


    I was bite once by a golden labrador when I was a child. Was on holidays with the family at the time and were staying with friends. The dog was really nice and friendly, then one day I was standing beside it petting it and the dog jumped up to my face and snapped at me just on the mouth. Thankfully it didn't break skin or anything. Also it never put me off dogs.

    I was brought up with big dogs and was fully aware of how not to annoy them and stuff so it was a big shock to me at the time when it happened.


  • #56
    pH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭pH


    I've had springers for a while, my last one the only incident was being attacked by 2 off the lead staffies, which resulted in a serious mauling, many stitches and a costly vet visit. The thing that pissed me off the most was that the shell-suit wearing owner knew he was scott-free, this was on the canal, I had no mobile (would the Gardai have even been interested?) and I had to get get her to the vet as a large chunk on skin on her hind leg was hanging off.

    My current spaniel, yes many terrier types will have a growl and a lunge at him, though my only real problem was a charging GSD who ran 50m to attack, I swung a kick at the dog (while trying to move the springer - who was on a lead away) - this resulted in a tirade of abuse about "how effing dare I try and kick his dog, and how he'd fix me").

    In both these situations if the owners had been obeying the law (muzzled & leashed) then there would have been no problems.

    Yes it may be the *owners* fault, however I'd far rather meet a westie with a bad owner than rotts/GSDs/APBs with an equally bad owner.

    I'd really like to see proper stats (from A&E or vet admissions) for stranger dog attacks in public places (where the rules for leashes and muzzles apply) as opposed to attacks in the home etc on friends and family, my gut feel (from personal experience) is that the restricted breeds are the problem.


  • #57
    Irishcrx
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    I was at the beach the weekend with the good weather and brought both the dogs with me. Took them up the beach away from all the crowds and let them off the lead and into the sea for a swim and a bit of ball catching, all was grand they know to stay by me and when we were heading home I put them both back on the lead I had one and my girlfriend had the other. I walked a little ahead and saw a terrier off lead ahead of us with no owner in site who was barking at other dogs on the beach. When he saw me he started barking at me and my Sib Husky, I pulled my dog back away from it to walk away when the little bugger started snapping at him and tried to grab a hold of his leg, I had to step in nearly taking a bite myself and push him away while trying to stop my lad from reacting, meanwhile my Girlfriend had my German Sheperd who had saw it and had broken off her lead and was running towards the terrier (Please note she is only 4 months old and startled my gf when she saw the dog attack and managed to tug free she wasn't let go) anyway I didn't have time to control the two of them and she jumped on the terrier and they started fighting. I broke it up and called her back to me and took her lead and she stopped just as the owner of the terrier turns up.

    Obviously I was annoyed that the owner had this dog off lead running around nipping at other peoples legs and I let her have it about mainly not supervising her dog at least and second having it off lead in an area where there are hundreds of people playing, sunbathing etc. Her reply was pretty much that it's her dog and she'll worry about it not me. Then she also told me that my german shepered would be in more trouble than her if she reported it as it was a restricted breed. Feckin cheek of her! for someone who knew so much about breeds you'd think she would know how to train, treat and look after her own!...this is what were up against!


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