We got a German Shepherd which was 5, when my younger sister was 6, it was from a dogs home and no one wanted it as it was extremely aggressive towards other dogs. First week we struggled with it, once it actually pulled me over and attacked another dog but within a few months it turned into a soft case and ended up being scared of the dog it previously attacked.
I've never owned a dog that has turned out aggressive, ranging from Dobermans, German shepherds, Lurchers, Golden Retrievers so for me personally the dog has taken after the household it lived in.
100% agree, its all about the home and the people who bring it up.
No I didn't miss it, your assertion is that people will buy larger dogs instead but that only potentially applies to some people the subset who want aggressive status dogs, larger dogs may be dangerous but not all are *as dangerous* and also they can be far more costly and inconvenient to keep so even in the case where they may be desired there is an additional barrier too. But sure, no one has said other dogs can't be dangerous or won't be attractive to people like that.
It totally misses that these potentially dangerous dogs are also just kept by a heck of a lot more people simply as family pets.
Is that a dangerous dog then? Or is it a dog raised dangerously?
No, it doesn't always come down to people, sometimes a dog will snap and bite or attack (see the dog walker death recently where a bunch of pets went into pack behaviour and attacked) with some breeds that's not a huge deal on an individual basis and the dog merely bites someone but with a bull terrier type that can turn into the dog getting very aggressive and not letting go, they have pretty powerful jaws and can cause a lot of damage. This recent reported incident was just a regular pet to this person's friend, a dog that was happily sat on the friend's lap:
Well if a dog just snaps and bites, then its a dangerous dog and needs putting down. Thanks for clarifying that.
I am very aware of small terrier based dogs having owned a number of staffies over the past 20 years, by the way, never been bit of attacked by any of them and neither have any of my friends, random's at the door etc etc why? because they were raised correctly.
In regards to the girl, its was not her dog, a friends dog she has no idea how it has been raised and she has clearly aggravated it in a way for it to attack. Even if not aggravated attack, something she could have done whilst moving has triggered the dog which has a history of something clearly.
Again, I have never met a dog that is outright mean, aggressive or will attack that is not the direct fault of the owners or previous owners. There is no such thing as a dangerous dog, only dangerous owners.
As for the girl again, even she clearly understands this as she has two dogs herself and not to be fearful of those dogs as I guess they have been bought up in a decent manner and never attacked her directly, if they are rescues clearly been looked after well to reduce their chance of triggering any previous abuse.
As for dog walker, given the amount of dogs involved, no one knows which dog started it, which dogs joined in, the background of any dogs. So unsure what point you are trying to make with this one?
