This happened to me mowing grass with a push mower.....

[texasjohn]

I can easily see how it happened....uncontrolled dogs became a pack, you turned and that triggered the attack instinct given all the noise and excitement, etc...

Jomar, well said. People now days do not grow up around working dogs... hog dogs, cat dogs, varmint hounds, coon dogs, sheep dogs... They have two sides...loveable pets and aggressive killers. I grew up around such dogs... voice control was key. An out of control dog is an incident on a fuse.

I firmly believe any dog, given the right circumstances, can become aggressive. However, certain breeds are at more risk than others....the bulldog being an example.

I hope something is done about that German Shepard ... it's going to be a serious problem otherwise, sooner or later. My advice, which you didn't ask for, is that you never visit your MIL with your kid UNLESS the dog is chained up. It doesn't make for good relations, but then neither does a kid with a dog bite....it has demonstrated it knows how to kill something already....it doesn't take much to rip out a jugular...my border collie did it on coons and other varmints regularly...on command ONLY!!!!! The dog you describe weighs twice as much as mine and only needs a trigger event...the appearance of somebody trying to escape (like a kid running around) and it WILL happen. OK...end of rant...but your comments really sent a chill up my spine realizing the circumstances you described re the out of control dog.

 

[PineRidge]

We have a leash-law in these parts so you don't see to many loose pets roaming. The ones that might be are wild dogs and quickly taken care of.

Back in mid-summer one of the dogs that was a pet to a guy that lives on my country road got blasted by a shotgun. The rumor was that it was killing chickens throughout the neighborhood area. I never saw the dog but we did loose more than a few hens. as did our next door neighbor.

BTW Cats for the most part are not nearly aggressive as a dog but I have seen them bite and draw blood too.

 

[kebo]

Looking better after 6 days. Even better, I'm not foaming at the mouth or have the urge to bite people lol. :drool:

 

[Bob77064]

Looking better after 6 days. Even better, I'm not foaming at the mouth or have the urge to bite people lol. :drool:

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Kebo, I am glad to hear that you are feeling better.

 

[jomar215]

I hope something is done about that German Shepard ... it's going to be a serious problem otherwise, sooner or later. My advice, which you didn't ask for, is that you never visit your MIL with your kid UNLESS the dog is chained up.

Tex, it's terrible! My MIL hasn't got a clue! She doesn't see it as a problem that needs to get better! The first few times I visited her house, prekids, I wasn't allowed to move out of my seat. The dog spent the entire time walking all around me - circling me in fact - it never settled down. It would bark and bark and bark and then come up and put it's nose right on me if I was speaking. It was all but a bite and it was only a matter of time. Worse yet, the owner, My MIL, kept telling me to give it treats (from my plate!) to keep it quiet! Quiet! Arghhh!

I almost can't even finish my rant I'm so upset!! Arrrghhhh!!

Seriously, I kept my steak knife very close the whole time. I'm thinking, "If this dog bites, I'm going to get in a knock down drag out fight with this crazy dog in front of it's owner who has know clue how bad this is - and she's the mother of the woman I love!"

I have not set foot in that house with either of my kids - not once.

 

[Bob77064]

There are dogs that can be agressive and they will try to take control. The owner has got to establish that they are the boss not the dog.

 

[dclynch]

This reminds me of when I was younger we had a old Black lab that was the easiest going dog you ever seen. Our neighbor had a Doberman and one day my little nieces and nephews were over and playing out side and the doberman came pouncing over barking and growling. Out of nowhere came our lab and she rolled that doberman over and started to kill him. We had to actually pull her off. We had never seen that side of her in the ten years we had her. We ended up getting the vet bill for the doberman. My Dad paid it but told the neighbor he wouldnt have to worry about a vet bill if that dog came after his grand kids again. A few months late the Doberman disappeared we never did find out what happened to it.

 

[JoeBuyer]

Gee, I feel bad when my dog bites someone's tires. Sure glad she has no interest in human legs.

 

[nwngunner]

Man's best friend? Sometimes I wonder. My cats would not have done this.

Yeah your cat would so step between you and something threatening you. My blue heeler put him self between me and a charging steer. A cat would sit there and be like cool some one is going to die today.

It sucks that you got snagged by that dog it is uncalled for. I had a case close to that were some one was on my property and my dog grabbed him by the leg. He was close to 100 yards on to my property and almost up to and inside of my farm buildings. We got in trouble, had to put our dogs in to quarantine and every thing else. Its not the breed of the dogs, i have seen dachshunds bite some one faster then you can blink an eye.

 

[jomar215]

Cats do do that. I knew a guy who walked into his apartment and his own cat just launched itself on to him. It tore into his chest and bit his finger real bad trying to rip it off. He almost lost his finger!