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im not sure if this is the correct are to post this but i wanted to tell my story.
i have had dogs all my life, 4 dobies total in imediate family + numerous other breeds.
i spent time with K9 trainers and there dogs at work.
so, one day while at work (police officer) i get a call for a large dog chassing kids onto cars. i respond, i find the dog quite a distance from me heading between homes. i stop the wagon, exit the vehicle staying right at the door. the dog is 75 yards away from me, i call him in a very playful/praise type voice to see how he responds. he responds very well, no sign of aggression and starts a pleasant trot towards me. he approaches me straight on, then just at a slow walk is turning into me like a swing heel, at this point im thinking hmm dog is trained... mid swing, no bark no indication of anything he is airbore for my head. i instantly give him my left arm, he slammed me into the wagon and begin pulling and tearing. the pain was the most incredible pressure i could ever imagine.. i let him have my arm and was going with his violent twsiting and pulling, i knew his teeth were to my bone and didnt want him taking all of my forearm flesh from me, and possibly reengaging. the dog i speak of was a 145lb akita. i am 6'3 265lbs and he was tossing me around like a rag doll. i had no choice even as a dog lover to pull my duty weapon out and shoot this dog, one of the rounds grazed my knucle taking a tendon out. if that dog would of got ahold of a child or possibly an unarmed person, it would of been fatal. i had a surgery a few days later to remove a piece of his tooth that was lodged in my forearm and the tendon stitched up... some said that i was unlucky, but i disagree im glad it was me and i was able to do something about it. the owner stated that the dog got loose and that it is a vicious dog outside her immediate family.
i didnt post this for a pity or ohh my im sorry, i want new owners to large breed dogs to know what they are getting into, and to make sure you socialize your dogs and get the proper training...no dog needs to be that way, they are smart enough to know if there threatened or not, that level of vicious is totally uncalled for, even if you are doing protection and bite work.
this is why dogs get a bad wrap, its more time than not the owner, not the dogs fault.
i look at dogs differently now but i still love em....
i have had dogs all my life, 4 dobies total in imediate family + numerous other breeds.
i spent time with K9 trainers and there dogs at work.
so, one day while at work (police officer) i get a call for a large dog chassing kids onto cars. i respond, i find the dog quite a distance from me heading between homes. i stop the wagon, exit the vehicle staying right at the door. the dog is 75 yards away from me, i call him in a very playful/praise type voice to see how he responds. he responds very well, no sign of aggression and starts a pleasant trot towards me. he approaches me straight on, then just at a slow walk is turning into me like a swing heel, at this point im thinking hmm dog is trained... mid swing, no bark no indication of anything he is airbore for my head. i instantly give him my left arm, he slammed me into the wagon and begin pulling and tearing. the pain was the most incredible pressure i could ever imagine.. i let him have my arm and was going with his violent twsiting and pulling, i knew his teeth were to my bone and didnt want him taking all of my forearm flesh from me, and possibly reengaging. the dog i speak of was a 145lb akita. i am 6'3 265lbs and he was tossing me around like a rag doll. i had no choice even as a dog lover to pull my duty weapon out and shoot this dog, one of the rounds grazed my knucle taking a tendon out. if that dog would of got ahold of a child or possibly an unarmed person, it would of been fatal. i had a surgery a few days later to remove a piece of his tooth that was lodged in my forearm and the tendon stitched up... some said that i was unlucky, but i disagree im glad it was me and i was able to do something about it. the owner stated that the dog got loose and that it is a vicious dog outside her immediate family.
i didnt post this for a pity or ohh my im sorry, i want new owners to large breed dogs to know what they are getting into, and to make sure you socialize your dogs and get the proper training...no dog needs to be that way, they are smart enough to know if there threatened or not, that level of vicious is totally uncalled for, even if you are doing protection and bite work.
this is why dogs get a bad wrap, its more time than not the owner, not the dogs fault.
i look at dogs differently now but i still love em....