My neighbor witnessed a small yorkie die this evening after being attacked by another much larger dog. The yorkie was tied up outside while the owner was shopping.
This is reminder to all dog owners- DO NOT LEAVE YOUR DOG OUTSIDE WHILE YOU SHOP!!! Stop trying to kill two birds with one stone and GO home and drop doggie off first!!!
It wasn't' that vicious black dog that hangs out near JD's Place was it? That dog is always lunging at other dogs and people.
People are so f*cking stupid, this is wrong on so many levels. My mother has had people tell her to mind her own f*cking business when she warns them about dogs getting stolen when they're tied up outside. It's pure selfishness to put your dog at risk because you're lazy.
It was not, Bohuma. It was (man, I hate to say because I HATE when people blame the breed) a grey pit bull, owned by a woman with dark hair. All I know.
Correction- the yorkie was walking by, the big dog was tied up.
Sad, but how do you not control your dog enough to keep from approaching unknown, unattended dogs? I don't know if it's the case here, but all too often, owners of small dogs don't think that it's necessary to train them one lick.
That is so sad. So what happened to the pit bull? Did the small dog provoke the pit bull? Either way it was a pit bull those dogs are dangerous one acted like it was going to attack me once.
Sad, but how do you not control your dog enough to keep from approaching unknown, unattended dogs? I don't know if it's the case here, but all too often, owners of small dogs don't think that it's necessary to train them one lick.
I don't know what the situation was either, but on this note I agree completely.
I have a small breed dog I adopted who is inclined to start problems/fearful with other dogs when on-leash. (I'm working on this obviously.) My point is, though, that I would never walk by a tied up dog and allow my guy within any sort of contact zone.
I have witnessed a huge number of small dogs whose owners have them on really long extendable leashes and allow them to go hither and yon. I have heard owners say, "Oh, it's ok, he's friendly" about their own dog. They do seem to discard the notion that there may be other dogs out there who are not as friendly or as comfortable with other dogs ambling over.
There is a reason there is a law on leashes being no longer than 6 feet on city streets.
----Again, I have no idea what happened here, it's mostly a rant on my part-----
Either way it was a pit bull those dogs are dangerous one acted like it was going to attack me once.
Breed discrimination is a foolhardy game to play here. The only dogs who have bitten me were tiny white maltese ones for example.
TEXTONY said:Either way it was a pit bull those dogs are dangerous one acted like it was going to attack me once.
Hard to believe people feel comfortable posting idiotic statements like this one in public.
...which brings to mind the following story:
In the 1980s, I was teenage male and regularly read the reviews of sports cars in Motor Trend magazine. An article which reviewed the newest V-8 powered Firebird included a statement like this:
"The Firebird is a fast, economical, well designed car, and is not a foolish choice. However, it is frequently the choice of fools.Unfortunately, ALL owners (regardless of whether they are fools) are subject to high insurance costs and social penalties. As a result, I advise everyone I know to buy something else"
Because too many pitbull owners are like Firebird owners, I give the same advice to those considering the breed.
WhyFi said:
Sad, but how do you not control your dog enough to keep from approaching unknown, unattended dogs? I don't know if it's the case here, but all too often, owners of small dogs don't think that it's necessary to train them one lick.
I don't think that was the situation here- I believe they were simply walking by. Now, obviously the yorkie owner passed through the 'contact zone' as it were, but I didn't hear anything about the yorkie purposefully walking up to the pit.
But you know what? That shouldn't matter. If you have a dog that has aggressive tendencies, you shouldn't tie him up and leave him unattended. THIS ISN'T the yorkie's fault, it's the pit owner's.
I hope the yorkie owner sues the pit owner. Get her where it hurts.
Sooooo sorry to hear that a dog was hurt/killed. I agree that small breed owners are not as cognizant of the potential problems that their pets can trigger. Most of the small dogs that I have encountered while walking my dogs are more aggressive than the larger dogs (Napoleonic complex? Best defense is good offense?) and the owners always say "Oh s/he is normally very friendly." Sorry - I can't explain that to my much larger dogs. They react to a perceived attack. Although almost all of my dogs were non-aggressive (exception: a dalmatian) and I could control them, the owners of the smaller dogs always had problems controlling their pets (longer leashes or no leashes).
Whatchuwant said:
I hope the yorkie owner sues the pit owner. Get her where it hurts.
Totally agree. Good chance it will be a blood-from-a-stone scenario when it comes to collecting, though.
One of the things that I've learned from hours of dog training shows is that many owners don't recognize the signs of dog aggressiveness either in their own dogs or in others. People tend to forget that they are animals and without training, they will revert to instinctive behavior. This is a real traegdy on both sides, and may result in two dogs losing their lives.
Hmmm, just goes to show how stories can change. In the future, don't recount events unless you are a first-hand witness.
As for walking uppity little dogs (& I have them) when passing something that may (unintentionally) provoke them, walk then on the side AWAY from the "provocation." Also NO flexies, those extendable leashes, use a collar, not a body harness, and keep a very light tension on the leash so you can feel when the dog tenses before acting.
Whatchuwant said:
I don't think that was the situation here- I believe they were simply walking by. Now, obviously the yorkie owner passed through the 'contact zone' as it were, but I didn't hear anything about the yorkie purposefully walking up to the pit.But you know what? That shouldn't matter. If you have a dog that has aggressive tendencies, you shouldn't tie him up and leave him unattended. THIS ISN'T the yorkie's fault, it's the pit owner's.
I hope the yorkie owner sues the pit owner. Get her where it hurts.
Oh, shut it. You simply don't know enough to make this judgement. Hell, you didn't even have the broad strokes of the scenario correct, at first. To look at it in another light, why don't you name any animal that DOESN'T fight back when absolutely cornered? A dog that's tied up *is* cornered and will act as such if they feel threatened, which is another reason to steer clear of unknown, unattended dogs.
No matter the circumstances, this is surely awful for all involved. Someone lost their pet and someone else has to know that their dog killed another person's pet.
Hopefully anyone reading this that was in the habit of leaving their dog tied up alone, will stop. And anyone who routinely walks their dog down crowded commercial strips will do so less or be more on the look-out for tied up dogs (because sometimes you can't see them unti you are right next to them due to trash cans, benches, etc.)
Salix said:
Hmmm, just goes to show how stories can change. In the future, don't recount events unless you are a first-hand witness.
Oh, please. If everyone here followed that rule, then no one would have anything to report. I got the story from the person who held the dog as it died. She was traumatized and apparently didn't clarify which dog was where. Big fucking deal.
WhyFi said:
Oh, shut it. You simply don't know enough to make this judgement. Hell, you didn't even have the broad strokes of the scenario correct, at first. To look at it in another light, why don't you name any animal that DOESN'T fight back when absolutely cornered? A dog that's tied up *is* cornered and will act as such if they feel threatened, which is another reason to steer clear of unknown, unattended dogs.
Why the fucking hostility dude? Broad stoke- dog got killed. Doesn't really matter if one was tied up, does it? And what if the pit's leash was 8 feet long and covered the sidewalk? You don't know what's going on in the mind of an animal, but I seriously doubt it was scared and felt 'cornered' by a fucking yorkie walking by.
Everyone chill out
Whatchuwant said:
Why the fucking hostility dude? Broad stoke- dog got killed. Doesn't really matter if one was tied up, does it? And what if the pit's leash was 8 feet long and covered the sidewalk? You don't know what's going on in the mind of an animal, but I seriously doubt it was scared and felt 'cornered' by a fucking yorkie walking by.
Telling you to shut it is hostility? No, it's sensible when you obviously don't know what the hell you're talking about. You haven't got a fucking clue about dogs, obviously - yes, it does matter if one was tied up. No, dogs do not know or care about considerations such as size. Have you never heard Twain's famous, “It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.” And again, you don't know that the Yorkie was just walking by.
A) you don't know the scenario
B) you know dick about dogs
So, I repeat - shut it. Stop placing blame when you don't have a leg to stand on.
Quit the fucking insults, it just makes you look foolish and insecure. I'm a dog owner, so I do actually know something about dog behavior.
You want nuances? Yea, I can't give you that- I wasn't there. Dollars to donuts, the people who were there can't even tell you how it went down. If YOU knew anything about dogs, you'd know that when things go down, they go down in a split second, and if you're not looking directly at them when it happens, it's as good as you not being there.
Can we just agree that no one should tie their dogs up outside and leave them unattended???? Shit.....
You talking out of your ass makes you look foolish and insecure. And I hate to tell ya, but you're a prime example that having a dog doesn't mean that you know anything about them. No, things don't just happen in a split second out of the blue. There are ALWAYS warning signs, but many (including you, evidently) are oblivious to them.
Can we just agree that you shouldn't place blame??? Shit.....
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