Neighbors hate my Dog?!

[natty]

sigh….have read the board going on many years. never felt the urge to post until now.

dogsbite.org- fear mongering to perpetuate nonsense. no factual based information, not interested in promoting some attempt at ‘rational’ discussion.

Dog Bite studies to date hold little-to-no relevance. Scanning classified ads, ‘news’ reports and websites does not constitute as a study. The number of four-legged canines which reside in the USA is unknown, although of course they are estimates. DNA testing is no where near 100% accurate. The nearly unimaginable number of unregulated breeding and inbreeding presents a muddled picture of ungatherable data. Many other factors too long to list as why dog bite statistics are bunk.

Aggression is a behavior. Behavior is learned. Behavior is a response to outside stimuli. No human or canine is born to kill. No human or canine is bred to kill. The idea a ‘pit bull’ is alien to such concrete evidence and data, is absurd. Those who believe such nonsense, should take a hard look in the mirror. Breeding for a predisposition does not guarantee behavior, i.e. a male and female human are tenacious business people, so they breed to pop out offspring who run fortune 500 companies.

Now

Canines inflicting damage upon humans and fellow canines, is an insolvable event as whole. Again, behavior IS learned. But just as human miscreants will roam the earth no matter the learning and government legislation, even ‘properly’ raised and cared for animals-human included-have within them the ability to act, even for an instance, outside of their given temperament inexplicably. In other problematic events the human/canine relationship is a beautiful marriage that is either not taken seriously or the given individual doesn’t have the capability to understand and act accordingly. In both instances, law will change nothing, each fall under unpreventable human error.

SO in short, the original poster is responsible for following animal control laws, and if not, such as allowing a puppy to run public streets free where not permissible, then should an event take place, the owner will deal with issues–legal, stares– accordingly.

[afx114]

Maybe everyone should just carry around a Leroy Stick

When I was growing up, there was a dog that lived on my block named Leroy. Leroy was a big dog with a disdain for leashes and a thirst for blood. He made a habit of running around our block attacking anything he saw, biting my dad and my dogs basically whenever he had the chance. He chased me a few times, but I always escaped because I was/am an amazing tree climber.

Anyhoos, after Leroy’s second or third attack on my dogs, it became clear that the police and Leroy’s owner weren’t going to do anything to stop him, so my dad took matters into his own hands and came up with a brilliant invention: the Leroy stick.

The Leroy stick was, you guessed it, a stick. My dad carried an axe handle and I carried a plunger handle. My dad told me two things about carrying the Leroy stick. First, if Leroy came near me or the dogs, I should hit him. Second, if I hit Leroy with my stick, I would not get in trouble. Was it legal? Probably not. Was it right? It sure felt like it. We set the example and soon a lot of our neighbors started carrying Leroy sticks as well. Soon enough, Leroy and his owner saw everyone carrying sticks and Leroy didn’t run free anymore.

[afx114]

Maybe everyone should just carry around a Leroy Stick

When I was growing up, there was a dog that lived on my block named Leroy. Leroy was a big dog with a disdain for leashes and a thirst for blood. He made a habit of running around our block attacking anything he saw, biting my dad and my dogs basically whenever he had the chance. He chased me a few times, but I always escaped because I was/am an amazing tree climber.

Anyhoos, after Leroy’s second or third attack on my dogs, it became clear that the police and Leroy’s owner weren’t going to do anything to stop him, so my dad took matters into his own hands and came up with a brilliant invention: the Leroy stick.

The Leroy stick was, you guessed it, a stick. My dad carried an axe handle and I carried a plunger handle. My dad told me two things about carrying the Leroy stick. First, if Leroy came near me or the dogs, I should hit him. Second, if I hit Leroy with my stick, I would not get in trouble. Was it legal? Probably not. Was it right? It sure felt like it. We set the example and soon a lot of our neighbors started carrying Leroy sticks as well. Soon enough, Leroy and his owner saw everyone carrying sticks and Leroy didn’t run free anymore.

[afx114]

Maybe everyone should just carry around a Leroy Stick

When I was growing up, there was a dog that lived on my block named Leroy. Leroy was a big dog with a disdain for leashes and a thirst for blood. He made a habit of running around our block attacking anything he saw, biting my dad and my dogs basically whenever he had the chance. He chased me a few times, but I always escaped because I was/am an amazing tree climber.

Anyhoos, after Leroy’s second or third attack on my dogs, it became clear that the police and Leroy’s owner weren’t going to do anything to stop him, so my dad took matters into his own hands and came up with a brilliant invention: the Leroy stick.

The Leroy stick was, you guessed it, a stick. My dad carried an axe handle and I carried a plunger handle. My dad told me two things about carrying the Leroy stick. First, if Leroy came near me or the dogs, I should hit him. Second, if I hit Leroy with my stick, I would not get in trouble. Was it legal? Probably not. Was it right? It sure felt like it. We set the example and soon a lot of our neighbors started carrying Leroy sticks as well. Soon enough, Leroy and his owner saw everyone carrying sticks and Leroy didn’t run free anymore.

[afx114]

Maybe everyone should just carry around a Leroy Stick

When I was growing up, there was a dog that lived on my block named Leroy. Leroy was a big dog with a disdain for leashes and a thirst for blood. He made a habit of running around our block attacking anything he saw, biting my dad and my dogs basically whenever he had the chance. He chased me a few times, but I always escaped because I was/am an amazing tree climber.

Anyhoos, after Leroy’s second or third attack on my dogs, it became clear that the police and Leroy’s owner weren’t going to do anything to stop him, so my dad took matters into his own hands and came up with a brilliant invention: the Leroy stick.

The Leroy stick was, you guessed it, a stick. My dad carried an axe handle and I carried a plunger handle. My dad told me two things about carrying the Leroy stick. First, if Leroy came near me or the dogs, I should hit him. Second, if I hit Leroy with my stick, I would not get in trouble. Was it legal? Probably not. Was it right? It sure felt like it. We set the example and soon a lot of our neighbors started carrying Leroy sticks as well. Soon enough, Leroy and his owner saw everyone carrying sticks and Leroy didn’t run free anymore.

[afx114]

Maybe everyone should just carry around a Leroy Stick

When I was growing up, there was a dog that lived on my block named Leroy. Leroy was a big dog with a disdain for leashes and a thirst for blood. He made a habit of running around our block attacking anything he saw, biting my dad and my dogs basically whenever he had the chance. He chased me a few times, but I always escaped because I was/am an amazing tree climber.

Anyhoos, after Leroy’s second or third attack on my dogs, it became clear that the police and Leroy’s owner weren’t going to do anything to stop him, so my dad took matters into his own hands and came up with a brilliant invention: the Leroy stick.

The Leroy stick was, you guessed it, a stick. My dad carried an axe handle and I carried a plunger handle. My dad told me two things about carrying the Leroy stick. First, if Leroy came near me or the dogs, I should hit him. Second, if I hit Leroy with my stick, I would not get in trouble. Was it legal? Probably not. Was it right? It sure felt like it. We set the example and soon a lot of our neighbors started carrying Leroy sticks as well. Soon enough, Leroy and his owner saw everyone carrying sticks and Leroy didn’t run free anymore.

[natty]

I should also add to original poster.
You will be perceived as a good neighbor once you prove your dog(s) to be trained in basic obedience. Walk your pit bulls properly, show control, display the happy and loving puppies you know them to be frequently for your neighbors to see. Conduct yourself as an animal law abiding citizen. Make a point to slowly introduce your dogs to those who live around you. This is a slow process, but one necessary. You own a dog that invokes much on mere site, as owner, you own up to that, and put in the work. Take your dogs in public, mall, beach, different parks, trails. It’s a constant practice, just as raising as child.

Don’t allow neighboring dog owners to influence your behavior or how you allow your animals to behave.

[natty]

I should also add to original poster.
You will be perceived as a good neighbor once you prove your dog(s) to be trained in basic obedience. Walk your pit bulls properly, show control, display the happy and loving puppies you know them to be frequently for your neighbors to see. Conduct yourself as an animal law abiding citizen. Make a point to slowly introduce your dogs to those who live around you. This is a slow process, but one necessary. You own a dog that invokes much on mere site, as owner, you own up to that, and put in the work. Take your dogs in public, mall, beach, different parks, trails. It’s a constant practice, just as raising as child.

Don’t allow neighboring dog owners to influence your behavior or how you allow your animals to behave.

[natty]

I should also add to original poster.
You will be perceived as a good neighbor once you prove your dog(s) to be trained in basic obedience. Walk your pit bulls properly, show control, display the happy and loving puppies you know them to be frequently for your neighbors to see. Conduct yourself as an animal law abiding citizen. Make a point to slowly introduce your dogs to those who live around you. This is a slow process, but one necessary. You own a dog that invokes much on mere site, as owner, you own up to that, and put in the work. Take your dogs in public, mall, beach, different parks, trails. It’s a constant practice, just as raising as child.

Don’t allow neighboring dog owners to influence your behavior or how you allow your animals to behave.

[natty]

I should also add to original poster.
You will be perceived as a good neighbor once you prove your dog(s) to be trained in basic obedience. Walk your pit bulls properly, show control, display the happy and loving puppies you know them to be frequently for your neighbors to see. Conduct yourself as an animal law abiding citizen. Make a point to slowly introduce your dogs to those who live around you. This is a slow process, but one necessary. You own a dog that invokes much on mere site, as owner, you own up to that, and put in the work. Take your dogs in public, mall, beach, different parks, trails. It’s a constant practice, just as raising as child.

Don’t allow neighboring dog owners to influence your behavior or how you allow your animals to behave.

[natty]

I should also add to original poster.
You will be perceived as a good neighbor once you prove your dog(s) to be trained in basic obedience. Walk your pit bulls properly, show control, display the happy and loving puppies you know them to be frequently for your neighbors to see. Conduct yourself as an animal law abiding citizen. Make a point to slowly introduce your dogs to those who live around you. This is a slow process, but one necessary. You own a dog that invokes much on mere site, as owner, you own up to that, and put in the work. Take your dogs in public, mall, beach, different parks, trails. It’s a constant practice, just as raising as child.

Don’t allow neighboring dog owners to influence your behavior or how you allow your animals to behave.

[outtamojo]

“No human or canine is born to kill. No human or canine is bred to kill. The idea a ‘pit bull’ is alien to such concrete evidence and data, is absurd”

Huh? What data? If canines weren’t born to kill, I wonder how they managed to survive all those years before humans domesticated them because they are, after all,carnivores.

“Breeding for a predisposition does not guarantee behavior, i.e. a male and female human are tenacious business people, so they breed to pop out offspring who run fortune 500 companies.”

How does this relate to dogs? Ever watch a pointing dog work? Now try THAT with a rottweiler!

Btw, welcome to the Piggington board : )

[outtamojo]

“No human or canine is born to kill. No human or canine is bred to kill. The idea a ‘pit bull’ is alien to such concrete evidence and data, is absurd”

Huh? What data? If canines weren’t born to kill, I wonder how they managed to survive all those years before humans domesticated them because they are, after all,carnivores.

“Breeding for a predisposition does not guarantee behavior, i.e. a male and female human are tenacious business people, so they breed to pop out offspring who run fortune 500 companies.”

How does this relate to dogs? Ever watch a pointing dog work? Now try THAT with a rottweiler!

Btw, welcome to the Piggington board : )

[outtamojo]

“No human or canine is born to kill. No human or canine is bred to kill. The idea a ‘pit bull’ is alien to such concrete evidence and data, is absurd”

Huh? What data? If canines weren’t born to kill, I wonder how they managed to survive all those years before humans domesticated them because they are, after all,carnivores.

“Breeding for a predisposition does not guarantee behavior, i.e. a male and female human are tenacious business people, so they breed to pop out offspring who run fortune 500 companies.”

How does this relate to dogs? Ever watch a pointing dog work? Now try THAT with a rottweiler!

Btw, welcome to the Piggington board : )

[outtamojo]

“No human or canine is born to kill. No human or canine is bred to kill. The idea a ‘pit bull’ is alien to such concrete evidence and data, is absurd”

Huh? What data? If canines weren’t born to kill, I wonder how they managed to survive all those years before humans domesticated them because they are, after all,carnivores.

“Breeding for a predisposition does not guarantee behavior, i.e. a male and female human are tenacious business people, so they breed to pop out offspring who run fortune 500 companies.”

How does this relate to dogs? Ever watch a pointing dog work? Now try THAT with a rottweiler!

Btw, welcome to the Piggington board : )

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