Neighbors hate my Dog?!

[nla]

I was bitten by a dog when I was in grade school. Also, about two years ago while walking to get our mail from the mail box, a small off-the-leash sweet-looking dog, owned by our neighbor came walking toward me. I didn’t run/react because I thought the dog was harmless. Big mistake, it came and attacked my legs. The neighbor didn’t even have the decency to ask me if I was OK, she’s just too worried that the dog was traumatized because I tried to kicked it while attacking me. Now, I don’t trust any dog, small or big, cute or ugly. Can you blame me?

[sdrealtor]

When I was in college a roomate kept 2 pit bulls that were sweet and well behaved. They were the nicest and best trained dogs I had ever been around. For exercise we would take a bicycle tire and get them both to bite down on it. They would lock their jaws and have a tug of war that often went over 1 hour. We drank alot of beer watching them and it was an amazing site to see their instincts at work. On time for no reason one of them took a chunk out of my roomates calves and he got rid of them. As nice as these dogs are there is something hereditary inside them that cant be denied or trained away. You need to be very careful with them and your neighbors have good reason to be concerned.

[sdrealtor]

When I was in college a roomate kept 2 pit bulls that were sweet and well behaved. They were the nicest and best trained dogs I had ever been around. For exercise we would take a bicycle tire and get them both to bite down on it. They would lock their jaws and have a tug of war that often went over 1 hour. We drank alot of beer watching them and it was an amazing site to see their instincts at work. On time for no reason one of them took a chunk out of my roomates calves and he got rid of them. As nice as these dogs are there is something hereditary inside them that cant be denied or trained away. You need to be very careful with them and your neighbors have good reason to be concerned.

[sdrealtor]

When I was in college a roomate kept 2 pit bulls that were sweet and well behaved. They were the nicest and best trained dogs I had ever been around. For exercise we would take a bicycle tire and get them both to bite down on it. They would lock their jaws and have a tug of war that often went over 1 hour. We drank alot of beer watching them and it was an amazing site to see their instincts at work. On time for no reason one of them took a chunk out of my roomates calves and he got rid of them. As nice as these dogs are there is something hereditary inside them that cant be denied or trained away. You need to be very careful with them and your neighbors have good reason to be concerned.

[sdrealtor]

When I was in college a roomate kept 2 pit bulls that were sweet and well behaved. They were the nicest and best trained dogs I had ever been around. For exercise we would take a bicycle tire and get them both to bite down on it. They would lock their jaws and have a tug of war that often went over 1 hour. We drank alot of beer watching them and it was an amazing site to see their instincts at work. On time for no reason one of them took a chunk out of my roomates calves and he got rid of them. As nice as these dogs are there is something hereditary inside them that cant be denied or trained away. You need to be very careful with them and your neighbors have good reason to be concerned.

[sdrealtor]

When I was in college a roomate kept 2 pit bulls that were sweet and well behaved. They were the nicest and best trained dogs I had ever been around. For exercise we would take a bicycle tire and get them both to bite down on it. They would lock their jaws and have a tug of war that often went over 1 hour. We drank alot of beer watching them and it was an amazing site to see their instincts at work. On time for no reason one of them took a chunk out of my roomates calves and he got rid of them. As nice as these dogs are there is something hereditary inside them that cant be denied or trained away. You need to be very careful with them and your neighbors have good reason to be concerned.

[outtamojo]

[quote=Happs][quote=ben_vo]I love dogs. However, I believe large gods should be kept leashed. I can totally understand people who get scared seeing a big dog out of leash and out of the owner’s control. Imagine a running toddler or worse a toddler hugging the dog… or kicking the dog (for whatever reason). Who knows what the dog’s reaction would be… What if it bites? You probably would say “sorry… the dog is so sweet… it was just that the kid misbehaved”. I do not think you can expect people to be supportive. If the dog is under control and always leashed, I do not see any problem and I guess after some time the neighbors would accept it.[/quote]

This is precisely why the leash laws need to be enforced at Del Mar Dog Beach and other beaches in the summer and the walkway across the lagoon should be dog free for public safety reasons because of it’s narrow width.[/quote]

Don’t mean to dog-pile but dogs ON leash can still be dangerous especially on narrow paths – there was an article in San Jose Merc about an unfortunate elderly lady who got entangled on a leash,fell, and died.

[outtamojo]

[quote=Happs][quote=ben_vo]I love dogs. However, I believe large gods should be kept leashed. I can totally understand people who get scared seeing a big dog out of leash and out of the owner’s control. Imagine a running toddler or worse a toddler hugging the dog… or kicking the dog (for whatever reason). Who knows what the dog’s reaction would be… What if it bites? You probably would say “sorry… the dog is so sweet… it was just that the kid misbehaved”. I do not think you can expect people to be supportive. If the dog is under control and always leashed, I do not see any problem and I guess after some time the neighbors would accept it.[/quote]

This is precisely why the leash laws need to be enforced at Del Mar Dog Beach and other beaches in the summer and the walkway across the lagoon should be dog free for public safety reasons because of it’s narrow width.[/quote]

Don’t mean to dog-pile but dogs ON leash can still be dangerous especially on narrow paths – there was an article in San Jose Merc about an unfortunate elderly lady who got entangled on a leash,fell, and died.

[outtamojo]

[quote=Happs][quote=ben_vo]I love dogs. However, I believe large gods should be kept leashed. I can totally understand people who get scared seeing a big dog out of leash and out of the owner’s control. Imagine a running toddler or worse a toddler hugging the dog… or kicking the dog (for whatever reason). Who knows what the dog’s reaction would be… What if it bites? You probably would say “sorry… the dog is so sweet… it was just that the kid misbehaved”. I do not think you can expect people to be supportive. If the dog is under control and always leashed, I do not see any problem and I guess after some time the neighbors would accept it.[/quote]

This is precisely why the leash laws need to be enforced at Del Mar Dog Beach and other beaches in the summer and the walkway across the lagoon should be dog free for public safety reasons because of it’s narrow width.[/quote]

Don’t mean to dog-pile but dogs ON leash can still be dangerous especially on narrow paths – there was an article in San Jose Merc about an unfortunate elderly lady who got entangled on a leash,fell, and died.

[outtamojo]

[quote=Happs][quote=ben_vo]I love dogs. However, I believe large gods should be kept leashed. I can totally understand people who get scared seeing a big dog out of leash and out of the owner’s control. Imagine a running toddler or worse a toddler hugging the dog… or kicking the dog (for whatever reason). Who knows what the dog’s reaction would be… What if it bites? You probably would say “sorry… the dog is so sweet… it was just that the kid misbehaved”. I do not think you can expect people to be supportive. If the dog is under control and always leashed, I do not see any problem and I guess after some time the neighbors would accept it.[/quote]

This is precisely why the leash laws need to be enforced at Del Mar Dog Beach and other beaches in the summer and the walkway across the lagoon should be dog free for public safety reasons because of it’s narrow width.[/quote]

Don’t mean to dog-pile but dogs ON leash can still be dangerous especially on narrow paths – there was an article in San Jose Merc about an unfortunate elderly lady who got entangled on a leash,fell, and died.

[outtamojo]

[quote=Happs][quote=ben_vo]I love dogs. However, I believe large gods should be kept leashed. I can totally understand people who get scared seeing a big dog out of leash and out of the owner’s control. Imagine a running toddler or worse a toddler hugging the dog… or kicking the dog (for whatever reason). Who knows what the dog’s reaction would be… What if it bites? You probably would say “sorry… the dog is so sweet… it was just that the kid misbehaved”. I do not think you can expect people to be supportive. If the dog is under control and always leashed, I do not see any problem and I guess after some time the neighbors would accept it.[/quote]

This is precisely why the leash laws need to be enforced at Del Mar Dog Beach and other beaches in the summer and the walkway across the lagoon should be dog free for public safety reasons because of it’s narrow width.[/quote]

Don’t mean to dog-pile but dogs ON leash can still be dangerous especially on narrow paths – there was an article in San Jose Merc about an unfortunate elderly lady who got entangled on a leash,fell, and died.

[ocrenter]

The subject of dog breeds is a very interesting one. Essentially we human were able to play god for the last 4-5000 years and we dramatically accelerated the evolutionary process within dogs to create multiple different breeds to tailor to our needs. The hunter bred the beagles, the pointers. The Chinese royalty bred for obedience in the shih tzus. And of course, for the blood sport of bull and bear baiting, we got the terrier pit-bulls.

After purposefully genetically enhancing the traits of aggression and strength, we humans now try to pretend these dogs will be friendly and cute and sweet enough to be household pets that the neighborhood should adore?

[ocrenter]

The subject of dog breeds is a very interesting one. Essentially we human were able to play god for the last 4-5000 years and we dramatically accelerated the evolutionary process within dogs to create multiple different breeds to tailor to our needs. The hunter bred the beagles, the pointers. The Chinese royalty bred for obedience in the shih tzus. And of course, for the blood sport of bull and bear baiting, we got the terrier pit-bulls.

After purposefully genetically enhancing the traits of aggression and strength, we humans now try to pretend these dogs will be friendly and cute and sweet enough to be household pets that the neighborhood should adore?

[ocrenter]

The subject of dog breeds is a very interesting one. Essentially we human were able to play god for the last 4-5000 years and we dramatically accelerated the evolutionary process within dogs to create multiple different breeds to tailor to our needs. The hunter bred the beagles, the pointers. The Chinese royalty bred for obedience in the shih tzus. And of course, for the blood sport of bull and bear baiting, we got the terrier pit-bulls.

After purposefully genetically enhancing the traits of aggression and strength, we humans now try to pretend these dogs will be friendly and cute and sweet enough to be household pets that the neighborhood should adore?

[ocrenter]

The subject of dog breeds is a very interesting one. Essentially we human were able to play god for the last 4-5000 years and we dramatically accelerated the evolutionary process within dogs to create multiple different breeds to tailor to our needs. The hunter bred the beagles, the pointers. The Chinese royalty bred for obedience in the shih tzus. And of course, for the blood sport of bull and bear baiting, we got the terrier pit-bulls.

After purposefully genetically enhancing the traits of aggression and strength, we humans now try to pretend these dogs will be friendly and cute and sweet enough to be household pets that the neighborhood should adore?

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