[quote]MattyXL wrote:
[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
What BG said with regards to stress and how your dogs are is spot on.
I will never forget the last day I brought my dogs to a dog park, I have three medium small dogs (all range between 25 and 40lbs) This day I only had two, my Boston Terrier (tipping the scales at 40lbs of lean mean tennis ball chasing muscle) and my female Keeshond (at about 33lbs) this guy and his buddy had his pitbull running around the dog park, now I love pits and believe they get a bad rap, but when you have 2 fist pumping, wife beater wearing, bro curling guys with the pit I am very wary to say the least…
Man that dog must of saw my Keeshond as a Mark, as she is very demure that pit jumped my dog and had her by the snout and would not let go, all my dog did was squeal, cry and piss herself, I actually started kicking the pit to get it off, I guess my dog reacts to stress in a flight way…
Well not my boston, his fat ass jetted to scene and latched on to one of the pits jowls and started shaking and twisting and he would not let go, it was a fucking blood bath, finally we got all the dogs untangled, my Keeshond ran behind me wailing and bleeding and my boston still wanted more…I actually had to slap my dog out of his rage. Talk about 2 different reactions to stressfull situations. Seriously my Keeshond was and is never the same, and my boston is still as he always was, confident and stable.
Luckily though the owner(s) looked like a doucher, he apologized profusley and we both went to the vet, he paid.
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I own pitbulls and intend to do so until the day I die…literally. And the douchebags you described are endangering my ability to do so without being an outlaw one day. I fucking hate these motherfuckers. YOU DO NOT ALLOW PITBULL BREEDS TO BE UNLEASHED IN PUBLIC!!!
Anyway, your Boston Terrier has that terrier blood, and they are in general very tenacious, so he was following his blood. Your other dog was following its blood and believe it or not, most dogs would be yelping and pissing themselves, no matter how tough they “look”.
If it ever happens again, keep your cool and use a leash to choke the air supply from the offending dog - you can’t kick or beat a pitbull off a target generally. Breaking sticks are preferred, but only a hunter or informed pitbull owner would be walking around with one of those. I actually know hunters that prefer to break their dogs from boar by cutting the air supply…it works and apparently causes no damages.
And I don’t think you should have corrected your terrier at all…you should have pat him on his head and gave him a bone
He’s just following his instinct and we can’t get too mad at him for that :)[/quote]
Absolutely BG, Bostons, originally were bred with the now extinct white terrier and english bulldogs…they were originally fighting dogs, and Reggie maintains some of that in him, hes a great dog, 40lbs and Bostons nowadays shouldnt weigh more than 25. I love his loyalty and his sense of protecting his own, I wasnt correcting him, but he wouldnt get off!
I was once a big advocate of off leash exercise for dogs in NYC, and ran my own animal welfare and dog run organization. But I have become now am against same, simply because people are fucktards they let their dogs off leash talk on their cells and drink a fucking latte, and [ay no attention to the damage their dog is doing. Asshats like the one in my situation just make it worse for pits, they get them to be tough and look tough…if you have to get a dog to look tough you aint nothing but a pussy.
Anyways heres my best friend Reg Nice
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Good looking boy. Where in NY are you? We should grab a beer next time I’m up there…