Thread: Trophy dogs, and feral owners

Hmmmm,

1. A reality show that doesn't cook, build or lay about.
   2.Tough guy.
   3.Bit of a knob.
   4.On TV.

It's Bear Grylls isn't it? You have to be tough to drink your own urine.

Was he fat?
Did his mum want someone to marry him?
Was he an anorexic superskank?
Was he a nerd/pretty boy?
Was he a lazy **** who wanted to get famous by appearing on a "talent" show?
Was he a farmer in search of a female companion, reasonably close to his own species?

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Was he fat?
Did his mum want someone to marry him?
Was he an anorexic superskank?
Was he a nerd/pretty boy?
Was he a lazy **** who wanted to get famous by appearing on a "talent" show?
Was he a farmer in search of a female companion, reasonably close to his own species?

I think someone watches too much TV.

Originally Posted by Eevo

if you look at fatal and the majority of non fatal dog attacks, they are done about about 5 or 6 common breeds/cross breeds. banning these 5 or 6 breeds/crossbreeds will not eliminate dog attacks, but reduce them by about 95%. imho this is needed.

if you want a companion dog, there are plenty of suitable breeds.

im not anti dog, im pro human.

OK without hijacking this thread, now put up or shut up with proof about your 5 or 6 breeds. I know most of these breeds that are usually named, but most often proved to be incorrect. I have substantiated this several times especially were Staffordshires are incorrectly named. Most often they are infact cross breeds, not actual breeds and real facts often differ from myths purported in the media. I doubt you will be able to come up with any real concrete evidence apart from "It was this dog" without absolute proof or pedigree testing.
As to the actual issues and sorry if this offends as is not the intent.
I really feel for the people involved in the Rottweiler attack, however number 1 rule with any dog is do not enter their yard without an owner present, I would never do this unless I knew the dogs well. Dogs are in this instance only doing what comes natural in protecting their owners or yard. Absolutely the dog should be put down, but remember this is all dogs nature. If 2 Rottweilers did attack and wanted to do significant damage they would do so. Yes I do believe that you are right and were trying to do the right thing, though often trying to do the right thing can be the wrong thing and the dog and its owners need to be held to account in this instance and sincerely hope the lady involved makes a speedy recovery. The owners in this case need to look at themselves, but having said that the best looked after dogs can do the same and depending on size and breed can determine the outcomes.

Originally Posted by carlschmid2002

I think someone watches too much TV.

I googled "Reality TV shows in Australia" and that's my take on what came up

Originally Posted by carlschmid2002

I think someone watches too much TV.

Indeed, but I think he missed a reference to the mole...

Originally Posted by CraigE

........As to the actual issues and sorry if this offends as is not the intent.

My wife will be offended. It's a long time since anyone accused her of being a lady.

Originally Posted by CraigE

I really feel for the people involved in the Rottweiler attack, however number 1 rule with any dog is do not enter their yard without an owner present, I would never do this unless I knew the dogs well. Dogs are in this instance only doing what comes natural in protecting their owners or yard. Absolutely the dog should be put down, but remember this is all dogs nature. If 2 Rottweilers did attack and wanted to do significant damage they would do so. Yes I do believe that you are right and were trying to do the right thing, though often trying to do the right thing can be the wrong thing and the dog and its owners need to be held to account in this instance and sincerely hope the lady involved makes a speedy recovery. The owners in this case need to look at themselves, but having said that the best looked after dogs can do the same and depending on size and breed can determine the outcomes.

I think there's a couple of bits of information that you've missed in the original account Craig.

The first is that my wife wasn't in the dogs yard as such, she was in an area that was permanently inaccessible to the dogs, as it was gated and fenced.

The second was that it wasn't the first time or even the tenth time that my wife had performed exactly the same exercise, it was probably on average once a week over a couple of years. The female dog was normally docile and easy to control.
We had both been out helping the owners look for the dogs a number of times when they escaped, and it was my wife who was sitting comforting the female dog in the back of the car on the way to the vet one evening after the dog broke her leg trying to get over the fence (again).

In short, we thought we knew them, and that they knew us. But in that last 6 months when the guy was away constantly doing his TV thing, and they were effectively ignored, something changed. And what was a normal, routine, albeit frustrating and annoying task, turned out anything but. In hindsight it was a mistake, we should have drawn the line much sooner, but as the old theory goes - nothing dulls the feeling of danger like routine.

Originally Posted by carlschmid2002

We have a moron down the road with a big brown mastiff in a very small yard. It is beautiful dog but unfortunately it looks very neglected and very bored. I used to walk on the other side of the road with my two to stop him rushing the fence and going crazy. This morning at 0500 I thought bugger it. My two dogs don't care. We will walk past and if the dog wakes the idiot up then maybe he might get a hint. My two walked past without a sound looking straight ahead. The mastiff went nuts. You could here it a block away. I pity anyone if it ever gets out. It's not the dogs fault. He is completely neglected. Owners like that sit inside and watch telly in the aircon whilst the poor dog is completely ignored.

Mastiff's are suited to areas as small as units, they are a very non active dog and require very little exercise, on assumption I'd say it may not actually be a Mastiff or even Bullmastiff.
Anyway that's not the point, I'd talk to the owner and try to reason with him, or even offer to buy the dog off him as if it is a Mastiff in a humid environment outside during the day, it is risking the dogs life, let alone the problems of not spending time with it.

Any short mussel large breed dogs should be kept in a controlled temperature environment, they should never sleep outside, and hot humid weather is very bad for them.
And i'd assume this guy did no research into the breed before getting one, and just expects to leave it outside and feed it.
The bigger they are the more high maintenance they are.