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I do believe how a person raises a pet is the number one factor of how an animal behaves. Not all dogs are "cujo" dogs. One time my DH and I were taking a walk and some guy was out walking his pit bull. I didn't think anything of it, went over and bent down to pet it just like I would have any other dog, and he was so adorable and loveble, licking my hand and loving the attention he received. I never even once gave a thought that the dog would have attacked me for no reason.
I didn't see the post about favorite dog breeds (been swamped with work), but I think one of the worse are chiwawa's (don't know how to spell it - chiquaja?). My grandparents had two of them both at separate times and I never did anything to those dogs but they hated me to the bone and the first one about took my hand off. The second one rolled over on its back and put its arms and legs out as if to say rub my belly, then as I slowly started to rub his belly he showed me his teeth and snarled as if to say "yeah, go ahead and try it, your fingers look tasty, you don't need them". HA HA, but to everyone else in the family he was adorable and wanted to be pet and held. I had an aunt who had a poodle that was mean as anything. So all dogs are different.
I think its horrible that bad people have trained dogs to do bad things, but nobody should judge a dog by its cover. Me particularly, I am a cat person, but everyone in my family has a dog or two.
I too would find it upsetting for people to judge one breed of dog who you find loveable and adorable just because of somethings that have happened with other owners. I remember awhile back Rottweilers were getting a bad name.
I'm glad there are people like you out there who will give a pet the love and attention they need. Thank you. |
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