Re: [PyrNet-L] CHAT: Pyr that bit

["Trudy Kilby" <jacob50@snet.net>]

Actually after I posted I re read the post also and agree.  It does sound to
me that the dog was protecting his home.  I think that his overall
tempermant would have to be taken into account.  Was he ever aggresive
before this situation? I am sorry I responded before I really thought about
it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrienne Wilder <draggon@stc.net>
To: pyrnet-l@gamerz.net <pyrnet-l@gamerz.net>
Date: Monday, June 08, 1998 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [PyrNet-L] CHAT: Pyr that bit


>Trudy Kilby wrote:
>>
>> That is awfull, I think that the only solution is to put that dog down.
>
>
>I am sure this will be most people's response.  As well as probably the
>easiest and most sure fire answer.  However...re-read the entire story
>again.  It took me a third reading to truly *see* what the dog was
>reacting too.
>naturally we tend to want dogs to give children some le-way.  However in
>the world of the LGD a predator is a predator.  The child, even though
>harmelss, was acting in a threatening manor.  (at leas tthe way the
>story reads she was)
>I will say this...unless these people are willing to do what needs to be
>done, so that this will not happen again, then euthinasia is the only
>answer.  I do not beleive, from what I have read, that this is a dog
>with an agression problem, rather a sure fire case of mistaken
>identity...
>Still...it doesn't make the scars of the child any less important.
>--
>
>
>Adrienne Wilder  www.stc.net/~draggon/index.htm (pet portraits)
>Murrayville GA
>
>"Oh, to be loved by a dog!"
>
>Home of:
>The golden gang,
>Patou and the evil sister geese.
>and many stray cats.
>