Re: [PyrNet-L] Re: Chat:Behavior, pyr that bit

[Adrienne Wilder <draggon@STC.Net>]

Mitzi Potter wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 11 Jun 1998 09:55:20 -0400, Magic Moment wrote:
> 
> > And I just don't think I have whatever it takes to trust a dog again if he had
> >> bitten someone. Pyrs are NOT bred to attack, it doesn't matter how
> >> many times it happens, they're still not bred to do that.
> >
> >I have a question for you - IF you were there when one of your dogs bit,
> >let's say the person entered your house and was attacking you, and you
> >saw that your Pyr did all the warning behavior before it attacked and
> >your Pyr did everything in it's power to protect you, would you still
> >not trust that Pyr? If that Pyr kept you from serious harm would you
> >still think the same way?
> 
> If he did all the correct warnings, etc 1st? You bet I'd still trust
> him. If he bit an 8 yr old kid who'd been banging on the windows then
> came in the front door? No, I wouldn't trust that dog again. And by
> not being able to trust him that would destroy the bond I had with
> the dog. But GOLDENS have saved their masters in circumstances like
> you mention. So it's a dog thing, not just a Pyr thing.
> Mitzi Potter    OKC OK



This made me smile when you mentioned goldens.... Most golden people 
feel that a goldens should NEVER show any type of agression...even if 
their master is being attacked or the dogs themselves are being 
attacked.
It has been a long standing argument....one wether not it is truly 
aggressive behavior or the simple desire for self preservation.

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Adrienne Wilder  www.stc.net/~draggon/index.htm (pet portraits)
Murrayville GA

"Oh, to be loved by a dog!"

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The golden gang,
Patou and the evil sister geese.
and many stray cats.