Jack Russell? I’ve always been a “dog person” but these terriers were indeed bred for aggression for centuries and I have a scar to show for it. Thankfully the little bastard was under 15 pounds otherwise I’d have a stump instead.
An Aunt & Uncle had a pure-bread/in-bread some kind of poodle. Male. Angry SOB. First time I saw him (this is when was a kid), reached out to pet it and it snapped at me. His name was Lucky. Ignored him after that. He died many years ago, and I’m glad about that. I that poodle is burning in hell.
Standard Poodles do indeed have a reputation for being foul tempered bastards. They are also reputed to be very smart. Which is why I’ve always been suspicious of the yuppie craze for Labradoodles. Labs are cheerful, fun loving dogs, but can sometimes be pretty brainless doofusses. So if you cross the two, do you get a smart, happy dog, or do you get a foul tempered idiot?
I’ve been attacked by a Chihuahua & a Chesapeake Bay retriever, guess what one got a load of #5 duck shot in his ass. Most had to shoot it’s owner too.
People say “It’s how they’re raised”. I cry “bullshit”. To an extent, yes, but for the most part, it’s all about the dogs’ demeanor.
There isn’t bad dogs but bad owners. All the dogs I owned knew who was boss and behaviors that were adverse were corrected. People enjoyed being around my dogs. They were well behaved and loved.
The why is guido the way he is?
Bear Claw, Guido is a she… and yes she was the hardest to train as she has a temper and a stubborn streak. All the other dogs I had were Queensland Heelers, Australian Cattle dogs, Aussie Shepards and Border Collies, works dogs… Guido, I inherited from my ex wife when we split, her dog, didn’t want it anymore. Best trade I ever did.
So a pitbull is just as gentle as Lassie? Come on!
Can be, pit-bulls use to be called nanny dogs and people would use them to “babysit” their children and knew they were as protected as their father standing guard with a machine gun… My brother has a Pit bull/Basset-hound (Jenny, 85 pounds) mix and she loves my 10 pound (rottweiler) chihuahua named Guido, Phil has meet Guido. Jenny plays very gently with mine and snuggles with her. Years ago when I had some medical issues requiring a care aide at my house, the aide use to bring her uncut male pit-bull, about a 100 pounds and he loved and played and snuggled with my anklebiter.
Yeah, in other words, there are some dogs (and some people) that no matter the nurturing or abuse can go either way. One dog can come out of the chute mean and be loved to pieces, then still tear your throat out with no warning, others can be brutally abused from the get go, and still be as sweet as can be. There is no one size fits all rule, as much as some folks contend that there is.
Truth! Nature versus nurture, the eternal question, whether you are talking about animals or humans. Definitely not cut and dried, sometimes nature wins, sometimes nurture wins. It’s all a crapshoot. Place yer bets people.
Jack Russell? I’ve always been a “dog person” but these terriers were indeed bred for aggression for centuries and I have a scar to show for it. Thankfully the little bastard was under 15 pounds otherwise I’d have a stump instead.
An Aunt & Uncle had a pure-bread/in-bread some kind of poodle. Male. Angry SOB. First time I saw him (this is when was a kid), reached out to pet it and it snapped at me. His name was Lucky. Ignored him after that. He died many years ago, and I’m glad about that. I that poodle is burning in hell.
Standard Poodles do indeed have a reputation for being foul tempered bastards. They are also reputed to be very smart. Which is why I’ve always been suspicious of the yuppie craze for Labradoodles. Labs are cheerful, fun loving dogs, but can sometimes be pretty brainless doofusses. So if you cross the two, do you get a smart, happy dog, or do you get a foul tempered idiot?
I’ve been attacked by a Chihuahua & a Chesapeake Bay retriever, guess what one got a load of #5 duck shot in his ass. Most had to shoot it’s owner too.
People say “It’s how they’re raised”. I cry “bullshit”. To an extent, yes, but for the most part, it’s all about the dogs’ demeanor.
There isn’t bad dogs but bad owners. All the dogs I owned knew who was boss and behaviors that were adverse were corrected. People enjoyed being around my dogs. They were well behaved and loved.
The why is guido the way he is?
Bear Claw, Guido is a she… and yes she was the hardest to train as she has a temper and a stubborn streak. All the other dogs I had were Queensland Heelers, Australian Cattle dogs, Aussie Shepards and Border Collies, works dogs… Guido, I inherited from my ex wife when we split, her dog, didn’t want it anymore. Best trade I ever did.
So a pitbull is just as gentle as Lassie? Come on!
Can be, pit-bulls use to be called nanny dogs and people would use them to “babysit” their children and knew they were as protected as their father standing guard with a machine gun… My brother has a Pit bull/Basset-hound (Jenny, 85 pounds) mix and she loves my 10 pound (rottweiler) chihuahua named Guido, Phil has meet Guido. Jenny plays very gently with mine and snuggles with her. Years ago when I had some medical issues requiring a care aide at my house, the aide use to bring her uncut male pit-bull, about a 100 pounds and he loved and played and snuggled with my anklebiter.
Yeah, in other words, there are some dogs (and some people) that no matter the nurturing or abuse can go either way. One dog can come out of the chute mean and be loved to pieces, then still tear your throat out with no warning, others can be brutally abused from the get go, and still be as sweet as can be. There is no one size fits all rule, as much as some folks contend that there is.
Truth! Nature versus nurture, the eternal question, whether you are talking about animals or humans. Definitely not cut and dried, sometimes nature wins, sometimes nurture wins. It’s all a crapshoot. Place yer bets people.