So something happened a couple of days ago and I just can't shake it. I was sitting outside with all three of my dogs. Across the street a woman, who looked very sweet grandmother like, was walking two pitbull mixes. When the pitbulls saw my dogs they simply got out of control- barking, carrying on very aggressively. My Boston mixes then decided to run up to the fence and start barking at the pits.
I was trying to get my Bostons in the house when this woman proceeded to cross the street so she was walking her dogs on the other side of the fence. This makes zero sense because the sidewalk ends at my house and there is no where to go but across the street. I can only speculate that she brought her dogs over to say Hi to my dogs. She obviously did not understand that her dogs were behaving aggressively and did not want to say hi.
She then tried to cross the street to go back to the sidewalk she walking originally when Curly decided to come up to the fence to find out what all the commotion was about. He's so innocent hat he just sat in front of my two Bostons and just stared.
Out of no where one of the pit mixes lunged and stuck his snout through hole of the chain link fence, grabbed curly by the lip and shook. The old little lady seemed oblivious to what happened because she could no longer control her dogs at all. (Granted I couldn't get my dogs under control either because they were free roaming in my fenced in yard but my point here is that it could have been avoided had she stayed across the street)
At this point I was able to round up the dogs and take them inside. I inspected curly's lip and it is just a small bite, nothing major.
And here's my rant:
I am not going to blame the breed but I will point a finger at poor ownership. People who do have pitbulls should know that pitbulls are an aggressive breed that need to be trained to not be aggressive. If the owners are not going to take the time to socialize the dog with both humans and other animals to then this is not the right breed for them. Training is also a key factor in this. Pitbulls are a very strong breed and can be dangerous if not trained properly.
Pitbulls can be a great pet but if you're not going to take the time to train them then you shouldn't have one. If you're not going to have the time to train them to walk on a leash, you shouldn't have one. This can truly said about an breed - I mean look how many times we've said how expensive EBs can be and it is a huge financial decision to own one too...
Anyhow I'll end rant now.
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I was trying to get my Bostons in the house when this woman proceeded to cross the street so she was walking her dogs on the other side of the fence. This makes zero sense because the sidewalk ends at my house and there is no where to go but across the street. I can only speculate that she brought her dogs over to say Hi to my dogs. She obviously did not understand that her dogs were behaving aggressively and did not want to say hi.
She then tried to cross the street to go back to the sidewalk she walking originally when Curly decided to come up to the fence to find out what all the commotion was about. He's so innocent hat he just sat in front of my two Bostons and just stared.
Out of no where one of the pit mixes lunged and stuck his snout through hole of the chain link fence, grabbed curly by the lip and shook. The old little lady seemed oblivious to what happened because she could no longer control her dogs at all. (Granted I couldn't get my dogs under control either because they were free roaming in my fenced in yard but my point here is that it could have been avoided had she stayed across the street)
At this point I was able to round up the dogs and take them inside. I inspected curly's lip and it is just a small bite, nothing major.
And here's my rant:
I am not going to blame the breed but I will point a finger at poor ownership. People who do have pitbulls should know that pitbulls are an aggressive breed that need to be trained to not be aggressive. If the owners are not going to take the time to socialize the dog with both humans and other animals to then this is not the right breed for them. Training is also a key factor in this. Pitbulls are a very strong breed and can be dangerous if not trained properly.
Pitbulls can be a great pet but if you're not going to take the time to train them then you shouldn't have one. If you're not going to have the time to train them to walk on a leash, you shouldn't have one. This can truly said about an breed - I mean look how many times we've said how expensive EBs can be and it is a huge financial decision to own one too...
Anyhow I'll end rant now.
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I'm glad that he is ok. I understand where you're coming from, and this along with many other people's "dog manners" really annoy me. My dog is sweet, he is not aggressive and I don't want him to change. There was a stupid woman on my street who would walk her THREE dogs off leashes. It pissed me off royally bc as soon as they saw us, they would swarm Tyson, and one of the 3 dogs was always aggressive. She acted like an idiot and said awe look they are saying hi to each other. NO STUPID IDIOT, your dog is attacking my dog, and I'm over here trying to get Tyson away bc he's on a leash, and her dog wont' back off. Ugh... I am SO HAPPY she sold her house and moved! While she did live there, if I ever saw her, I would immediately turn around and go the opposite direction, I think she started to get the point after seeing me do it numerous times, but still - WALK YOUR DOGS ON A LEASH! control them, I also can't tell you how many times her dogs were almost hit by cars bc they would just lunge across the street. 
