| Quite often, dogs don't need a reason to attack. I think we all have to acknowledge that there are some dogs out there that are just "born bad", no matter what the breed. No amount of obedience, love and rehabilitation will help them. These dogs come from breeders whose top priority is money and no care is taken at all to breed for good temperaments. I have run into a few Rotties like this and I know one Golden Retriever that is miserable.
Another thing that sometimes makes dogs "go bad" is the fact that they're sick, in pain, and no one has noticed. Rotties are very stoic in the face of pain, I would imagine bulldogs are the same. Sometimes a small limp can indicate something as serious as bone cancer, and the owners, figuring the dog has a bad "sprain", ignore it until it is too late. A dog in pain can be very aggressive.
I just wanted to point out that dogs sometimes do attack for no reason. But I am in 100% agreement that the owners should be held totally responsible. After all, they are the ones who made the decision to buy the dog without checking into its background or temperament, and they are the ones who ignored the dog when it was sick, and they are the ones with no common sense.  |