View Single Post
  #107  
Old 03-22-2008, 03:39 AM
moondog's Avatar
moondog moondog is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Woodland Hills CA/USA
Re: Dog Nearly Bites Friend - Urgent Advice Needed

Quote:
Originally Posted by debbiej View Post
... may I respectfully suggest that such a dog, even without proper training, does not have a proper temperament.
That's precisely where my thoughts on this have led me. In a different home, perhaps this dog could have been MANAGED safely, but his temperament was what it was. There are hundreds of neglected and severely abused dogs that have never threatened anyone as this dog did.
Quote:
Originally Posted by debbiej View Post
...and this decision was probably for the good of the breed.
Yes. Nobody got bit.