[quote=Nishasmom;811564]I don't think it is acceptable for your dog to attack anyone who doesn't pose a threat. ??
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Shouldn't a dog of sound mind be able to tell that a ten year old boy is not "threatening" their environment
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In normal conditions most will do but these are not normal conditions.We do not know what happenend before between the dogs and (the) children.
Sadly, if this happened w/ my dog (which it NEVER would); I would make the choice to euthanize her
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Mauling a child is NEVER acceptable in my book .
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Now; IF the child was taunting the dogs, abusing them, or making them truly feel threatened that would be a different story.
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That is exactly what happend.By trespassing the fence the boy was challenging the teritorial defence instinct of a pack(2) of adult Rottweilers.These dogs just did what was right at that moment(and according to the dog behaviour.)Seen from the dogs point of view they did nothing wrong.
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I would find it VERY unlikely to believe my dog would attack a child who just "hopped over to get a ball
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I absolutely doubt that.If it is a Rottweiler with some remains of the original Rottweiler,I wouldn't bet a cent.
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Yes, the boy SHOULD have gone to the door, but as we all know...boys will be boys.
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And so ,some of them get bitten and have to learn it the hard way.
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I feel that this is another story of ignorant and lazy owners. Poor dogs for having to live with them, for not being properly socialized, and for not being bred with temperament in mind. ~~~Poor owners for being born with no brains
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It's also a story of parents not teaching their children the BASIC manners.
Don't get me wrong, I feel sorried for that child but blaming the dogs is an easy manner and very unfair way ,to put all what went wrong on the animals