- Mar 11, 2000
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Rant:
Arrggh. I'm sick of all the dog lovers who claim all dogs, if properly trained, will make great human companions and will be friendly to all, and then want every park around their house to be leash free.
That's simply bullcrap. Some dogs are just inherently ill-natured. Many can be trained to be friendly to humans, but just like humans, there are asshole dogs just like there are asshole humans, regardless of the upbringing. It's not nature vs. nurture. It's nature AND nurture.
Furthermore, it's rare to have dog owners that are actually experienced dog trainers, obviously. 98% of dog owners don't have a clue what they're doing really. So, even if a borderline dog could be trained well, most dog owners won't train them as well.
"It's not the dogs' fault, it's the owners'."
So why do I dislike that above statement? Because it gets used so much by dog owners... about other dog owners but never themselves. It seems so common that people believe their beloved pet will never harm anyone. They think they've trained their dog well, and any reports of the species of their dog biting someone or another dog were due to somebody else not training their dog well.
Sorry people, you have to look at this objectively. A dog is a dog. A living animal. There are hundreds of millions of them living in this world. Not every dog is perfect, and even with good training not every dog is going to behave well. As a dog owner, you cannot assume you have a perfect dog, and you cannot assume you are a perfect owner. You are perfectly willing to accept that people can be criminals even with a good childhood upbringing, then you should be willing to accept that dogs can bite even with good training.
P.S. I like dogs, at least the friendly ones. However, I don't like yappy ankle nippers (regardless of how cute the owners think they are), nor do I like ferocious big dogs.
Arrggh. I'm sick of all the dog lovers who claim all dogs, if properly trained, will make great human companions and will be friendly to all, and then want every park around their house to be leash free.
That's simply bullcrap. Some dogs are just inherently ill-natured. Many can be trained to be friendly to humans, but just like humans, there are asshole dogs just like there are asshole humans, regardless of the upbringing. It's not nature vs. nurture. It's nature AND nurture.
Furthermore, it's rare to have dog owners that are actually experienced dog trainers, obviously. 98% of dog owners don't have a clue what they're doing really. So, even if a borderline dog could be trained well, most dog owners won't train them as well.
"It's not the dogs' fault, it's the owners'."
So why do I dislike that above statement? Because it gets used so much by dog owners... about other dog owners but never themselves. It seems so common that people believe their beloved pet will never harm anyone. They think they've trained their dog well, and any reports of the species of their dog biting someone or another dog were due to somebody else not training their dog well.
Sorry people, you have to look at this objectively. A dog is a dog. A living animal. There are hundreds of millions of them living in this world. Not every dog is perfect, and even with good training not every dog is going to behave well. As a dog owner, you cannot assume you have a perfect dog, and you cannot assume you are a perfect owner. You are perfectly willing to accept that people can be criminals even with a good childhood upbringing, then you should be willing to accept that dogs can bite even with good training.
P.S. I like dogs, at least the friendly ones. However, I don't like yappy ankle nippers (regardless of how cute the owners think they are), nor do I like ferocious big dogs.
I see a lot of things in her consistent behavior, and I'm trying to make sure she'll forever be a dog that doesn't cause any problems for strangers that don't cause any problems for us. 
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