Camping with dog breeds considered dangerous
Morning Folks, We RV'd quit a bit when the kids were younger, they are all grown with kids of their own. We are waiting on a Winnebago View and plan on doing some traveling. The question for yo...
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Deb and Ed M wrote:Herders do not protect the livestock, they do exactly what the name says, they herd them. They may very well try and corral a bunch of wayward kids, and even might nip at their heels, but they don't attack them. Funny how within this thread we can accept the fact that the bred in instincts and traits are expected and perfectly acceptable when those traits and instincts aren't dangerous. But when a dog that is clearly bred as an attack or protection animal acts instinctively, it is somehow only because the owner is negligent, not because the breed itself has dangerous instincts.BCSnob wrote:ONG wrote:running and screaming children can trigger a reaction in a border collie to try to control the movement with biting used as a means to accomplish control.
In the news today
Children killed by pit bull mix and a border collie. I have never seen a border collie that was mean.
I can also picture how many herding dogs (or heck, dogs in general?), when seeing adults running towards a crying/scared child - might feel compelled to defend the child against the "attackers"? Which might explain why the onlookers said the dogs "just kept coming back"?
