Dog to dog aggression while camping
We just completed 4 wonderful days at a county CG on a very nice fishing lake. The moment we arrived, we noticed a family with a pit bull running loose. I asked them to put it on a leash as we h...
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toedtoes wrote:Deb and Ed M wrote:Billinwoodland wrote:
If you have a lap dog, it would not survive an attack from a pit.
And going back to Mark's great post - this is where the SMART little-dog owner would make sure their pet is well-socialized around big dogs and wouldn't run snarling up to something that could break its neck in an instant!
As well as not letting the little dog get within reach of a big dog without having first been assured by the big dog owner that it is OK to do so.
It's frustrating to have people not hold back their dog unless and until I tell them it's OK to do so. As owner of 2 big dogs, I want to be able to: 1) make sure my grip on my dogs is secure and capable of controlling them if something happens; 2) separate my dogs out so they aren't both right in the face/butt of the visiting dog; and 3) be able to say "no, I don't want my dogs getting close to your dog".
X2 But the bad thing is the owners that don't control their dogs & assume all dogs & owners are fine with anyone & thing being in their space.
The wild thing is when a person does not ask & puts their face in front of our Boxers mouth & has them lick them. " Oh we miss ours" they will say....but thats for another post.
