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Originally Posted by rubicon
Hi Lovey2:
For the record I did not accuse the owner of the two labs of anything but listed a number of reasons for a dog's behavior that have applied in my experiences. Nor did I say put the dogs down. I did say they would be gone meaning they would not be residing with me as i wouldn't tolerate an animal that would be a risk to people. And I did not say bankrupt the owner but the lab owner is responsible for the damage and should honor his/her obligations.
Dogs will be dogs and that's why it is a dog owners responsibility to have control and restrain of their animals . Based on the OP's description this owner had two powerful dogs that s/he could not control or restrain. We have the dogs leading the owner. Lucy could have been a person and perhaps a young person at that rather than a dog.
This story strikes me as having to be more concerned about dogs in The Villages than coyotes
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I'm not sure why you think I was writing to or about you in particular. I was not. It was simply the tone of the responses I FELT each time I read the thread. And believe me, I read and reread it time and again. As usual, I probably should NOT have responded at all...it never goes well for me...but I did. I feel terrible for the dog attacked and yet, I still feel bad for the owner of the 2 labs somehow. We DON'T know his animals were not properly trained, we DON'T know if he was amenable to paying the vet bills (as he should have) and we DON'T know how he feels about the whole thing. If he is a true animal lover he TOO feels bad for Lucy and is possibly shocked and saddened by what his loving (to him and in his mind) dogs did to her. The post just automatically accused him of abuse, ill training and how he should be forced to pay. We are dealing with ANIMALS here...no one ever truly knows what they may do (Siegfried and Roy, for example) and I only LIGHTLY suggested maybe dogs should not be expected to "chat nicely" with each other as their humans do. I would no more let another animal approach my cats (just to see what they do, as a friend suggested) than I would blindly walk up to a dog and attempt to pet it. I didn't mean to offend, if I did. I was simply stating MY opinion as so many others do. I pointed my remarks at NO ONE.