[bobdeb]

Originally Posted by Velvet

I had a goldie, gentle temperament, you could pull his teeth out without the dog biting. His main fault was that he would try to slowly sneak onto your lap, one paw, then the other paw, then a bit of upper body, and if you still let him, one hind foot, then the other. He thought that he was still a puppy, and you would not notice that a 78lb dog was lying on your lap. (How I loved that dog.)

We shared our home with two female goldens, but at different times. We have wonderful, sweet little ones now, but I still ache over my beautiful goldens.

Beautiful, gentle, sweet, friendly, smart, loving dogs. I have their ashes and they will always be close with me.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Velvet

I had a goldie, gentle temperament, you could pull his teeth out without the dog biting. His main fault was that he would try to slowly sneak onto your lap, one paw, then the other paw, then a bit of upper body, and if you still let him, one hind foot, then the other. He thought that he was still a puppy, and you would not notice that a 78lb dog was lying on your lap. (How I loved that dog.)

Yep. Gentle giants. We've had more trouble with little dogs attacking our two goldens than any other dog. I think they are fear-aggressive when they haven't been properly socialized with all sizes of dogs.

The current one's best friend was a Rottie. There have been a couple of Yorkies and three doxies who truly wanted to kill him. Fortunately they all had been on leashes.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Joe V.

Some dogs are smart enough to reject close minded individuals.

Some who trust certain breed off leash are asking to be manned.

[Ptmckiou]

Originally Posted by bobdeb

Well, yes, on the leash and the owners.

Two Dobies? One wasn't enough to scare the bejesus out of people?

And if they collectively tore into a tiny dog then they are aggressive. Did I miss that?

We had a 50 acre ranch when we got the two dobies. They patrolled our property. They are old and still part of our family. They are our babies like any dogs.

How are they going to tear into a small dog when my dogs are never off leash? What happens when an off dog leash runs towards our dogs is our dogs want to try and get away from it. That creates havoc when a 100lb dog in a leash starts jumping around trying to get away from an unleashed dog heading towards them. Everyone keep your dogs on a leash, and no one has a problem.

[bobdeb]

One heck of either a very brave or a very numb little pooch.

[Eileenm]

It's how you train them. I have been bitten by little trappers. Most pit bulls are NOT aggressive.

[Gpsma]

Thank you for topping an oh so important post.

[Doro22]

For sure. Definitely agree. Just ask Judge Judy. In Miami/Dade County pit bulls are banned. So… many of these people with their pit bulls moved just over the Miami/Dade County line into Hollywood in Broward County. I lived in Hollywood and this is one of the reasons I left.

[TNLAKEPANDA]

Originally Posted by Piedmonter

A small (10 lb.) dog was attacked in our neighborhood the other night by an a large pit bull off leash. The small dog was very badly injured and only saved by his owner being willing to wrestle with the pit bull. The covenant restrictions of the Villages clearly do not allow dogs over 40 lbs. I am not necessarily in favor of that since there are many very nice, friendly labs, goldens etc. However, I do think that action should be taken when a larger dog shows itself to be dangerously aggressive. The Villages says that they cannot enforce the covenant. All they can do is send the owner of the pit bull a letter that when the dog passes away not to get another one like it. I am now very nervous when I walk my small dog at night. Perhaps the developer should consider amending the covenants to prohibit specific breeds known to be aggressive. For example, many campgrounds prohibit pit bulls and rotweillers.

I would shoot that dog… yes I carry.