“I’m a happy boy. I love being petted and love attention.”
That’s what Carlin Kinlow saw when she adopted Bubba earlier this year. But when she got him home, Bubba didn’t act like a happy boy. Instead, he attacked her roommate.
[…] CBS2 [Los Angeles] obtained internal records which show 32 dogs with bite histories at the shelter. Twenty-three had no warnings or any information about biting previous owners on their kennel cards.
Kaviani said by leaving information off of the card, it is not masking the dog’s behavior. He says it is their policy is to tell people before they adopt.
“When you’re dating, on the first date do you say all the things that you’re really trying to work on as a human being? No, you’re not airing that on the first date. Are you lying about that? Absolutely not,” said Kaviani.
Madeline Bernstein, president of the spcaLA said that people have to be told.
“Whether you bite a shelter personnel member or you bite a volunteer, or the dog has been returned for a bite, that information must be told to potential adopters,” she said.
CBS2 also found the shelter drugged dozens of dogs.
Dogs are surrendered for bite issues; cats are surrendered for inappropriate urination. Not that this is ever told to the prospective adoptive “parents” though, to be fair, I do wonder how honest the surrendering owners are about why they no longer want the cat. A new owner comes along, falls for the kitty, and takes said kitty home with no knowledge of prior problems. That’s a recipe for heartache and disaster. Have seen it.
Dogs that bite have a very short life span in my world. I have not had none but my Dad did and it was an immediate goodbye. My son had one and the result was the same. Analysis of problems as to why is meaningless.
My opinion too. I have put down two dogs, one a puppy of eight months who I felt showed signs of inappropriate and potentially dangerous aggression, the other a senior dog with signs of early dementia. I love dogs and have owned one or more at every point in my life but I know they are domesticated wolves and in spite of domestication, that wolf still lurks in some dogs and must be culled out.
and I get grief for buying purebred. Adopt don’t shop my nieces screech at me. Every dog we have purchased has been exactly as I expect(ed) it to be with my children and now my grandchildren.
My latest dog is a purebred but unregistered golden retriever purchased from a breeder I knew who raised great hunting dogs. I got her at eight weeks and yes I got a lot of flack including busy bodies in dog parks. I have had almost all rescue dogs over the years and for once I wanted a dog without neurotic anxieties and behaviour issues that I raised and trained to suit me not me having to suit them. She is easily the best dog I have ever had and I am just not going to ever start with a rescue dog again unless it is one I have gotten to know well first.
When our family was ready to welcome a dog, I researched breeds, went to dog shows, and met breeders. It took a long time but our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel was the best dog for our family and from a reputable breeder. My nieces, too, screech about adoption and rescue dogs. No thanks. Family members have had them and we could never have all the dogs at get-togethers; one always had to stay home because it had “issues.” Our daughter recently adopted a dog from her local SPCA and within one week she called me, in tears, because she had to take it back because, while out walking her dog, it attacked another dog. We are considering another dog and are currently in touch with an excellent breeder. Purebreds only for us.
How does this sort of thing not fall under “criminal negligence” of some sort or another? Honestly, some of these people are pathological.
I wish my dog bit me more and farted less.
She could clear a room of submariners.
Hmm. You brought home what looks like an Australian cattle dog, aka Heeler, and your surprised that it nips at your roommate’s feet?
Do a little research, be realistic about your situation. Stop picking dogs because they look cool.
I am the third owner of 7 month old cattle dog. The second owner (who walks with a cane) adopted her from an animal hospital because it kinda looked like her old dog. Gave her to me because the dog was destroying the 1 bedroom apt from boredom
– The first bought it from a yuppie pet store because it was a nice size for an apartment and looked neat. Gave it up because of the nipping
Heelers are awesome dogs, but require tremendous effort.
So … just two weeks ago … I am sitting in my front home office, which overlooks the street, and I hear two dogs growling and (obviously) fighting. I thought nothing of it until I heard two young women start to scream. I grabbed my coffee (which I drink in a tall stainless steel insulated tumbler) and ran outside. There … I saw the two young (hot) aupairs of my new neighbors screaming that each of the dogs under their care had a death grip on each other’s head … and were NOT letting go. So I cautiously ran at the dogs swatting their hindquarters and issuing alpha male commands for them to let go. Nothing. Both dogs appeared to be small Labradors … a yellow lab and a black lab. However, at closer look … the black lab had the unmistakable characteristics of a pit-bull. A big square jaw and head. Luckily for the slightly smaller yellow lab … she had the better grip on the lower jaw and teeth of the pit bull-lab. Not wanting to get my own hand involved in the death grip (sorry, call me a pussie) I flung my stainless steel tumbler at the two dogs. That did nothing except move their struggle into a corner of the house and a wooden fence. I fired my tumbler two more times into the wooden fence … for the loud sound, shock, and awe of it. I finally convinced the yellow lab to let go and got between she and the obvious instigator pit-mix lab … and I didn’t get bit (thankfully).
7 broken teeth and dozens of stitches to head, jaws, gums, and tongues. These two dogs really did a job on one another in all of about 5 minutes. Both of these neighbors are new to the street in the last 6-8 months and I suspect their two dogs had never formally “met”. Bottom line is that the black lab-pit mix was … sent-away from the street – to grandma and grandpa’s house. Not put-down, as I would recommend, but “sent-away”. Sorry. But the proliferation of pit bulls and pit-mixes has gotten completely out of hand (read: criminal, and drug-dealer breeders). They should NEVER be adopted-out as “wonderful, gentle, dogs”. They should be euthanized as fast as they are bred by the dregs of our society.
The things I won’t do to impress the young HOT au-pairs … hey! … they’re both over 18! I’m no Epstein or Clinton …
for those who missed it, introducing Truman:
https://pasteboard.co/IHkXISa.jpg
I tell passersby taking him out is like taking a lawn tractor for a walk.
the combo of hound (colours) and mastiff (muscle), aka oh daddy !!! I wanna go here, and here, and here, and here !!!!
oh, and on the question of aggressive dogs, he was aggressive somewhat early on.
I wasnt sure if it was an aftereffect of his parvo encounter, but it seriously concerned me.
I gave him a *3rd* chance, (after adoption and $4000 treatment for the infection)
it has paid off IMMENSELY.
a true gentleman, has never bullied his way to the supper dish, and growls only if you look at him the wrong way when he’s chomping on a bone.
he can pulverize them in 15 minutes.
oh, and the unwelcome behaviour, that was about 3 yrs ago.
he soon got over it, learned he was in a loving home. maybe he read the poster about ‘never hit or allow the dog
to be hit, this can get you evicted immediately’.
his reflexes are astounding. when we spar and play tug of war, he can halt his bite in about 1/500 th of a second.
(I know what that looks like having engaged in photography for years)
I put my fist in his mouth regularly at play time, the only thing gets him riled if you try to pick him up.
I think he realizes I trust him utterly and completely now, *nothing* to be upset with his daddy.
he is very physical, loves to spar with Chloe the golden retriever and Nala the part bull terrier puppy.
today we went for a run. well, *he* did, I was on the mountain bike carefully pacing things.
lordy is he ever friggin strong. the most dense strongest muscle tissue I have EVER found are his jaw muscles.
at the same time he is very accommodating and patient with the other dogs and likes to look for Molly
the cat and just stares at her.
loyalty. I have NO formal experience training dogs, so some may dispute my methods and opinion, but I do NOT
apply this approach to all dogs, just this one.
The guy in the video (shelter worker) made an analogy between adopting a dog and going on a first date with someone.
So let me run with his analogy. If I understand him correctly, you shouldn’t tell a woman that the guy you want to set her up with has criminal convictions for date rape, because – he is working on himself? Do I have that right?
Perfect analogy … !
If I was a woman dating in today’s environment I would hire a private investigator to check out my date before going anywhere with him.