How Far would You go for your beloved Pet??

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I was bit very seriously by one of my dogs once, but it wasn't her fault and it would have been completely wrong to have her put down because of it. It was actually caused by one of my other dogs because they were fighting for dominance and my arm was an accidental casulty, but if you considered her background and the fact that she was severly abused by previous owners it would have been easy to blame her and say that it would happen again(it never did).

How many times after this have you stuck your arm between two fighting dogs?

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It's not like purposely stuck my arm in between their mouths, I went to grab the smaller one but they turned and rolled at the same time and ended up in a different position than I expected. I did learn to just grab them by the hind legs and drag them away from each other to seperate them after that though.
 
It's not like purposely stuck my arm in between their mouths, I went to grab the smaller one but they turned and rolled at the same time and ended up in a different position than I expected. I did learn to just grab them by the hind legs and drag them away from each other to seperate them after that though.


I fully realize that my opinions in these circumstances are not popular. Most people are far more comfortable thinking their beloved fifi would never hurt anyone and it had to be am accident. But your dog knew it was biting you too. Look at it from a dogs point of view she's in a fight for dominance and you jumped into that fight now she's thinking one of two things
A) your attacking her while her gaurd is down and she's winning so you can take the top seat.
B) your whipping her while she's losing already.
Either way she bit you and hard because you engaged in a fight for dominance. This bite hadn't been repeated because you learned not to engage in a fight between the dog that bit you and another dog.

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Dogs do not bite on accident. it be like balling up a fist and accidentally breaking some ones nose. Your selling dogs intelligence and agility way to short. my 130 lbs great dane Shire can run at me full tilt jump and mid air turn a 180 and just barely bump me with her hip. I've also had a 140 lbs cane corso take small bits of hot dogs from my lips mid air without so much as a whisker brushing me.

If they are taught not to use their mouth in that way. Some are not, so they know no better and find it acceptable, in which case its not their fault. Just like dogs that jump on you, if you don't teach them not to do it, they will continue to jump on you thinking its all fun and games. Not making excuses but some really don't know any better.

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If they are taught not to use their mouth in that way. Some are not, so they know no better and find it acceptable, in which case its not their fault. Just like dogs that jump on you, if you don't teach them not to do it, they will continue to jump on you thinking its all fun and games. Not making excuses but some really don't know any better.

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You're helping my facts here. Dogs use their mouths much like humans use their hands. Its what they touch with greet and eat with. A pup learns from before it even leaves the whelping box the power of its jaws. Who it can bite, when and how hard. They know this long before a human has any ability to train them. They always know where their mouth is.
I used to den hunt with terriers. my dogs would be underground fighting face to face with a raccoon,fox or badger And id wait till I thought they had a hold and reach down grab a back leg or tail and pull them out I never got bit doing this. I've broke up more dog fights than I can think of and I've never been bit. Because a dog always knows what its biting and how hard.

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Because I agree with you in some ways. Dogs use their mouths to do everything, including communicate, which in comparison is our hands. They use their mouth for everything. From the sounds of it you have some really trained dogs and know what your doing.

On the whole 'they know what they're doing but do it anyway', I stand in the middle. If your dogs are taught not to bite you, then they won't but otherwise they will because they weren't taught not to use their mouths on humans. Its that simple. I used to have a 120 lbs full blooded gs (a retired police dog) who would grab your hand and gently shake your hand without using teeth. He'd just want to hold your hand. He never once used his teeth and never bit me, so I understand that they know what they're doing but in some cases they just don't. One of my friends dogs that they received from a friend (apparently the owners maced him and let him go. He seems to have some kind of neurological problem and barks all the time. I'm guessing that's why they did that) does not have any manners at all. He's a young dog and in his excitement to greet you will jump all over you, trying to bite your hands at the same time. He doesn't get that that's not acceptable but can be made to learn.

For a dog its natural for them to bite/use their mouth and unless you break them of that habit, or they aren't biters in the first place, they're going to do it. Reminds me of my bestfriends cat who will bite the hell out of you but its affection biting. He doesn't do it meanly, he's just a biter and they've tried everything to break that habit, yet he still bites.

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If a dog respects you and that you are the boss it will not bite you. a puppy learns from its mom not to bite hard caz if it does it will get jacked up for it. Im dominate so my pups just carry that respect from their mom and it transfers to me. Dogs don't bite down on anyone that they respect. if you get bit its because the dogs doesn't respect you're position and its correcting you.

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