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For those of you who have cat(s) & dog(s), how would you react if your cat scratched your dog or your dog attacked your cat, and meant much harm? Would you get rid of one of them, or try to resolve the problem?
Also, I would like to add something else to this topic. It's like a subtopic.
So, my father and I were watching TV and the conversation went something like this:
*Father and Daughter watches Cesar Millan as he trains a Pit Bull or Bully breed*
*Watches as Bully breed expresses food aggression*
Father: "What the crap? There's no way in the world I'd keep a dog like that. If that dog were to bite me or growl at me and meant harm, I'd kill em."
Me: "!!! But that dog has problems. You mean to tell me you'd kill a dog that has problems that can be corrected?"
Father: "First off, that kind of dog (he means breed) is born to fight and bite. I wouldn't want that kind of dog and neither should you. Something happens in that dog's mind and he just snaps. It can happen anytime. My friend had some type of dog and one night he came home and the dog growled and snapped at him. He had to run from the dog to get in the house. The next morning, he blew that dog up. He was a threat to his kids and a threat to him. It's like having a tiger as a pet. Second off, it's different when a dog is scared or something, but if that dog is going to attack you, kill him before he kills or hurts you or someone else."
Me: "How does your friend know something wasn't wrong with the dog? Like rabies?"
Father: "Okay, he got rabies and he attack you. What do you do? You shoot em, just like the boy shot Yeller."
Me: "And what if rabies is curable?"
Father: "You gon risk your life to get that dog to the vet? You gon risk getting bit and getting rabies?"
Me: " . . ."
Father: "But anyway, when something snap at you once, it's gon do it again. If my friend hadn't of killed that dog, he would have got him someday. He would have turned on him again."
*End of conversation*
I don't agree with my father and neither does my mother. However, I'm wondering, is he right? I mean, I started a thread and someone did confirm some breeds are bred to fight and do work. However, I know any dog, even a lab can turn on anyone. I still want a GSD because I know not all GSDs are like that and there's a GSD out there that is as gentle as a lamb and a lab that's as vicious as a tiger.
Can I just get some feedback or something?
Also, I would like to add something else to this topic. It's like a subtopic.
So, my father and I were watching TV and the conversation went something like this:
*Father and Daughter watches Cesar Millan as he trains a Pit Bull or Bully breed*
*Watches as Bully breed expresses food aggression*
Father: "What the crap? There's no way in the world I'd keep a dog like that. If that dog were to bite me or growl at me and meant harm, I'd kill em."
Me: "!!! But that dog has problems. You mean to tell me you'd kill a dog that has problems that can be corrected?"
Father: "First off, that kind of dog (he means breed) is born to fight and bite. I wouldn't want that kind of dog and neither should you. Something happens in that dog's mind and he just snaps. It can happen anytime. My friend had some type of dog and one night he came home and the dog growled and snapped at him. He had to run from the dog to get in the house. The next morning, he blew that dog up. He was a threat to his kids and a threat to him. It's like having a tiger as a pet. Second off, it's different when a dog is scared or something, but if that dog is going to attack you, kill him before he kills or hurts you or someone else."
Me: "How does your friend know something wasn't wrong with the dog? Like rabies?"
Father: "Okay, he got rabies and he attack you. What do you do? You shoot em, just like the boy shot Yeller."
Me: "And what if rabies is curable?"
Father: "You gon risk your life to get that dog to the vet? You gon risk getting bit and getting rabies?"
Me: " . . ."
Father: "But anyway, when something snap at you once, it's gon do it again. If my friend hadn't of killed that dog, he would have got him someday. He would have turned on him again."
*End of conversation*
I don't agree with my father and neither does my mother. However, I'm wondering, is he right? I mean, I started a thread and someone did confirm some breeds are bred to fight and do work. However, I know any dog, even a lab can turn on anyone. I still want a GSD because I know not all GSDs are like that and there's a GSD out there that is as gentle as a lamb and a lab that's as vicious as a tiger.
Can I just get some feedback or something?