You'll Hate this Dog gone

[Squag1]

I got bitten by a collie once, small black n white guy.

I was kicking around a tennis ball for him and got to close it to him seems. Nipped me and ran back. I was a good cut .

Friend got bitten on the shin by her own little terrier trying to separate dogs.
Nearly ended up in hospital with infection.

 

[Malone]

I’ve had Collies and although they’re very intelligent attentive dogs they all had a bite inside them waiting to get out, their instinct to want to herd sheep is not too many steps removed from a pack of wolves in a way.

 

[Minkey]

When growing up we got a dog a 57 variety we got it hope from the pet shop, took it into the back garden and the first thing it did was clamp its jaws around my ankle and after that every time it saw me it bit my ankle it didn't do it to anyone else

 

[Minkey]

My parrots are usually very good but they will give you a nip now and again, however during the nesting season Hammy becomes very hormonal and will inflict a nasty bite so you have to keep plasters on stand by.

 

[Minkey]

The dog warden came to collect Gabriel this morning. He bit Mrs P in the face last night in an unprovoked attack. Whilst he drew blood and there's a few teeth marks on her face and lip, it's relatively superficial and she'll be able to cover it with make-up in a few days.

She was sat on the sofa with him, he was sat up and she had an arm around him and stroking his shoulder and neck as she's done a number of times over the past few days. She turned to face me as I was sitting down (he was between us) and he lunged at her with a snarl and bit her. By the grace of God, she managed to recoil quick enough that he didn't do any serious harm. Obviously, she's badly shaken and wouldn't go near him afterwards.

There's been some changes in his behaviour this week but I never saw that coming.

The three of us were sat on the sofa Monday night, him in the middle with his head on her lap, and she looked across at me and said "you do realise he's not going back to the home. He's staying."

I'm absolutely devastated

Feel for you, I'm sure you did everything that you could to make him feel at home, but you can't take the chance in case it happens again

 

[andyBeaker]

The pack thing is weird. My brother had two rescue dogs, a Jack Russell and a 57 that was the size of a small horse. The JR could have walked on its hind legs under the tummy of the 57. Yet the Jack Russell was the total boss, the big dopey thing wouldn’t eat until the JR was finished.

As an aside, the JR was a horrible dog, eventually had to be destroyed as it was attacking livestock.

 

[Centaur]

Collies are one of those breeds that need a real purpose in life. If they aren't given a defined role (other than as a pet), or at least respected for the intelligence they have, then it can really screw many of them up.

Some of the German breeds are similar, which is why they're popular as security or war dogs. Same with the Belgium shepherds... the Malinois in particular is probably one of THE best battlefield dog breeds because they love having a proper job to do, are totally fearless and incredibly loyal. Unlike the feckin' Belgians themselves.

For some bizarre reason, Huskies became popular round our way during lockdown. I used to see loads of them being walked by the salad dodging spacehopper brigade from the local housing estates. Now that lockdown has been lifted I hardly see those dogs out at all. Which makes me wonder what happened to them as Huskies will become massively destructive if they don't get their exercise.

It might explain the big increase in house renovation and redecoration that's in full swing around the estates.....

Bwahahahahahahahaha.

 

[Jaws]

Funny thing.. when I was about 5 or 6 a relatives Alsatian bit be you above the eye... I was playing in the sand a good 15yds from the dog when he suddenly flew at me...
Blood everywhere but fortunately it was all superficial ..
I was scared of dogs for a few years but somehow ended up being a total dog lover.. weird

 

[Pow-Lo]

The only time I’ve been bitten by a dog was by the bastard thing that attacked my Staffie when I dragged it off her. I spent five hours in A&E, Christmas Eve, 2007. I didn’t care though, I’d lost the key to my brand new Disco a few hours previously and was staring down the barrel of a very expensive job for new keys and reprogramming. I found my key half an hour before I got bit having ‘lost’ it for three hours previously.

Incidentally, Wednesday night was the first time Mrs P had been bitten.

 

[DEG5Y]

We've had a few dogs over the years but because you hear of dogs doing things 'out of charector' I have never been able to fully trust one, especially
while there have been kids around. Even though the temprement of all of them was fantastic and they would all have protected rather than harm any of the
little ones.
Its only after they have gone, have I felt that I could give them the full praise all of them deserved.

 

[Squag1]

Watch out for golden cocker n kids.

Friend went to hug her grandson while sitting on the couch near the dog.
Dog got nasty.

Guy told me after they had the 1st baby they had to get rid of golden cooker.
Can't remember what had happened.

 

[Minkey]

Watch out for golden cocker n kids.

Friend went to hug her grandson while sitting on the couch near the dog.
Dog got nasty.

Guy told me after they had the 1st baby they had to get rid of golden cooker.
Can't remember what had happened.

years ago a work colleague had a lovely Springer spaniel, but when she had a baby it turned into a monster, it was jealous of the attention the baby was getting, so the rehomed it

 

[Pow-Lo]

Guy told me after they had the 1st baby they had to get rid of golden cooker.
Can't remember what had happened.

I cannot imagine the sort of kitchen that would behold a golden cooker. Sounds like something a footballer‘s twatty wife would do.

 

[Duck n Dive]

years ago a work colleague had a lovely Springer spaniel, but when she had a baby it turned into a monster, it was jealous of the attention the baby was getting, so the rehomed it

Poor kid!

 

[Squag1]

I cannot imagine the sort of kitchen that would behold a golden cooker. Sounds like something a footballer‘s twatty wife would do.

Oh very bright tonight, aren't we

 

[slim63]

I had one dog (year old collie rescue) that after I had just walked for miles with no problem on and off the lead decided that as soon as we got home it was going to try and bite me, bloody thing got a short sharp shock, bolted for the door, over the back fence and away I had a very young family at the time so made no attempt to get it back even when I saw someone else walking it a few days later, months after i heard that it had bitten the new owner badly and was put down

Every other dog I have had from a pup and has been no problem at all !

 

[Pow-Lo]

I had one dog (year old collie rescue) that after I had just walked for miles with no problem on and off the lead decided that as soon as we got home it was going to try and bite me, bloody thing got a short sharp shock, bolted for the door, over the back fence and away I had a very young family at the time so made no attempt to get it back even when I saw someone else walking it a few days later, months after i heard that it had bitten the new owner badly and was put down

Every other dog I have had from a pup and has been no problem at all !

The amount of stories I’m hearing about Collies (and Spaniels) biting people over the last few days is quite alarming!

 

[derek kelly]

Believe it or not, Doctors treat more bites from Labradors than any other dog.

 

[Pow-Lo]

Believe it or not, Doctors treat more bites from Labradors than any other dog.

Doesn’t surprise me in the slightest. In my experience, they’re quite unpleasant (with just a couple of exceptions) especially when in a pack. My Staffie had a few fights in the eight years we had her. With the exception of the one she started when we first had her, every single one involved her being started on, the overwhelming majority by a Lab with the rest being a couple of Retrievers.

People have this false notion of them being lovely dogs because of the Andrex adverts and them being used as guide dogs. They can be good dogs in the right hands, but there’s the key words, “right hands”.

 

[Centaur]

Believe it or not, Doctors treat more bites from Labradors than any other dog.

Probably because there are more Labs than any other breed in the UK. I would never leave a child alone with any dog but with my long experience with dogs if I had to it would be with a Lab or a German Shepherd. Never any type of terrier!