On 1-Sep-2008, Nick Cramer > wrote:

> "Brick" > wrote:
> > On 1-Sep-2008, Nonnymus > wrote:
> > > Brick wrote:
> > > > On 1-Sep-2008, Nonnymus > wrote:
> > > >> Brick wrote:
> > > >> [ . . . ]
> > He never exhibited any tendency to meanness, but when provoked he would
> > instantly retaliate with overpowering force. He was way faster and
> > stronger then any dog(s) he ever encountered. If you visuallize the
> > typical dog fight where there's considerable growling and thrashing going
> > on, you would be amazed at how short a fight with our Dobie "ALWAY" was.
> > He would grab, shake and throw away a single dog. He would slash and spin
> > agains multiple dogs, creating quite a bit of damage before the
> > inexperienced foes would recognize a losing battle and depart the scene.
> > I have to clarify here that he never encountered another dog in his
> > weight class. He usually had a good 40 lbs on them. He never chased after
> > a departing adversary. (They never came back either)
>
> My Dobie only had one dog fight. We were jogging on a 1/4 mile track.
> Another guy was jogging with his German Shepard. Both off-leash. Without
> warning or provocation, the Shep attacked Monty. Bite, twist, shake. He
> ripped the shep's throat out. "And we left him there for dead, damn his
> eyes!" Police came to my house for a statement. The way Monty was shmoozing
> them, they knew he wasn't mean. ;-)
>
> --
> Nick

It's too bad about that shepherd. What you describe is a textbook case
of poor or no training. From what you describe, the shepherd "felt"
threatened and reacted automatically. There was a good episode on
animal planet not long ago where a trainer ran through that particular
training/retraining problem with live animals. I wish that my dog had
been trained well.

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Brick(Youth is wasted on young people)