i see what you are saying. i get the impression we are on the same page just coming at it from different angles.

i'm not really trying to point fingers in this thread, other than at the retard who thinks its cool that his pitbulls can annihilate dogs 1/5 their size.

i see now that turboangel was in a tough situation, she was in her yard, with her dog on a leash and she scooted another dog out of the way to protect it and i think if i were the other dog's owner i would ultimately appreciate that but probably also be very dissapointed in myself for not having my dog under my control and putting her in that situation.

yeah, it took me a bit but i get it now. i do think that the chi had a high probability of stopping short though.

i have a bit of that problem.. my dog is a corky terrier mix.
got her off the streets of Compton.
she is the nicest dog ever, however she is fucking fierce when there are other dogs.
friend of mine brought over his bigger dog and i let them run loose, they talked but i could tell there was tension.
all of a sudden all hell broke loose, they were really at its other throats, i finally broke it off (not easy to do, these dogs were going at it, putting your hand out was like getting close to a chainsaw snap snap snap) but my dog got its ass kicked, found out later her ear was bleeding and she had a bite mark in the scalp...
i thought dogs work out shit like this and get over it.. apparently not.

took me awhile lol

https://youtube.com/watch?v=mcWtFBDupro

but you'll wanna watch this.. think same breed same problem

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You've cleary been testing this theory. What happens if the dog is 7x the size, or 8x the size? Or perhaps even bigger?

Does it also work on Cats? Or, any other Animals?

Is it measured in weight? Or is it more to do with height? Or perhaps a combo of Height + Length = the size of the dog.

they should call him the pussy whisperer, bet he gets more ass than a toilet seat.

my dog is like one of those, she must be sending out this signal which says i am nervous and i will attack.. Perhaps there is history i dont know about but i have also heard Corgis are sometimes just not friendly with other dogs..

Awww,you need a hug princess ? :1orglaugh
Priceless to see pussy pat's female face after seeing his/her Chihuahua's body parts floating in the pool.
Lets not dismiss the seagulls swooping in, tearing off bits and pieces of floating meat. :1orglaugh

Life is very good, especially when it's at the expense of a coward.

We'll conduct business tomorrow, okay my friend. :)

A friend of mine has an aunt that has a mini dachshund. That little bastard hates everyone and bites everyone that comes over. I was over there once, just standing in the yard talking to someone and the dog ran over, jumped up and bit my fingers. He is so bad they have to lock him up whenever anyone comes over.

If he were a bigger dog, animal control would take him away, but since he is small and the bites don't do any real damage everyone laughs it off.

sounds like a reverse situation of David and Goliath, like if David was the tyrant and Goliath was righteous.

I've never heard that at any point in my life and our trainer is world renowned in the working dog community & so are many who come to our kennel. Labs, some Rotts, Malinois, Border Collies, and GSD's are the only breeds they ever talk about with very high regard when it comes to intelligence. The rest they chalk up to "amateurs thinking obedience is intelligence". I just looked up your allegation & they're ranked 72nd.. IIRC, that's below pits and many other pretty dumb breeds.

If any dog is aggressive towards myself, my girlfriend/family, or my dogs, then that is the fault of either a) the owner, or b) that dog. If my dogs eat it for dinner(which I absolutely would try to avoid), then it shouldn't have been a moron and its owner shouldn't have been either. I absolutely despise dog violence, but the two times a dog has went after my male GSD(one time being a boxer - another being a pit), I let him show them who's boss then pulled away(neighbor's dogs.. they had to know who alpha was or it would've happened again).

Size has nothing to do with intelligence so your point there is pretty spot on, but there are very few small breeds that are intelligent. The smallest would probably be a border collie & they're fairly "medium" in the grand scheme of things. Yorkies are hit & miss with average intelligence.

I'd be pretty curious to hear about ScH in Bermuda. I am saying this under the assumption that you're an experienced dog owner but new to ScH, so please don't take it the wrong way... but I hope you know that ScH training & protection training are two very different beasts. ScH does provide one hell of a foundation, though, if the dog can handle that stress then further training into one thing(protection, SAR/detection, AKC obedience crap, etc.)

I am quite new to ScH. I'm working with a club here one day a week but more often privately with the dog's breeder. I train every day in the early afternoon with the dog being exercised first thing in the morning and before dinner in the evening for his mental health and to outlet his energy. It's great because we go for a walk and swim every morning and he crashes when we get home until it's time to train.

My dog's dad is a Multi V rated ScH 3 working dog trained in Germany and an AKC/CKC/International conformance champion. I'm mostly interested in the obedience portion of it as I don't really need protection or SAR training. I've been training obedience all my life but never to the level of ScH 3. The first day we showed him a bite glove he hit it so hard that literally everybody on the field stopped dead in their tracks to watch. Monster drive in this dog and his natural protection instincts are pretty much off the chart, much stronger than any other dog I've had.

The method we're using is positive reinforcement. Basically, letting the dog think he's training us. It's kind of a neat concept I haven't really worked with before. Basically the dog knows exactly what to do to get the reward and ends up thinking that he is in control of the situation. "I will make them give me a reward by sitting fast and hard".

thanks for the headsup on beagles, y'all. i've been under that impression for quite a while now, can't even recall where i learned that, prolly from a beagle owner somewhere and i went with it.

met a guy with a border collie last night - amazingly smart and friendly dog - but would drive me insane within a week - nonstop energy

Only assholes own pitbulls.

And before any of you asshole pitbull owners argue with me...just don't, okay? This isn't a discussion. This is me sharing a fact.

I'm totally okay with kicking a little piece of annoying shit :2 cents:

ok, now what? feel better now? am i supposed to react or what? why quote me on this, you certainly must have figured out by now i own a small dog.

Very cool. It's rare to find a Rottweiler with that much drive/desire to work, but when they're found, they're awesome to have.

Our trainer uses the same method(Russ Osburn - feel free to Google him) for the most part. He's a "dog whisperer" of sorts. He also gets a lot of dogs sent to him that trainers from all over North America have fucked up by being too hard or too aggressive towards their dog and turning their confidence into fear.

All of my female's litter mates went to the border patrol or other governments' agencies with the exception of one other. I thought my male had really high prey/fight drives, but hers make him look like a toy poodle. Her dad was one of the better male studs in Germany for a while(Sa-Ina's Festo) and her mom was Catty Mapet(to keep it simple, more info here: http://www.spitzenhundkennels.com/ )

I've only seen two Rotts work ScH -one I was really impressed with(sounds much like yours), the other was really just... dumb. With that said, the only other breed I'd get besides a GSD would be a Rottweiler & French Mastiff. From what Russ says, though, finding a Rott that'll perform near the level of a good GSD is VERY hard to do.. so it'll be a while. That and talking the girlfriend into another dog... :1orglaugh

I've heard pit owners say the same, yorkie owners, etc., etc., you get my point. Most of them are very amateur dog owners who think because their dog will "sit", "stay", & "shake" on command that they're "so smart". For example, my two dogs don't roll over and other silly crap. But they will go open the door, help carry laundry, sit & growl at an aggressor(& that's it unless otherwise told) and hundreds of other useful things.

Yes! 20 minutes out in the yard with both of my dogs and I'm sweating bullets ready to have a heart attack.

Yeah, we have 2 border collie/shelty mixes (brother and sister) way too smart for their own good and tireless. They can do a 20 mile hike with me and turn around and do it again.

They spend quite a bit of time in our backyard trying to herd the golf carts on the course behind us ;p

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i have a massive golden retriever male who is as calm as can be and a 3 pound yorkshire terrier that is always angry and will attack any new comer... its funny to watch

i love both small.and big.dogs alike and hate when ppl have preferences.

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Sounds like an irresponsible Chihuahua owner who is to blame for the dogs aggressiveness and yappy'ness.

I don't own nor have ever owned a pitbull. I also know you are and always have been a total tool so nobody much cares what you have to say on the subject.

Classy gal.

OK? That's FUN

it's pretty sad that people actually are in here crowing about kicking dogs.

you kick someone's dog and get caugt and you will be going to jail for animal cruelty.

crow about that while you're chatting with your cellmates.

here's a link for more info on why certain people abuse animals.

http://www.aspca.org/aspcakids/real-...e-animals.aspx

it's mostly children who abuse animals, not adults.


but hey, this is gfy.



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That demonstrates that no matter what race of dog you have has to be violent or peaceful.It depends on how it is raised.
Raise you dog with love and that is what he will give.

There is no such thing as small dog syndrome. Rather, that behavior is tolerated because they are small. Dogs have no ego & things like pride or guilt. The only thing they know is the pack. little dogs develop dominant behaviors such as sitting on your lap because it's tolerated--it's harmless. you wouldn't let a 100 pound rotty sit on your lap. He is immediately shown his place is not on a lap. Think like a dog & not a person. ;)
Duke

plain n simple ....that's the answer to the situation.

Thumbs up!
Duke

that's actually a very common misconception about small dogs and dominance. there are a variety of reasons for small dogs to be on their owner's lap, close to them, many, if not most, have nothing to do with dominance or establishing dominance. think like a small dog.

never mind.