r/TikTokCringe • u/GhostofTinky • Aug 25 '26

Discussion This is a disaster waiting to happen.

The dog isn’t allowed to be around a toddler because he growls at her. I don’t get it. A family dog is supposed to get along with the whole family. Why are the parents concerned about why the dog “doesn’t like her”? What about the child’s safety?

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

My parent's ignored that our 'family dog' growled at me often and would stare me down, chase me atop things, etc. Then one day, with no growling or warning, he attacked me and I ended up in the hospital. Don't play with this kinda stuff. And then the dog had to be put down. We were both failed.

Edit: Wow, I didn't expect this comment to blow up. To answer some questions. We raised the dog from a puppy, he was about 2 years old. I was 8. He was a German Shepard. I still love dogs and do not blame him for it or have any leftover trauma. He was very well trained, just disliked little kids. The injury was to the top and back of my head, healed up great. He was held to see if he had rabies then put down. We never had another aggressive dog.

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u/GhostofTinky Aug 25 '26

Shame on your parents. I’m sorry.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 25 '26

Yeah, they had plenty of warning and just didn't react to it. We never had an aggressive dog again so it never came up again. But crazy they took that chance.

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u/macguini Aug 26 '26

That's really a shame. Sometimes you can train the aggression towards children out of them. Sometimes you can't. It depends on the dog. But a good owner is always training their dog, especially if they're big enough to rip an arm off. You don't want to spoil big dogs and let them live freely as they please. If you want to do that with those little ankle biters, sure. But no one should even buy a dog like this unless they're prepared for extensive training. Even without kids.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

I agree, the problem is he just didn't like little kids. I don't think he could be trained to, because he was raised right alongside us and a very trained dog. We owned a farm and all of our dogs were highly trained. We never stopped working with any dog we had. He had perfect recall, could round up animals, did all your basic tricks, stayed on property without a fense, walked leash well. This was a dog who could "do it all". Sometimes the dog just isn't a good fit and is beyond anything you can train. I explained it in another comment, but I think the reason I had no warning is because he started to get in trouble for growling at me. Which was a bad dog training move on their part. But they taught him he would get in trouble for growling so he stopped warning me to get away. And I was a kid so I thought that met he was okay with me.

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u/macguini Aug 26 '26

Yeah. Some cant be trained. That's an honest training mistake your parents made though. Still, it's gotta be rough for you. I'm sorry.

I had a rotty as a kid that was well trained with me easily but my sister we couldn't get him to like. I think it was easier back when we got him cause he was new to the family and fairly young. Still big enough to tear my head off. We got him before my sister was born. The training to respect me was part of his upbringing. He was our first and the easiest we've had to train. He was taught to protect us. He had some aggression, but we were able to control it real easily. He knew the property line as well. And knew when people crossed it. He would only allow people to enter the house if one of the family opened the door. You couldn't just open the door and walk in. But he would be your best friend once we let you in. Our neighbors and family were able to walk right in though. He might get overly excited and knock them down and lick their face off. He never had to protect us but he made sure you were aware he would. He never charged anyone though. He only ever gave warning signs. Off property, we only had him on a leash just in case. We rarely needed it. He stayed close. But he'd try to play with anyone who came nearby. Then we'd use the leash and he'd let anyone pet him and lick them to death. We trained him really well to know when and where to be aggressive. But when my sister was born. We couldn't get him to stop making threatening gestures towards her. Staring, growling, stances, etc. I don't know if he was jealous or just never seen a baby before. My parents eventually decided to find someone to give him to. My sister was far too young to be apart of his training like I was and he was too old to learn new tricks. We also didn't want to risk any training ideas with her being so young. My parents were planning on asking one of our neighbors temporarily until my sister got old enough to train with him and we would visit and see him still. Unfortunately, (and coincidentally I suppose) he passed away shortly after that plan was made.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

Rotties can be such bug sweeties. Sometimes they just don't adjust to change well. When I first got married my dog hated my spouse for a while. It was a big change. Now she likes him just fine. I am glad your parents paid attention but sorry the dog passed away. You definitely never want to risk training when a small kid is involved. Especially since kids are just as unpredictable as dogs.

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u/Expert_Slip7543 Aug 28 '26

Did your dog die from sickness or something else? The timing makes me wonder whether coincidentally a fatal malady started making him uncomfortable right when your sister arrived, causing him to associate her with his pain.

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u/macguini Aug 29 '26

He was accidentally strangled while playing with our other Rottie while on leads. We originally just put him in the backyard. But he escaped a few times. Never attacked anyone. But still, we tied him and the other to trees. It was supposed to only be temporary until we found a new home. So it was some what related to the situation. Because we wouldn't have left him outside if it wasn't for my sister's safety. I unfortunately was the one who found him.

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u/SashimiX Aug 29 '26

It is so wrong to leave dogs tied up outdoors on leashes

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u/Expert_Slip7543 Aug 29 '26

Know what's worse? Shaming someone who was tying them up just on a temporary basis, until they would move,thinking she was doing the best thing for the safety of her dogs.

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u/14yearsandcounting Aug 29 '26

I was just thinking that. Where are the dog lovers at? 😞

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u/Asti_WhiteWhiskers Aug 30 '26

Agreed, I think people who've never had a dog or only been blessed with chill pets have a hard time understanding not everything can be fixed with enough training. Sometimes dogs just don't like kids, cats, men, etc and no amount of training will change that.

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u/SwanMuch5160 Aug 26 '26

Who was there first, the dog or you. air could have played a part in the decision making process.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

Me. We hadn't even had him to 2 years at that point. He was raised with me and my siblings.

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u/SwanMuch5160 Aug 26 '26

That’s wild, I’ve seen families that had the dog first and thought it would get used to the child, but not the other way around.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

Yeah usually it is flipped. Probably why they were so relaxed to it at first.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 25 '26

But it's not normal... just that people who would be happier without kids have kids.

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u/FitEstablishment2185 Aug 26 '26

Dr Freud wanted to fuck his mom and murder his father and thought that meant everyone secretly did. Being in the mental health field doesn't mean everything you feel is some universal truth

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u/helgotsjka Aug 26 '26

Funny, but not true;-)

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u/MaxwellHowl Aug 26 '26

Are you saying you think because this one psychiatrist said that's normal you now think it's normal?

It is not normal. He is an abnormal person who passed his tests at a University. The unabomber got into Harvard and 16 and had a PhD.

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u/MaxwellHowl Aug 26 '26

Yeah. I am a recent father and I love my daughter more than anything already. If I had a dog who showed any aggression towards her, I would find him a new home immediately. As much as I love pets, they will always take a back seat to my daughter.

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u/SpiritualCombatant Aug 26 '26

Js.. Biological entities NOT reproducing isn't normal... Like on a universal scale.. It's fucking weird..

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

I said it isn't normal for human to hate their kids. But if you want to go the biological route, put your phone down and go live in the woods without technology.

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u/hazelnuttespresso Aug 26 '26

I definitely don’t hate my baby? Lol what a weird statement to try normalizing. Some people just shouldn’t have kids.

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u/LadyEmbora Aug 29 '26

When people don’t know about dogs, they ignore -or worse- encourage poor behavior. FWIW I’m glad he was put down. I have a former friend whose dog is very aggressive with dogs and minors. He has bitten her child twice, once with stitches. He has bitten her husband when he was protecting the kid. She STILL refuses to put him down.

From the start, I told my kid that our home has a one bite policy. Of course there’s some differing situations (like is he protecting himself or someone? Obv that wouldn’t count). But I’ve had to live with a dog who for whatever reason didn’t like me. She bit me and I was made to live with her afterwards. I would never ever do that to someone. One bite, done.

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u/getthemap Aug 26 '26

Too many cowards…even this woman in the video…who are afraid to just come out and say the fact that some animals should be put down. Period. This goes for the human variety as well.

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u/Realtalk4_you Aug 26 '26

Some people as well

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u/WarmMarketing9339 Aug 26 '26

The species is known to be attack dogs. They need dog training at petco.

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u/MaybeItsTheTism Aug 25 '26

My kids’ grandmother on their dad’s side ended up with a large dog that was usually fine but snapped at my daughter unexpectedly. I told her that the dog cannot be around my kids and she tried explaining to me that he might have just became territorial because she was near his food. I was like lady I don’t give two goddamns why you think it happened but it’s your job to make 100% sure it never happens again. She took that as a challenge and after another close call the dog now wears a muzzle when my kids are over.

I knew a family that took in a pair of very large dogs that were given up because they had been abused, neglected, and were known to have behavioral problems. 10 yr old boy went to pet the dog while it was sleeping and the thing bit his face and nearly took his lip off, lots of stitches.

Baffling

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 25 '26

My cousin adopted an aggressive dog once, and worked hard to rehabilitate the dog. The dog was never aggressive with her and she lived alone. Progress was not linear. The dog was doing really well for a while then out of the blue bit my arm when my cousin opened the door when I was visiting. It was winter so the dog didn't do any damage, but after that, she put the dog up and quit trying to make it work with company.

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u/Rysigler Aug 26 '26

It took me way too long to figure out why winter made a difference. Thankfully I finally crossed the finish line 😂.

It is so unfortunate that sometimes you get a dog that just can't cope with other people. Training that aggression out is so hard and requires multiple people to take a chance on a dog that may do long term damage to them.

I thankfully had the opposite situation while doing pest control. A German Shepard on my route absolutely tried to shred anyone that wasn't family. She was barely a year old, and had tried to get the gardeners, mail carriers, pretty much anyone. She got out while I was there knocking on the door. I didn't know she was aggressive.

I sat down because she seemed a bit scared and just didn't make eye contact. Held still and spoke in a soft, but excited voice indicating I was excited to meet the dog. Owner came whipping out of the house worried I was being assaulted, but by then I was petting the dog. Ever since then that dog had to come out and say hi or she would lose it following me around to every door and window whining.

I got damn lucky that day, but I had a good track record with most dogs on my route. It was the little ones that were the most problematic. Got attacked by 2 chihuahuas and a tiny little terrier. The terrier couldn't get past my boot. I just stuck my toes in the air and pivoted my foot on my heel. It was honestly hilarious.

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u/__wildwing__ Aug 26 '26

In high school, I was visiting a friend at their apartment. Another tenant had their German shepherd chained by the front door. Long chain, but you could get to the door and the dog couldn’t. Never met a pooch I didn’t want to snuggle. So I walked up to him stretched at the end of his lead, talked calmly, let him sniff me. Then walked in a straight line to the door. He walked next to me while I scritched his ears. My friend was standing in the doorway, jaw on the floor.

That I smelled like a farm probably made me pretty interesting too.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

Yeah some dogs can't be trained out of it.

Wow, you got very lucky. It is wild the owner let the dog out knowing all of that. People get big breeds then don't manage them, the same way people don't manage small dogs. The difference is, big dogs can easily do a lot of damage.

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u/Agile_Half3831 Aug 26 '26

I’m sorry I’m a bit slow haha, So how did it being winter help? Is it because you were wearing a puffy jacket because of the cold?

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

Haha no worries. Yes, I had on a very thick and puffy jacket and sweater for the cold so the dog's teeth did not make it through that to break skin. I had a bruise the next day but that was it. If I had no worn a jacket, I think it would have broken the skin.

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u/ThirdOne38 Aug 26 '26

I saw a show about trying to rehabilitate abused dogs. One of the tests was to give it a bowl of food. Then a fake arm was stuck in the cage and pushed the bowl away a few inches. Some of the dogs immediately started tearing the arm to shreds. If they attacked the hand in any way at all, they were put down. The experts said the danger was too much and that some of them will never be completely trustworthy around humans again, but you don't know which. And these were experts

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

I think this is a poor test. Food aggression is usually resource guarding and is common in dogs that were abused or neglected. It can be fixed with patience and training. Obviously the dog needs to be labeled as food aggressive. But of all the quirks, this is the easier one to train out.

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u/NationalCaterpillar6 Aug 26 '26

Was it just if they attacked the hand, or did attacking the fake arm also cause them to be put down? 

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u/ThirdOne38 Aug 26 '26

Attacking any part of this "human" appendage was the nail in the coffin. The dog could be all nice and you could pet it, but if it attacked during feeding they determined it would never be safe.

It was funny looking in a way, just this plastic arm/hand on a stick that they poke at the food bowl in the cage to see what the dog would do. And then all of a sudden there's fingers flying, a thumb gets chewed off, till just the stick was left. I wish I could find a video

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u/tamati_nz Aug 26 '26

My brothers dog had a broken leg in a cast and a family came around and there kids went into the room where it was a stood on its leg by accident. Dog bit his lip off. Surgeons reattached it and used medical leeches to draw the blood though to get it to heal.

Had another mate who had a family friend bring her little snappy dog round to his house and refused to restrain it ("she'd never bite anyone!") 5 mins later it bit his 3 year old on the face requiring surgery. She grabbed the dog and fled because he was about to stomp it to death.

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u/nevertoomanytacos Aug 28 '26

I am a veterinarian. I saw a tech get bit in the face through a baskerville muzzle that was properly fitted. She needed stitches on her lip. My point is, don't trust a muzzle to protect your kids.

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u/MaybeItsTheTism Aug 29 '26

I agree that a muzzle alone is not an acceptable solution. Unfortunately I have no influence over this asshole of a woman. She is my ex’s mom and she’s always been a stubborn… so and so

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u/WarmMarketing9339 Aug 26 '26

You would be surprised how many women got there lips ripped off.

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u/MrHotwire Aug 27 '26

I know of a similarly awful relative. We ended that animal, no second chance.

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u/TallBlueberry4101 Aug 31 '26

My child’s grandma (also on dad’s side) has two dogs. One hasn’t been socialized properly and is terrified of people. My daughter (2yr old) was chasing her around the house and everyone but me thought it was funny. All it takes is for that one to be cornered and scared, and to react by biting. The older dog growls at my baby every time we go to visit. I’m always grabbing my baby away from that dog and no one tries to get the dog away from the baby. I feel like the gma is in denial with how serious this situation is and thinks her dogs are good. Gives me anxiety every time we have to go over there.

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u/Arabidaardvark Aug 25 '26

On the flip side, we had a pure bred chow when growing up. Perfectly friendly unless you were being aggressive, then it matched that energy.

But Chows have very poor eyesight. We told all my friends to never sneak up behind him. It was an oft repeated rule. Even then we kept the dog separated from guests during parties to avoid stressing the dog out, and he kept near my parents (he was definitely a momma’s dog, rarely left her side) otherwise.

What did one ‘friend’ do at a party? Went into the (finished) basement and literally tip-toed behind the dog and grab it’s haunches yelling ‘BOO!’. My dog whirled around and bit him in the face. We were forced to put down our dog because of the threatened lawsuit, despite the stupidity of the kid.

We failed our dog because we couldn’t afford the lawsuit. The kid’s parents failed the kid because they let the kid be an absolute dumbass. (Side note, that kid became my bully throughout middle and high school, then shot himself 3 days before graduation because he was playing russian roulette)

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u/A_Drop_of_Colour Aug 25 '26

Chows are great. I could never handle them just because of the amount of slobber but they are also very fierce dogs. People often mistake big and fluffy for mild manner. Were the parents also at the party?

Yeah, it would have been a very hard lawsuit for you to win either way. Even if the parents failed by allowing their son to be a menace, your parents would have been held responsible if the party was taking place at your house and the dog was not restricted somewhere (in a closed room) where guests couldn't aggro it. No court would blame the child for the "BOO" or the child's parents even if they were there.

The amount of people I've seen lose dog cases is insane. A friend is still paying super high premiums to this day because someone sued her home owners insurance after being bit in an almost similar situation to yours. And the person bit was an adult. It's never worth it to have a dog that responds with aggression around people you can't trust not trigger it knowingly or unknowingly, especially children. Children are stupid and do stupid things but it will still be your fault.

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u/Arabidaardvark Aug 25 '26

Parents were there. Kid snuck off into the closed basement to provoke the dog. Only reason we know exactly what happened was another adult saw it through the sliding glass door to the lower part of the back yard.

The dog did back off immediately after the bite as well, it was entirely reflexive, and we’d had no incidents before this for the 5 years we’d had him.

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u/A_Drop_of_Colour Aug 25 '26

That sucks then. Especially since the parents were also there then your parents weren't fully responsible for watching him. I'm surprised they made you guys put down a dog with no other history of bites. Sad all around. His parents really failed him by the sounds of it.

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 Aug 26 '26

I had a dog who was blind in one eye and would reflexively react like that when startled. I told everyone who came over: don't sneak up on him because he will bite. He was a toy breed so he couldn't do much damage, but he had that reflex. My current dog is so gentle, he will let you pet him while he's sleeping. It's hard to feel pity for someone who knowingly provokes an anxious animal.

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u/gaarkat Aug 26 '26

I'm so sorry for your dog

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u/ReasonableDig6414 Aug 25 '26

Yeah, sure. Your parents KNEW (as did all of the other parents and kids) that the dog was reflexive. You would have lost that lawsuit.

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u/lafemmeloquita Aug 26 '26

Dog should have been locked up; sorry

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u/piratesswoop Aug 26 '26

It sounds like the dog WAS locked up, but the kid ignored this and antagonized it anyway.

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u/Arabidaardvark Aug 26 '26

The dog was locked up, since reading is hard

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u/lafemmeloquita Aug 27 '26

Says “closed” not “locked”, but either way maybe don’t have parties where it’s easy enough to open (or unlock) an area to access a dog that “matches the energy” aka turns aggressive. Dogs are gonna dog but kids are gonna kid.

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u/hazypurplenights Aug 28 '26

Please be so fr, the dog was IN THE BASEMENT aka deliberately kept out of the way of the party guests and this dumbass kid was repeatedly warned not to go down there or antagonize him. Blaming the dog/family in this scenario would be like blaming them for not locking their kitchen if some idiot kid touched a hot stove and burned himself or something.

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u/LivingDisastrous3603 Aug 25 '26

When I was in high school, my gf’s dad had 3 chows. The first time I went to her house to meet her parents, I met the dogs, too. They were chill. But also, very “we can eat you and nobody will ever know”. One night she called me and said to come over bc her parents weren’t home. Rather than thinking “hot damn”, I thought “unparented chows”. I went over there. But stayed very outside.

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u/GeenHondenPoep Aug 26 '26

That was actually all part of the dad's plan. Brilliant 😆

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u/Qahnaar1506 Aug 26 '26

Chows aren’t immune. It’s well known that small dog breeds are very dangerous for small children.

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u/MitchComstein67 Aug 26 '26

My best friend got attacked by a chow he knew. He was walking down the street on the opposite side and a dog he had been around hundreds of times before came running from the yard across the street and bit him, unprovoked.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 25 '26

That is upsetting, the poor dog. I feel like you can do everything in your power to protect your pet and stuff still goes wrong. That is a wild series of events though. I do think all parents really need to teach their kids not to antagonize dogs or animals in general. Animals will defend themselves if spooked or threatened.

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u/Arabidaardvark Aug 25 '26

Well, as I said, the kid became a major bully and was stupid enough to play russian roulette with his dad’s gun just before graduation.

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u/Visible-Attorney-805 Aug 27 '26

It took awhile, but sounds like justice served to me.

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u/ReasonableDig6414 Aug 25 '26

Probably best to control your dog. Mine goes into a locked crate when others are over. Why? Because you never know what kids are going to do, that is why.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 25 '26

I agree with this too. But, I had an aunt with her dog crated in her bedroom, and kid still wondet3d in there and tried to 'pet' the dog through the crate Shit happens so parents should train their kids and dog owners take every precaution.

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u/Arabidaardvark Aug 26 '26

Since reading is hard, the dog was shut in the basement, the kid knowingly went into the basement.

But with your attitude, I guess you blame the horse if a kid runs up behind a horse and tugs its tale and gets kicked, despite the kid being told not to, right?

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u/Vishnej Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

It is ridiculous that they threatened to sue over this, sure, but it's more ridiculous that they told you "We'll drop our suit if you kill the dog". As if that made the damages disappear. This was revenge-motivated.

With that said - chows are pretty notoriously refused by groomers whose business relies on taking all comers, because of the high likelihood of them unexpectedly taking offense to a movement and biting. It's up there with pits for me unfortunately - if you do have a choice, why choose that?

PS: Kids are stupid. I managed to get a scar from the family black Labrador, in a manner not entirely unlike your story. We didn't kill it or retrain it or anything, it was my fault.

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u/bigmad411 Aug 26 '26

People have this thing where they think being killed is the only appropriate form of justice. Either that or hurting the pet owner and acting as a show of force

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u/Unfinished_user_na Aug 26 '26

Well at least the story had a happy ending

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u/DominionGhost Aug 27 '26

I commented the exact same thing before seeing your comment. Great minds eh?

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u/TheNetworkIsFrelled Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 25 '26

Chows are not far behind pit-family in being asshole dogs. Had neighbors with chows that kept biting despite lots of training, and eventually community pressure caused animal control to put the dogs out of our misery.

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u/Weekly-Camera26 Aug 26 '26

I had a half chow half German shepherd dog named Sheba. She was my favorite. 🥹

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u/goldenskyhook Aug 26 '26

Not a huge fan of boundaries, apparently, eh?

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u/DethNik Aug 26 '26

Who the fuck saw a six-shooter and said: "you know what would be fun?"

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u/No-Implement5822 Aug 26 '26

I’ve been bit by two dogs ever and they were both chows, I don’t trust any dog with a blue tongue now.

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u/Doom_Corp Aug 26 '26

I had Akitas growing up that were pretty chill but looooooved to bark at anything and everything that walked or drove past the house. If I had friends in the back yard they would be pretty quiet and either mind their own business or try to engage in a little play. One day I had a neighbour kid over that happened to also go to my elementary school. Her family dog I would often find wandering around on the streets (it was a safe quiet neighbourhood and my dad let me wander around by myself or walk to the neighbours a few short streets over to chill when I was 7-8+ years old) and take her back home and they "didn't even know" their dog got out so you know how this sort of family cares about their pets. This girl and I are on this old swing set in our back yard and my sweeter older dog is just kinda walking around watching us (he would do the same with me and my sister cause I think he was mostly fascinated by the whole thing)...she then starts kicking her feet out at him specifically. I clock it immediately at only 8 years old and tell her to stop trying to kick my dog in the face. He starts staying on her side more and getting a lot "calmer" in the sense that I know he's definitely not happy about what's going on while I'm repeating stop trying to kick my dog and slowing down my swing to separate them. (She's just going full speed ahead and will not stop trying to aim at him). Right before I am able to touch ground safely he nips at her and she gets a slight scratch on her leg that doesn't even draw blood but now she is FREAKING THE FUCK OUT saying my dog bit her and I was like dude, gtfo before I actually do something worse. My parents were worried they were going to somehow get our dog put down but my little 8 year old self was ready to go scorched earth on that family if it came to a trial over a surface level scratch and people that "lose" their own dog all the time.

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u/klph69 Aug 27 '26

We had a black chow named Shadow. He was one of the best dogs we ever owned. He never bit anyone and was super friendly.

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u/DominionGhost Aug 27 '26

Well at least that story had a happy ending.

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u/hazypurplenights Aug 28 '26

That is an incredibly sad story, I’m sorry about your dog. Kid was an asshole fr

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u/CounterReloj101 Aug 28 '26

Sounds like a real Einstein.

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u/shesstilllost Aug 29 '26

How often does this happen because I had a classmate who did the same thing, but I can't remember how close to graduation it was. Apparently he'd been doing it to scare his girlfriend.

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u/Catsscratchpost Aug 29 '26

Thank you Darwin

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u/ReasonableDig6414 Aug 25 '26

Come on. If your dog is going to bite a kid because they came up behind it and said boo, then get rid of the fucking dog. There is nothing surprising about a kid doing something like that. Your parents are fucking morons.

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u/AspenMemory Aug 26 '26

The kid also grabbed the dog at the same time and scared it.

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u/thepatriot74 Aug 25 '26

Chow is another breed that is heavily restricted in most sensible places and should not be allowed around people unmuzzled and unrestrained. Don't blame the kid, blame yourself. Too bad they did not take your house away.

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u/ReasonableDig6414 Aug 25 '26

Yeah, these people in this sub are CRAZY. If your dog is aggressive, it needs to go or you need to keep it LOCKED away when you have company. We ALL know kids don't do what they are supposed to do.

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u/thepatriot74 Aug 25 '26

Yep. Moreover, most of the dog "parents" automatically take the side of the dog no matter what so I do not really trust that story blaming the kid for needlessly harassing that dangerous and unpredictable animal.

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u/Anti-Aqua Aug 26 '26

100% this. The amount of "my dog would never hurt anyone" from owners is crazy. I commend the owners for knowing their dog is dangerous at least but if it's to the point that they're able to admit it, I can't help but think it's even worse than stated. Either way, if it's to that point more precautions need to be made to protect the dog and others.

I often say I don't like dogs, but really it's negligent dog owners that I have major issues with.

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u/bl00donthekeys Aug 26 '26

Nah, I don't agree. I have a family member who's had probably a dozen different Chows over my life time and I've never experienced even a bit of aggression from any of them.

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u/custodialengineer Aug 26 '26

so looks like you got the last laugh! sorry, dark sense of humor. similar story though; babysitting neighbors grandkids. my husky breed dog is playing around with us then laying down while we play video games. little brat stands up and fucking stomps purposefully on my dogs tail. dog turned so quick, bit him on the lip requiring stitches. dog was late on shots so had to be put down for rabies testing and despite my neighbors pleas with their children, they still sued our homeowners insurance making out like bandits. my mother was Furious after having been kind enough to babysit for free.

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u/bigmad411 Aug 26 '26

At least he’s gone

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u/tropicalturtletwist Aug 25 '26

I was bitten by a pair of huskies while helping my brother sell M&M's for boy scouts. I was apparently the THIRD person they attacked (I was 7 at the time). They were put down after.

If their owners either properly trained them or surrendered them to someone who could train them, I wouldnt have been bitten and they wouldnt have died.

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u/ok-jeweler-2950 Aug 25 '26

So sorry about that. My wife and I got a pit bull before my daughter was born. Sweetest dog ever. He got loose and walked back with some ladies from my neighborhood. However, when my daughter was born, he would growl at her. I found a no kill shelter for him to find his next family. It was a no brainer.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 25 '26

That was the right move, and I am glad that is what you did. Sometimes it can be worked out with a trainer, sometimes rehoming is the best option. We never had other aggressive dogs, although we did have some chicken killers we rehomed.

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u/Moss_Echo Aug 25 '26

I'm sorry this happened to you. When I was a toddler I bit my aunt's dog. I don't remember why, I was a curious kid. I was playing with the dog on the floor while my parents and aunt were sitting and talking nearby.

The dog squealed and ran away from me. Didn't attack me in any way. While my example is quite drastic, this is how desensitised those family animals should be - young kids are truly unpredictable.

Btw, the dog was fine (I didn't have that many teeth yet) and she forgave me quickly. We went back to playing together minutes later lol

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 25 '26

Yeah we had lots of really good family dogs! He was an odd ball in the bunch. You have to do lots of training with the dogs and with the kids. I was 8 at the time it happened and very gentle with all of our animals, including him.

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u/Moss_Echo Aug 25 '26

That's really disturbing that he just attacked you unprovoked 😬 My aunt's dog was there when my older cousins were growing up, so I imagine she got used to little kids. I'm lucky I tried biting her instead of some other dog hah

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 25 '26

He didn't like me and had been saying that for a long time in his own way. But, if my mom or dad caught him growling at me, they would hit him and tell him no. And that's why ignoring it or punishing them for it is not a solution, it teaches them to give no warning. The day he attacked me, he was sitting on the porch, relaxed. I walked up to him and started to pet him. Two pets in and he turned on me. I should have never pet him, but I was 8 and he was 'being nice'.

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u/batshitcrazydudee Aug 25 '26

Having an aggressive dog sucks. I’ve been bit by my basset hound twice (luckily didn’t break the skin.) it’s like walking on eggshells. My family didn’t put him down till the cancer was affecting his quality of life.

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u/realaccountissecret Aug 25 '26

Well we certainly can’t have the quality of the DOG’S life affected!!!!

I like dogs. I can’t stand “dog people” that put a dog before their own children. Fuck. That.

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u/Comfortable_Beach700 Aug 25 '26

It’s sickening and incomprehensible. It should result in court oversight of said parents, the same way substance abuse or physical abuse might. 

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 25 '26

It really does, I was terrified for dogs for a while after the ordeal. Thankfully basset hounds have a relatively gentle bite for a dog. The one that bit me was a German shepherd, and what saved me was that I cured up in a tight ball so he had access to my skull and not neck. He ripped my head open from the top to almost my nape. Took 16 staples and 14 stitches to close up. It was really hard on my sister too, because it was her dog, and he was very sweet to her. She was mad at me for a long time after because she didn't want to blame the dog.

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u/batshitcrazydudee Aug 26 '26

Oof! How are you doing? And what happened to the dog?

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

I am great now! Cool scar hidden by hair and no long term fear or issues with dogs or even that breed. I was afraid of GSD for a while as a kid and any big dogs. But I got over it. He was guarantened and observed for rabbies (negative), then put down. My sister knew he would be put down and cried the entire way to the hospital and told me I was awful. Meanwhile, I was sitting in the back with several white towels wrapped around my head that I could see had turned red out of the corner of my eyes. My mom was pregnant and about to pop with my little sister. I am sure we were quite the sight when we got to the hospital.

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u/spatrick89 Aug 25 '26

Aggressive dog comes from shitty dog parents 

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 25 '26

Not always. Temperament can be linked to breeding. If the parents have a bad temperament, the pup might too. Please note, I do not mean breed linked, I mean bloodline linked. All dogs have their own personality. The dog I was attacked by was a German shepherd. We owned his mom, bred her, and kept him because shortly after weaning the litter, she got hit by a car. She and all of our other dogs were incredibly sweet and well trained. We never had another aggressive dog. There was just something different about him. He only liked my dad and sister. He was not picked on by kids or anything to cause it either. But they should have taken steps when he first showed signs of disliking others. That was crappy on their end.

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u/luftlande Aug 25 '26

Still aggressive.

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u/TheNetworkIsFrelled Aug 25 '26

Aggressive dogs are born that way. They can't be fixed.

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u/Hiraeth_93 Aug 26 '26

Im glad you’re okay, sorry for ur doggo. It’s good u recognized its not the dogs fault, ur parents indeed failed both of you. It’s crazy they even risked that and didnt listen to you :(

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

I didn't recognize that at first. But, I was 8. And I was afraid enough of the dog before he attacked me to tell my mom that he wanted to eat me. Years later I can realize there was nothing evil about the dog. I still don't understand why they did nothing before it got that bad.

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u/Hiraeth_93 Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

Yeah that’s awful, I have an 8yr old rn and as a mother I can’t imagine ignoring that and not doing anything about it :( they could’ve fixed that or just rehome the dog where there’s no kids just to be safe. It’s def ur parents fault not the dogs but I’m glad you eventually recognize that. My cousin got bit accidentally by their dog due to another cousin holding him too tight and legit threw the dog towards her and had to get stitches she was 5yrs old, legit came back home greeting and unafraid of their dog that bit her cause her parents explained what happened and she somehow understood and wanted to make sure the dog knows she doesn’t hate him.

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u/moldyavocado Aug 26 '26

Very similar thing happened to me

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u/gaarkat Aug 26 '26

I'm so sorry

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u/micahisnotmyname Aug 26 '26

Growing up I met so many people that would say ‘be careful, he’s mean’ about their dog. Like, I’m a kid, I can’t exactly outrun him.

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u/mamajuana71617 Aug 26 '26

Reading this spooked me because everything you described in your post happened to me. German Shepard, always growled and stared me down, I had to run and climb on top of cars to get away from it. Also attacked me and I fell backwards and hit my head. Luckily the neighbor was there and stepped in.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

Very earily similar story! Crazy. My head was a combination of falling and getting bit into. Our porch was cement and i was on the steps to go inside the house beside him, petting him. My hand got bit (no serious damage) and there is a small scar above my eyebrow where something scratched me. He only backed off when my mom opened the door and caught him. She said he was on top of me still biting my head. She ran to us when she heard me scream and him start snarling. He ran off the moment she appeared. Gave them zero trouble when they caught him and chained him up later.

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u/temporary-beanpole Aug 27 '26

Our dog bit everyone, including my mom who ended up with a septic wound on her face from him and had to go to the hospital. She got bitten because this dog had guarding and space issues and she had invited the dog to climb up on her chair for a hug. Dog bit face. He bit my face/head because I leaned over to hug him.

My aunt who is a professional breeder & trainer said he was unworkable and to put him down, we didn't and kept him another 10 years. We changed our whole routines around avoiding triggering him, and we were fairly successful.

All this to say, some dogs just have serious aggression issues and no history of trauma or anything to explain it. They can have imbalances just like humans can. There are a lot of morons who blame every behavior on the owner, but they've just never experienced animals with actual issues.

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u/YeahlDid Aug 27 '26

At least the right thing was done with the dog after the attack, but yeah should've been removed from the home long before that.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 27 '26

Yeah I think once a dog almost kills a kid, it is too late to rehabilitate them or rehome them.

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u/Forward_Prune_8740 Aug 29 '26

Dogs that growl at other dogs shouldn’t be trusted either. I was near our “family dog” when it started fighting another dog and was accidentally bit in the cross fire. I don’t trust any dog near a baby or small child unattended period.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 29 '26

Yeah, I think you should socialize your dogs for a variety of situations. Other dogs are inevitable. With some dogs they are always 'touch and go' unfortunately. I do a lot of work with my spaniel but she is super sensitive and as soon as she starts to trust that all dogs are friends, some off leash turd jumps her. Annnddd since it is usually a small dog, she tends to growl if they get too close. She will leave it and walk away on command, but I don't take her to houses with small dogs because she will 100% fight if they bring any negative energy her way.

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u/Life_Cranberry_6567 Aug 29 '26

We had a dog for a few days who took a nip at my daughter. He was gone immediately. You don’t want to fa/fo

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 29 '26

Never once a kid is involved. I always say you can fafo when the only person at risk is yourself.

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u/Fuzzy-Cry-6208 Aug 30 '26

F the dog, glad you made it out without lasting injuries. I was also bitten many times as a kid by our family dog. It only stopped when it passed away from old age. I was so happy when it was finally died. Our other dog, a shetland shepherd, was much calmer and liked children. When I had a fever at night while sick he even sat at my bedside and winced because he was worried.

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u/TheNetworkIsFrelled Aug 25 '26

Got mauled by a neighbor's loose police alsatian at 6 badly enough to wind up in hospital, leaving facial scars I still have. It left me with a lifetime hatred for dogs, and zero tolerance for them, at all.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

I am oddly enough still a dog lover and not afraid of them. But I understand why you aren't. Sorry that happened to you.

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u/33253325 Aug 26 '26

Any specific breed?

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

It was a German shepherd. But I have been around many since then and we had others that were never a problem.

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u/Emotional-Size-6917 Aug 26 '26

My neighbors dog would follow me and growl at me and went to the end of his chain to bark at me when I tried to get in my house. He got out loose one day and bit my face in front of his owner. She was literally 2 feet away and told me to meet him so I could stop being afraid. I was 19. Dog got put down and I had to quit college to pay medical bills. Oh and it was a pit bull. It seems like we aren’t allowed to say that, but those dogs are terrifyingly powerful. No human stands a chance when they go bad. 

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

It's wild she thought introducing y'all would magically fix that. People really don't understand dog behavior. I was but by a GDS. But I like the breed and have no issues with them. Just happened to be a GDS. The issue with pit bulls is they are bred for a strong bite so when they might it does more damage than say a golden retriever. Retrievers are bred for a soft bite for carrying.

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u/Civilw4r Aug 26 '26

Well dogs are awesome and kids can get really annoying sometimes…/s

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

I don't disagree haha but you can't have an aggressive dog around kids.

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u/AnyStick2180 Aug 26 '26

I had an internet friend who had a dog attack and nearly kill her two year old. She defended that dog and somehow was able to not put him down. She claimed that the child got in between the dog and his food under the supervision of another adult who was supposed to keep the child out of the way. I could never understand why she defended that dog so much.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

That is wild to me. I don't blame the dog usually, I blame the owners. But if you can't manage your dog so that it isn't causing harm... the dog needs to go. I also wouldn't be able to get over a dog I had attacking a kid, theh would be out down. Still, I do not blame the dog that attacked me. He tried for a while to tell everyone he did not like little kids.

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u/Mss-Anthropic Aug 26 '26

Thats so weird for a German shepherd, it must have been bad breeding/genetics. German shepherds are known as "nanny dogs" because they typically have a natural instinct to protect children, not harm them.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

Yeah we had two others growing up that I adored. Some people do breed and use them for guarding and it is easy to throw a bad seed in there when you are playing around with that. People mistake a dog being aggressive with a dog being good at protecting. They are not the same thing.

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u/Swimming-Zombie3777 Aug 26 '26

German Shepherds are instinctually working dogs. Their temperament, with exceptions of course, is not conducive to a life in close proximity with children. There are multiple breeds that fall in the same category. The warning signs were all there, I wish they had listened but glad you’re doing fine!

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

The GSD breed standard says that they are good with children and family dogs. They are high energy and do need tasks, he had plenty on the farm. And we had two others that were incredibly sweet and my sister still has one that loves her kids. It was just a case of bad breeding. But totally agree the signs were all there!

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u/STARFALLKGG Aug 29 '26

When i was a kid, my sister got bit on the neck by a dog, it missed her artery by like half an inch i believe, when i went to a friend’s house i was told by his mother that i would be staying in there house because “A DOG” bit my sister almost killing her, so i stayed the night in the morning i was standing in the kitchen waiting to get around people to grab some cereal, when there dog jumped up at me and tore half of my bottom lip off, IMMEDIATELY it was “what did you do to provoke the dog”… nothing btw never had a problem with that dog before in my life and would see it every other day, only to find out that it was the SAME DOG that bit my sister the day before. My parents flipped the fuck out when they found out that they had kept the dog there - // the only reason i was allowed to stay there is because they promised my mother that the dog would be gone asap and wouldn’t be there by the end of the day- which my mum believed because my friends mum had like 4-5 kids in the house under 16. People are crazy.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 29 '26

That is insane!!! In your mom's case, I think I would sue at that point.... that dog maimed both of her kids. Wild

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u/Klutzy-Broccoli2800 Aug 29 '26

How tf do you not blame the dog lol

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 29 '26

I mean something was wrong with his personality. But, he made it clear he didn't like little kids. At the end of a day, a dog is an animal and is going to do what animals do. Hardly seems fair to blame him for something that could have been prevented.

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u/goldio_games Aug 29 '26

anyone with expertise here can confirm if some dogs just don't like little kids and there's nothing that can be done? that seems wild to me but i don't know dogs that well

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 29 '26

Dogs are like people, they have different personalities and temperament. Usually what you do is socialize them around a variety of things as puppies to ensure they are a well rounded and happy adult. Some dogs absolutely hate kids, they are loud, higher pitched, usually hyper, etc. The dog isn't thinking, "this is a kid so I don't like it", more of it is the way kids behave that sets the dog off. Just like some dogs don't like small dogs, etc. If socializing and training is all done correctly, and the dog still is reactive to something, like kids, then it is partly temperament based. You can try to fix it with a trainer and medication.... But who wants to play around with risks when a child is involved? I worked as a professional dog training assistant in college, had working dogs on a farm growing up (that I helped train), and did competitions with dogs as an adult.

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u/missalucard666 Aug 31 '26

I have a GSD and great pyranees both intact males. I had my GSD growl at me ONE time and he quickly learned why we dont mess with "mom" true pack mentality kicked in with my Pyrenees and he held him pinned for a good few minutes. Its not happened again and they get along great aside from a few dominance scuffles every once in a wile that end up with a few superficial wounds. Im glad you are ok & still like doggos.

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u/ChampionWonderful876 Aug 31 '26

Same story, except the dog never showed any growling or aggression beforehand. Looking back, I don't know if he was trained not to growl/scolded for growling. Maybe. But out of the blue we went from literally playing fetch (his favorite game) to him jumping for my throat. I was 15. I saw him tense to leap so I put my arm up to protect my face and throat; he shook and mangled my arm so bad they thought it was broken in three places, but it was just the tissue all twisted up and torn. I almost lost the thumb & first two fingers on the other hand too. No medical reason found.

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 31 '26

That is terrifying! I am sorru thst happened to you, but glad you did not loose any digits. Sometimes we don't entirely know what caused it, but usually breeding for temperment plays a bit of a role. He may have gotten too excited and then lost in his prey drive or instincts, hard to say. Dogs can also have mental health issues that form later in life, like people. I have an old dog with anxiety. I don't let people hug or hang on her because of it.

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u/Lumpy-Difficulty1593 1d ago

I couldn’t have been your mama cause as soon as the dog start growling at you and I had you the dog would’ve been out that you might get mad for me saying this, but the dog would have been out. I would’ve took the dog and had the dog put down

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u/DazzlingEye9141 Aug 26 '26

If a dog attacked my kid, I wouldn’t let them put the dog down, I would do it myself and very slowly to make sure that dog it knew it made the biggest mistake in its life

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

The dog wouldn't understand. And at the end if the day, it was a family pet. My parents and sister were both attached to it. It was traumatic enough for my sister, that would have made it much worse. Now, we were on a farm so I say 'put down'; it was a bullet to the head.

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u/DazzlingEye9141 Aug 26 '26

It would understand if it happened right after

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u/Designer_Study_8219 Aug 26 '26

Well you kinda need to take your child to the hospital that is bleeding everywhere with an extensive head wound... And no less tramatic for the other child.

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u/kizoyah Aug 30 '26

Killing a dog for biting someone is still so disgusting. I'll never get that. If the dog killed somebody - okay but If nothing happened?