Originally posted by Bombeni
Nice pics, I never had a lab but any I have been around seemed so very intelligent. I have always said if I ever get a big dog it would be a German
Shepherd or a Lab. I like smart dogs.
Golden Retrievers are good. Usually smart but I know of one next door that's kinda dumb and silly. But she's still a good dog. My dogs are both
very smart, loving and gentle. The older one will approach strangers when they come to visit us and offer a paw for shake and want to be petted.
I've had experience with German Shepherds. Used to walk a neighbor's when I was a kid. They are good dogs too. I also used to have a pure bred
Collie, like Lassie. He was fun, but liked to "herd" me as I ran around in the yard with him and he would nip at my heels. lol But I was 13 at
the time. Rottweilers and Pit Bulls get a bad rap, but it's all up to the humans who raise them ultimately, starting with the breeder present at
birth, who should have daily interaction with puppies, before they ever open their eyes. Most of the bigger dogs are good. It's the little toy dogs
that I find are a total pain. People think because a dog is small, that it's harmless and it's allowed to get away with murder. In the wrong
environment they can be territorial, toy-aggressive, food-aggressive, and people aggressive. Plus they have a tendency to yap yap yap. But the
owners usually say oh how cute and do nothing to stop the behavior.
I still think the Lab pup in this case was from a puppy mill. Normally in those cases, puppies are bred as quick as possible for money making and
barely any care is put into the pups or the dams. So when it comes time for them to be adopted, they usually don't have any social skills with
people, other animals or environments. If the pup came from a licensed breeder, I would be very surprised. That breeder wouldn't be breeding much
longer. It could have come from a back-yard breeder also, from an "oops" litter.
If you want a dog, I highly recommend getting one from a shelter or rescue group that's already gone through the puppy stages, or has been living in
foster homes with children and/or other pets. PetFinder is usually a good website for finding pets in foster care situations and usually come with a
background story.
PetFinder
Then you know the animal has a good behavior record. Plus usually they are already house trained. Too many people get puppies, and the pups end up
abandoned, re-homed or euthanized because some people just can't handle a puppy. I don't think anyone should get a young puppy unless they are home
all the time, like a housewife. In some dog rescues, that's a requirement before they let the puppy be adopted, along with crating the puppy. A
good pet adoption agency will question you and want to see the environment where the animal would be living.
The people in this case didn't seem to know much about dogs either and were negligent. I would never leave a tiny puppy alone, because without
constant supervision, the pup can poop/pee everywhere and ruin floors (which makes house training very difficult when they are allowed to eliminate
where they want), or chew stuff, which can lead to intestinal blockage, or worse, get into chemicals. Shouldn't leave infants alone either. Even
though they may look comfy in their sleep, anything could happen, like Sudden Infant Death.
Those people should never have children or pets again. Clearly, they cannot handle either.
This better not have the same effect to the masses like all the other dog maulings out there. Next we'll have Labs put on restriction lists, like
Pit Bulls are in Ontario, Canada. Every decade there's usually a dog breed that's put on the "no-no" list of do not adopt because they attack.
That's so ignorant. That's like cornering a lion in a cage, taunting it, then getting mad because it bit your hand. Do you blame the animal, or
the humans responsible for the animal?
Labs and Retrievers and other similar dogs were bred through many generations to have a desire to be with humans and help them, not harm. They are
meant to find and carry prey, be it a toy or a downed bird.
One member thinks this kind of posting is bringing down ATS. I disagree.
This story just goes to show that the police aren't using their heads. They euthanized one dog but not the other. What made them choose the Lab
over the Pug, I don't understand. But perhaps more information will be released later.
