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If your dogs flip out and get aggressive when people start making loud noises nearby, they shouldn't be off-leash in the front yard.
And DAMMIT, that's the second time in less than 5 minutes I've dyslexiated "dog" into "god" when typing. WHERE IS YOUR DOG NOW?
2
While in certain situations, animal attacks are provoked, this is pretty clearly not that sort of provocation. I also find it interesting that the owner who only came when she heard the woman screaming knows that the woman's screaming prompted the attack?
3
This is Seattle, people around here think animals have equal rights to humans.
4
I dunno... when I was attacked by a dog (and it was slightly more serious than this attack), I was incapable of screaming, and my silence didn't seem to still the dog at all. But sure, dog owner, just keep telling yourself that.
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@1) My dog is prolly on my couch. Lucky...
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@2,

She doesn't; she's a liar who won't take responsibility for her out-of-control animals.
7
This story reminds me of this time when I was taking horse riding classes. We were instructed not to make loud noises or sudden movements around the horses so we didn't spook them. One day we were lined up on the side of the road about to head out on a trail ride, and my horse suddenly threw me for no particular reason. Fortunately I wasn't hurt but one of my classmates sternly rebuked me for yelling *as I was being thrown from a fucking horse*.

If your animals react to understandable human behavior with more violence, then your animals need to be put down. Period.
8
If these dogs were pitbulls everyone would be crying for thier heads on a platter.
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@8: I think a lot of the people in this thread would have no problems with the animals being put down, or at least the retriever.
10
My family make those excuses for the animals all the time - the dog, bird, critter wouldn't make such noise, or harm, if we would all just do our best to not exist.
11
Your dog? Your responsibility. End of discussion.
12
Of course it was the dog owner's fault. Was his/her's front yard fenced? If not, then why were they off leash? As a dog owner, I'm sick of dogs being off leash everywhere. The whole "but he/she is friendly!" doesn't mean anything. The dog might be friendly, but that doesn't mean my dog is.
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@8: Your troll-fu is weak.
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@1

You dylexiated because you knew that the dyslexiation is better:

If your gods flip out and get aggressive when people start making loud noises nearby, they shouldn't be off-leash in the front yard.

See?
15
"If these dogs were pitbulls everyone would be crying for thier heads on a platter."

Imagine if they had been young black males.
16
@8 if these animals were pitbulls the jogger would be seriously fucked up.
17
Dog owners will say anything.

Even when the dog attacks their own kids, they will say absolutely anything. It isn't only to save the dog; their own negligence is at issue and they'll lie to their dying day about their own negligence. This is how pit bulls got a reputation for attacking without warning: if the owner told the truth about all the warnings in the previous months or years, they'd be admitting negligence.
18
If your dog bites somebody, it needs to be rehomed. You are not responsible enough to care for animals.
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@9, @8,
I'm not ordinarily in favor of putting down a dog for a first-time offence bite, but if the owner says "it was your fault because you screamed", then there seems to be no realistic chance of rehabilitation as long as the dog stays with that owner. Either put it down or at a minimum, as @18 says, "rehome" it.
20
I can't believe we're not calling for a ban on Golden Retriever mixes.
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/save/ the termites
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@7 The horse that you were riding "threw" you because you probably don't have a clue how to handle horses. It's not the horse, it's the inexperienced rider.
23
If she knew the dog(s) were reactive to running/screaming then she knew they have a strong prey drive (not all dogs do). If she knew they had a strong prey drive then she should NEVER, EVER have allowed them to be off leash in an unsecured yard. She is totally at fault.
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@22,

We were sitting/standing still on the side of the road. What exactly do you think I did "wrong" to cause the horse to throw me? My instructor at the time had no clue/explanation for why I was thrown. Her best guess was that another horse in the line did something that freaked my horse out. But, yeah, I was responsible.

In any event, my point was about my classmate chiding me for yelling as I was mid-air, about to hit pavement, because we were told not to "spook" the horses, but it's a little irrational to expect someone not to have a verbal reaction to something like that, don't you think?
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@15

>Imagine if they had been young black males.

Charles Mudede detected.
26
It's true that if you understand dogs, you can greatly reduce or even eliminate the likelihood that they'll bite you.

But if you have a dog, it needs to be safe for people who don't understand dogs. If it isn't, you should put it down.
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With regards to this story I think the dog owner is at fault. That said. As the owner of two 100lb dogs I can attest to having experienced people behaving in totally bazaar ways around them.

For example, while my dogs on leash out for a walk calmly sniffing at a tree lawn, the resident pulls into her drive, parks gets out of her car with groceries in hand is halfway up the steps of her porch when she finally notices us. How she hadn't noticed us right in front of her on the sidewalk in front of her house quietly sniffing when she pulled in, I don't know. She screams throws her groceries into the air and jumps up on her porch rail. Needless to say my dogs freaked, hell I freaked, WTF thank god for the Gentle Leader harnesses, they'd have ripped my arm off.

Every dog owner big dog or small, but particularly big, needs to realize that people are stupid around dogs until proven otherwise. Your dog can be a vegan and walk on water but people are still stupid.

P.S. Some 3 months later the same neighbor stopped me while I was cutting the lawn to give me a 10lb bag of dog treats that somehow "accidentally ended up in her shopping cart and checked out and wouldn't my nice dogs like them". People are weird.
28
"having experienced people behaving in totally bazaar ways around them. "

Like trying to barter with them?
29
There are many sides and reasons for the rise in the 'dangerous dogs' issue. I have been a victim and aggressor in this hidden world. At 3 years old I was savagely attacked by a Doberman and left fight for my life. Everyday I see a constant reminder of the attack when looking in the mirror, two huge scars in the shape of a large bite and a tooth mark near my eye. Fast forward 15 years I was the leader of a violent street gang who used illegal dog breeds for protection and of course intimidation. I know the reasons for the rise of the Status/dangerous dogs problem and there are many.
Please check out my latest book STATUS DOGS & GANGS via Amazon. Many thanks Justin Rollins
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There are many sides and reasons for the rise in the 'dangerous dogs' issue. I have been a victim and aggressor in this hidden world. At 3 years old I was savagely attacked by a Doberman and left fight for my life. Everyday I see a constant reminder of the attack when looking in the mirror, two huge scars in the shape of a large bite and a tooth mark near my eye. Fast forward 15 years I was the leader of a violent street gang who used illegal dog breeds for protection and of course intimidation. I know the reasons for the rise of the Status/dangerous dogs problem and there are many.
Please check out my latest book STATUS DOGS & GANGS via Amazon. Many thanks Justin Rollins

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