What should you do if your dog is attacked?

lookingforward
Sat, 12 Oct 2013 02:09:25 +0000

I doubt I could ever stick my finger up there- even assuming you could find the spot in the midst of a dog tussle, with all that movement. Not to mention that, wouldn’t some dogs, already being aggressive, just turn on us, if we, you know?

We had a female corgi mix. Couldn’t get any harness to stay on her, when she was agitated enough to squirm it off. I know these are supposed to be secure. She was a sort of Houdini.

With the retractable leashes, the point isn’t to extend them to the max, except in some darned controlled circumstances. When on the sidewalk, we never let it out enough that she could reach the street (if they can go 10 feet into a yard after a squirrel, they can dart the same distance into traffic. Ours wasn’t ever savvy to cars.) If she stopped and we were still moving, we still watched the length. Not much different than keeping a firm eye on our kids, when we were out walking with them.

Any talk about certain breeds shouldn’t mask that there’s much about animal behavior that we don’t yet know. How dogs act with us, as their leaders- or in a situation where we have clear control- is not the test of how they may interact with another dog or a stranger, when something triggers them.

Sorry for all the people who have had troubles with other dogs. Or their owners. And glad BD called AC.