Quote Originally Posted by gwen
I am really suprised at some responses, my point was that this dog was so savagely attacking this poor innocent swan who was doing nothing more than sitting by the bank of the river, it was so full of blood lust that the only way to save the swan was to beat it, what would you have done in that situation? The owner was distraught that his dog could do such a thing, he seemed like a nice bloke only seconds before he and the dog were playing fetch, and this is my question are these dogs so intrinsically vicious that no matter what, there true instinct will always come out? (The police were called as in England swans are the Queens property so I am sure that it was given medical attention.)
The point is, the guy obviously did not have proper control of his dog! Any dog can have a prey drive, that this dog obviously has. If it had been a dalmation, would you come to the same conclusion, that this dog was intrinsically vicious? It is a dog! sometimes they attack or chase prey! that is why we as owners need to have total control.