labradors???

[Desert Arabian]

Originally posted by cocker_luva
be careful though. my neighbors lab is really mean! she is dominate and will pick fights with dogs and other animals. also she can not be trusted with ANY YOUNG CHILD. she already has attacked, maybe, 4 kids in the neighborhood in the KIDS OWN YARD!!!!

i'm not a lab person myself, but i like some labs.

This dog is most likely attention starved. It is extremely rare for a Labrador to act this way. Read my quotes and you will know what I am talking about. If this dog has truly attacked four kids, it needs to be put to sleep. I bet if this dog got the proper attention, love, and training it would not be like this. Another thing, dominance has to deal with dogs, not people, so that is not an issue in the case of bitting children. If the dog was attacking every dog in the neighborhood, then that would be a dominance issue. Maybe the kids are being mean to the dog i.e hitting it, pulling tail and ears. I have seen a lot of kids being extremely mean to dogs (hitting, pulling ears, etc) and I feel like treating them the way they treat the dog, I yell at them of course. If that is why those kids are getting bitten, oh well, that is their own fault.

I feel extremely bad for this labbie...

[jerry]

Labradors are absolutely the best. My first dog was a labrador - my parents got him when I was just a kid. Loved him with all my heart - such a gentle and smart dog.