Dog Reputations

[cocker_luva]

once i was walking my cocker, jesse down the street to the vet. she had just gotten shaven and looks more puppish. then some lady said " oh a puppy! can i pet her!" and started to walk over. i'm like sure, go ahead she loves attention. but then i told her that she was a full grown adult, and she said "oh she's not a puppy." made a DISGUSTED look and walked back to were she was sitting. I was shocked! no one has never disrespected my dog before, i was so angry i was about to tell her straight!!!!!!! but luckly, for her, i held back.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Originally posted by cocker_luva
Except labs and golden retrievers, they have no bad rep (that i know of) and are considered the perfect family dog for EVERY family. That is the reason i hate labs. i like goldens though.

why do you hate labs?

[kai]

Yea..I think pits have a really bad rep...but I really want one. It sucked to walk into the spca and see most of the dogs that are pits, GSD's, and rotti's. I really want a GSD though....

[primabella]

That's true. They are all GSD's, Pits, Rotties, Dobies, and I saw a few Huskies. All the big dogs. I remember they asked us if we wanted to see some of the other dogs that were all bigger. We said okay and they led us into this separate room and all you heard was the cages moving and this vicious barking. I felt so bad for them but my Dad was like, "I'm not going in there!" Not for anything, they sounded like monsters but I would have checked them out anyways.

[cocker_luva]

yea i also read somewhere that if you have bully breeds and some other "dangerous" breeds that some insurance companies won't sell you insurance! no matter how much you pay them. also some airlines won't let those "kinds" of dogs on there planes.

[Cheshirekatt]

Originally posted by cocker_luva
also some airlines won't let those "kinds" of dogs on there planes.

It's actually only one airline that had this restriction. And I believe they lifted the restriction by compromising and putting the dogs crates in a reinforced bulkhead section. This all came about because an am staff in flight chewed through his crate and then the bulkhead! I think the reinforcement idea was a really good one. I mean airlines fly all types of animals, not just dogs and none of them should be able to get out and freely roam any section of the plane. Just another good reason not to buy a cheap airline crate.

[fernmoney]

No one is probably posting to this anymore, I am a newbie. But of the 6 dogs I have, my pit is the most affectionate, loving dog you will ever have the privalage of meeting. It is all in how you raise them and treat them, just like any other dog. She didn't even know how to bark until she was 4 years old. She is getting older now, and I am thankful for everyday, and luckliy I have a boss that understands that when I do loose her, I will be taking time off for the loss of a family member. She is by far the best dog that I have ever owned, and it has been nothing but the best.

[Cheshirekatt]

Originally posted by fernmoney
No one is probably posting to this anymore, I am a newbie. But of the 6 dogs I have, my pit is the most affectionate, loving dog you will ever have the privalage of meeting. It is all in how you raise them and treat them, just like any other dog. She didn't even know how to bark until she was 4 years old. She is getting older now, and I am thankful for everyday, and luckliy I have a boss that understands that when I do loose her, I will be taking time off for the loss of a family member. She is by far the best dog that I have ever owned, and it has been nothing but the best.

I couldn't agree with you more! My pits are the best in my book.

[cocker_luva]

I think i love the dogs with the bad reps. even more b/c everyone hates them.

[Layka3000]

Well from my point of view Rotties get the worst, I have a friend a few years ago her cat go killed by a Rottwiler, the Rottie was of its leash (owners fault) and it jumped on the cat. It satarted wrestling it but soon it turned in to blood. THe Rottie severed the cats throth. And killed it. From now on she has always hated Rotties. But that is just her. I personally like Rotties they are soooo cute. I tink people get the wrong impression from one bad experience with it.

[Kfamr]

Reputations, or what people assume of them. Any dog can have a bad reputation. Most have the same rep as their owner. In which the owner is the reason they act a certain way. Pit bulls, Rotties, numerous other breeds have bad reps because or people. I hate people.


You hate labs because people think better of them?

[cocker_luva]

of course every dog has a rep, i just wanna hear some that u've heard.

[fernmoney]

Unlike the other dogs I own, we had to teach my pit to bark..she didn't learn how until she was 4 when my friend brought her Rottie over. She will let anyone in the house, and the big joke is that if you rub rub her tummy she will show you where everything in the house is. Giver her a treat, and she will follow you home...a big baby, that is all she is.

[cocker_luva]

yea, pits can be really BIG babies. they're so cuddly and affectionate!