Originally posted by slleipnir
I was talking to a friend of mine and showed him pics of Caymen and said how sweet she was and hes like "What breed is that.." and I was like a rottie..and hes like I hate them..and pitt bulls. Arg. I told him he was sterotypical and you can't just judge a dog you don't know. So he was saying how he could have had a bad exp. with one..and I was telling him how all dogs are diff..it could have been a lab or a pom or something..just because it was a rottie (he was bitten) and they have a bad rep like pitts..Ever notice like ANY show you see that has a 'mean looking' dog in it, its a Rottie? No wonder ppl think that way..I mean when I was a kid I was pulled down by a dog who bite my leg then threw me down (the stupid owner was right there and didnt call him off I was a kid!) anyway I was afraid of big dogs after that but I got over it realizing dogs are a lot like ppl in the sense they have a personality and it all depends how they're brought up..how can you be afraid of EVERY rottie cause one bite you a long time ago? I mean I can see why it scared him I was too. But Caymen is such a sweety pie, and I've never met a 'evil' rottie in my life..I haven't really met to many pitts but I'm sure its the same thing..He's never been attacked by a pitt, he just assumes its the same -sigh- I'm getting worked up for no reason, eh?
I have never met a bad rottie, I'm not afraid of dogs in general but with the pitts I've had 3 bad exp. with them all 3 belonging to the same person. I don't hold the breed responsible, I hold the owner resp. The only time I was severly bitten was by a collie, not afraid of them either, I was 12 weeks old and the dog was jealous of the "new baby" so I'm told. but dogs get the rep. when it mostly belongs to the owners.