Dog Community

Posted : 2/2/2007 10:47:03 AM

We all have heard the comment" Little ankle biters", it sounds more cute than dangerous.

Aggression is NEVER, EVER cute. In 2001, a Pomeranian KILLED a child. Not so cute. I'm sure there are a lot of incidences of small dogs hurting people, but they aren't as publicized.

I have scars from cat and small dog bites, all over my right hand and arm. I've known folks (in grooming circles) who've had nerve damage from bites inflicted by small animals. Bites are serious business.

Scout in Canada

Posted : 2/2/2007 10:47:51 AM

Any dog bite can be dangerous and it kind of ticks me off that she's so focused on the fact that because of the size of her dog that her dog cannot be dangerous.
Her dog may not be dangerous, we don't really know, we haven't seen the bite.

Yes, and any size dog bite can be dangerous if we were talking about a small child. The dog may not hurt an adult badly, but we can obviously see it has behavioral issues that need to be dealt with.

Caryl Peters

Posted : 2/2/2007 1:48:30 PM

I think it is silly that the owner thinks that her dog could not be dangeruos just because of its size. I belive as alot of you guys do that the dog should be judged by what it did and not by its breed. I also think the reporter should get the whole storie first! Yea that'll happen[sm=wink3.gif]

Xerxes

Posted : 2/2/2007 2:22:08 PM

I, too, would be interested in learning of the severity of the bite. Doxies can do significant damage, along with many other small-ish dogs. Remember what a Dachshund was bred for "Dachs-hund" literally translated: Badger Dog. This dog was bred to go to ground and root out badgers. The damage that they can do is significant, if they are inclined.

Was this an isolated incident? That should be the determining factor.

Chuffy

Posted : 2/2/2007 6:00:49 PM

I think that the key is that it happened while the dog was "out of control in a public place", so the dog comes under the DDA and is at risk of being destroyed no matter how serious the bite. She would also be under threat of being destroyed even if she hadn't bitten someone - if a member of the public reported "a reasonable fear of being bitten".

lorib

Posted : 2/2/2007 10:37:17 PM

We don't know the whole story here. The dog may have been stepped on and bit in self defense. It may have nipped (the "herding bite") or the dog may, indeed, be a terror. I think that this needs to be researched more. It is not the SIZE of the animal that matters, it's the SEVERITY of the damage done.

My neighbor's Doxie mix bit my older son. My neighbors were terrifed I would sue. Hey, Andrew stuck his hand over the fence to pet Rex (like he's done a hundred times before) and this time, Rex nipped him. I told her not to worry about it ans asked if he was current on his rabies vaccine. He was, we cleaned the nip up, case closed. our neighbors LOVE us!

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