Congo euth'ed

And here is the original thread:

http://community.dog.com/forums/t/65615.aspx?PageIndex=1

I am sorry her mother was attacked, and im sorry they had to put to sleep 4 dogs. But the attack story and them being allowed to take him home under conditions they did not like, did not add up.

thanks dawn!

i saw somewhere else that the man claimed they were excited and jumped on her, but he went ahead and put them asleep because he's sure that's what the town would make him do...?    i doubt an excited dog can cause puncture wounds. Oh, also supposedly all the other dogs were congo's offspring.

Stories like this are what's bad for the breed.  IMO, the owners were completely at fault in BOTH incidents.  I do not believe these dogs are aggressive.  They allegedly bit the landscaper 95 times.  Now a GSD that bites 95 times and doesn't cause any fatal or even severe wounds is not being truly aggressive.  This is not an excuse either, I just think these dogs had zero boundaries, no training, no socialization.  I cannot believe they were released back into the custody of the original owners.  Call me cynical but at the time I knew that would not be the end to their story.  I guess they now say the dogs did not bite the woman, they jumped up on her and punctured her skin, which is very common for an elderly person (often have paper thin skin from medications).  On the GSD board someone posted a letter on behalf of the family and basically they are digging for sympathy.  Sorry, I have none.  They were miraculously given a second chance the first time and apparently did nothing to get control over their own dogs (that they have been breeding) and now expect everyone to take their side when they euthanized them all only hours after the old woman was "attacked".  If that were me and I felt my dogs were not in the wrong but the town was ganging up on me, you bet I'd move before I'd euthanize all my animals!  This is exactly how the breed gets a bad rap - people have them and never properly train or exercise them.  The dogs have no boundaries and do whatever they want and now the owners expect everyone to side with them....I did not side with them originally, they should have taken more responsibility from the beginning.

Liesje

They allegedly bit the landscaper 95 times.  Now a GSD that bites 95 times and doesn't cause any fatal or even severe wounds is not being truly aggressive.

WOW!!! 95 times!? I think you're right...95 bites from an aggressive GSD should be death

95 times is aggressive whether he meant to kill the human or not, it is a dog attacking.  If not for anything simple the owner should have supervised this dog and kept him from attacking people. 

I hate to see dogs put down but I would not want to live near a dog who will attack and bite 95 times - sorry.

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Liesje

They allegedly bit the landscaper 95 times.  Now a GSD that bites 95 times and doesn't cause any fatal or even severe wounds is not being truly aggressive.

WOW!!! 95 times!? I think you're right...95 bites from an aggressive GSD should be death

Yes that is what one party alleged.  Don't know whether it's true or not.  I just remember at the time it seemed like everyone was very quick to defend the family.  It always sounded fishy to me, but it's unacceptable to me for my dogs to act in that way regardless of whether it's out in public or a landscaper on our property.  Everyone else seemed to think that the dogs were acting within reason, but I always thought and still thought the owners were responsible, not the dogs or the landscaper.

Last time I was bit by a dog he bit me probably three dozen times but yet it was not considered "aggression" or an "attack".  The dog was a very large dog that never knew any boundaries or had any training, but luckily had good enough bite inhibition to not put me in the hospital.