Yes there is a little nipper down the road who hates my guts, and hates my boots even more. She got hold of my boots one day and shook them like a rat, while directing so much hatred at me. My boots have to be the toughest things invented, so suffered no damage! And when I looked at her little face, all I could do was laugh (and try not to laugh, for fear of encouraging her.) So I spluttered.
Her caretaker was mortified. So I went in for coffee and biscuits as a 'payback'! LOL
In the house, the little nipper still hated me until she started to relax slightly, and at that point I offered her treats from my hand. She was very gentle when she took the treats.
Now if that had been a pitbull, and I had been someone else, that dog might have had only seven days to live....
Another thing which I feel is unfair about "Death Row Dogs" is they have testing criteria for how adoptable they are. And one of them is 'food aggression'. Now any breed of dog can be uptight and scared in a shelter environment, and thus not behave perfectly. Some have been badly treated, or are street dogs, and one thing that matters most to a street dog, is guarding its food against some other who might steal it. One can hardly blame them
Then they get captured, and put in a shelter, and are suddenly expected to behave like Angels! Or they are killed.
Her caretaker was mortified. So I went in for coffee and biscuits as a 'payback'! LOL
In the house, the little nipper still hated me until she started to relax slightly, and at that point I offered her treats from my hand. She was very gentle when she took the treats.
Now if that had been a pitbull, and I had been someone else, that dog might have had only seven days to live....
Another thing which I feel is unfair about "Death Row Dogs" is they have testing criteria for how adoptable they are. And one of them is 'food aggression'. Now any breed of dog can be uptight and scared in a shelter environment, and thus not behave perfectly. Some have been badly treated, or are street dogs, and one thing that matters most to a street dog, is guarding its food against some other who might steal it. One can hardly blame them
Then they get captured, and put in a shelter, and are suddenly expected to behave like Angels! Or they are killed.
