• Muddybulldog@mylemmy.win
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    1 year ago

    As a pitbull owner, I may take my chances trying to subdue an aggressive PB. An agressive Rot, I’m climbing trees.

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      1 year ago

      Growing up a neighbor had three Rottweilers that they let run free.

      They mostly stayed on their property, but every once and a while they’d come down to my house. Usually because they were following a deer’s trail, so their prey drive was in full gear by the time they’d see me and my sister playing outside.

      Rotts get up to like 120lbs on average, but some are even bigger. So out of nowhere we’d have these three massive dogs that were bigger than us, sprinting at us barking their heads off.

      We weren’t good tree climbers, so we got one of those wooden playhouse things you had to climb a ladder to get in.

      I still don’t think we should ban them, but I think most people agree dogs shouldn’t be free roam.

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        1 year ago

        Barking is a performative aggression. It’s meant to intimidate. Predatory attacks frequently don’t have warning barks. It’s quiet staring then a lunge.

        The behavior you described sounds dangerous, but it’s a known thing (that doesn’t make it less dangerous, but does give opportunity to blame the owner that they should have known they had an aggressive dog). Terrible owners don’t correct this behavior and have dogs that are dangerous to people. But there are many dogs that show zero aggression before attacking. There’s a bunch of biased sources but I think there is some truth to it, nearly half of dogs that kill have not shown aggression towards humans before.

        Side note: Rottweilers are the #2 killer dog breed in America. They average about 10% of all fatal attacks. Pits are the #1 killer dog breed. The past couple of years they’ve been 65%+ of fatal attacks.

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          1 year ago

          My dream is everyone eventually learns what “per capital” means and how important it is compared to total numbers…

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      1 year ago

      I have a rottie. If someone told me she bit them, I’d want to know what the hell they did to make her bite them. She’s never shown any aggression.

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        1 year ago

        Rottweilers are chill as fuck with a very high anger threshold but also have a very strong protective streak and the build to back it up. That can go haywire if the owner is an idiot, paranoid, or such. If she recognises you as pack leader and you’re not then there’s not really much to worry, though some German states require character tests for all Rottweilers or they have to wear muzzles. If something like that is available where you are I’d definitely recommend it, they’re a working breed consider it vocational training.

        And they can growl like fucking Cerberus. Why bite when a little intimidation does the trick.

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        1 year ago

        Because the only time breed is correlated for aggression is tiny terriers, but that was likely due to the same gene making legs shorter. It’s really hard to breed for/against aggression, but it’s easy to breed for stuff like stubby legs.

        The difference is size. A 120lb aggressive dog is more dangerous than a 60lb aggressive dog

      • coco@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        My old doggo mastiff/ unknow race mix doesnt like to be patted upon i earned peiple not doing that b4 getting closer to my doggo

        She doesnt bite but give some kind of soft bite to warn

        I wont tell the amount of people thinking my doggo is petable whose beeen bitten off including careless childrens at dog park

        To each their behavior

        Surelly blast me but my doggo is my bodyguard for some reason