I see stories where they say their dog just snapped

Not talking about here but I see where dogs have attacked their owners. You get the usual, "I had it since a puppy", and "it never showed any signs", etc

Basically they say out of the blue their dog decides to maul them at 5 years old where it never caused issues before.

Do you think that probably happens due to poor breeding, poor upbringing, or maybe a combination of both?

Reason I'm wondering, I've had some intense pitbulls, intense rotties, and other breeds and not one has ever tried to maul me. Ive gotten some attitude from one the first couple months I owned him, but he warmed up to me and was my buddy until he passed away from old age.

Aren't those dogs giving signs and warnings that probably get overlooked? I could understand if they had a health issue, but most say it was out of the blue in their happy healthy dogs.

 

First sign is always the teeth lol

 

There is always a sign

 

Had a very friendly dog who hated a guy who sometimes came by. When the dog saw him, he became furious and the man really couldn't get near the dog. There was a hint of bad karma around the man, which was later confirmed after certain events. So was a dog with more human knowledge than I did in that period of time long ago.

 

I've got a customer who's dog snapped on him and he claims no signs but prob overlooked and this guy lucky be amongst the living. He called it a Pit Bull but don't mean it was and he let the dog free roam with his hounds .He scolded one of his hounds one day with the hat that he wears and the dog went off for 20 mins on him and just stopped like a light switch at about the 20 min mark. After that he went laid on the porch for a nap like nothing ever happened. I saw this guy couple months after and damage was bad bad .

 

When I bought the 'Spider' female from Lonzo Pratt Sr in 1988. Pan Am flight 109 had just gone down over Lockerbie. Lonzo asked what will you do if the plane carrying your bitch goes down somewhere over the Atlantic? I told him "better that than somebody stealing her", he just laughed and said "nobody stealing that one son!".. The fckr bit me on first day I met her and it took another 2 months of patience, cowardice, cheese bribery and self defence skills before I could be at ease around her, even then she'd nail me soon as myback was turned and tried to leave her.. Spider would clown around, wag her tail and let you pet her inside her chain space, but the very moment anyone attempted to leave her.. Bang! I warned numerous dogmen about her, some thought they knew better until 35 lb 0f black demon was hanging off their leg, shaking fck out of them!

 

@oldguy LMAO...cheese bribery and self defense skills..

 

I got one that kinda worries me, leave his chain spot and he likes to wrap his front legs around you to keep you from leaving.That has always made me a little nervous bit I carry a small pistol in my pocket at all times. This particular dog likes to play though and has a stick in his mouth every time you walk up to him.

 

I once near got killed off a Boyles/Jeep/Redboy/Mason's Hog bred 50lb male, I've mentioned the incident on here before I think.. Truth is I missed the signs and acted over confident around a new adult male in the camp.. Thought I was Maurice Carver but I wasn't.

 

Nice thread, @oldguy they don’t much prettier than that Spider bitch !

 

I've been lucky with pitbulls, they all were pretty mellow with me and other people. I've had some very strong super rough rotties over the years, not your typical couch potato ones, but luckily never was an issue with getting hurt.

I had a male Johnson american bulldog. That dog was a beast, and just wasn't wired up right. The only dog I've had that I thought would try to kill me one day. He never did but man that dog was scary. He meant business and made sure I knew it. Ended up getting him fixed He never tried to kill me but I was on alert with him.

Every other American bulldog I've had was stable and friendly with family and welcomed guests but that one wasn't playing with a full deck

 

Most folks can’t understand their own native tongue, much less a dogs signs/warnings till it bites them.

Sometimes the signs are very subtle.

 

You really have to "read" the dog before the dog acts. I was walking my K-9 bomb dog and the super of the building (he's a real asshole) was outside. I already knew my dog was gonna go for him. As soon as I saw the hairs stand up on his back I knew. First, it was his tail, then the hair standing up.

Read their language....their ears, their tails, their positioning. Honestly, every dog owner should learn dog language.

 

Does anybody know of lonzo blood in 2023

 

the Poles have some kennels where they keep dogs with Lonzo blood (Krys, Rezanowitz, Sambo kennels .. ) and the KSP (King Size Pitbulls) kennel in Greece .. I know of such in Europe.

 

Bottom line is dogs are still animals no matter how much we try to personify them. We often misinterpret simple things such as sitting at/on your feet as an act of love when in reality it’s a dominance/possession behavior. Then you have the issue of a dog being in pain that often gets overlooked because they don’t bitch much. I had a dog that anytime he had an ear infection he was super aggressive, but he didn’t do the typical head shake or scratch. I have dealt with what I would call completely neurotic animals that were pretty unreadable. Could’ve been the way they were bred, or an unknown underlying health issue, etc. I’d say 95% of the time there is usually a sign that goes unnoticed or a trigger the owner was unaware of.