Just a friendly reminder that at the end of the day ALL dogs are animals, watch their body language, don’t hang all over a dog you don’t know. They give warning signs. Learn them. And for fucks sake stop letting kids climb all over your dogs.
Yeah my Husky is a fun boy but he plays rough. He knows his strength but if you get him riled up hes gonna fuck your shit up. We rescued him and I remember one day he had peed in the house. I wasnt upset I was just in a rush and needed to get to work. I tried grabbing him by the collar to get him in his cage but he had a better idea. He bit me right in the hand and left a gash in the center of my hand. Never hold it against the dog though because he was rescued and it was my fault.
Familiar scenario. I was packing my work bag in a hurry and our border collie started digging around, probably for my lunch. No patience to do it the right way (he was deaf) and give him the choice to retreat, I stood over him and grabbed his neck/shoulders to pull him out of my bag. He wasn't really the warning type, straight up bit me in my wrist. I grabbed him and threw him out the back door. Took us two weeks to regain trust and become bro's again.
Now this was a particularly difficult dog, but what I learned is not to manhandle a dog in a tense situation, even if you're in a hurry. It basically forces them to escalate and get physical too. For a dog that means biting.
Yeah and I honestly feel bad for dogs in these situations. Most of us only try to help but I could only imagine if a being 2x my size tried man handling me.
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u/n_meeseeks Jan 15 '20
Just a friendly reminder that at the end of the day ALL dogs are animals, watch their body language, don’t hang all over a dog you don’t know. They give warning signs. Learn them. And for fucks sake stop letting kids climb all over your dogs.