Another fatal dog attack

[CanteringCarrot]

That's unfortunate. I do know that all Labs aren't created equal. Same with most breeds, really.

I've never had a blocky headed Lab. Mine have always been quite fine and light in build. A friend prefers the blockheads though!

 

[I'm Dun]

Utterly disgusting that the owner knew these people were coming and didn't secure his dogs. At least he's been prosecuted.

And theyd done it before. Absolutely no excuse, I'm glad he was prosecuted.

 

[Smitty]

I have experienced more dog aggression in Labs than any other breed. But is this because they are probably the most popular breed and therefore more on the ground? Never, that I can recall, had any aggression from the despised 'poo' x's, and they must be up there with the most popular breeds/types

 

[TheOldTrout]

Brother or dog?

Just what I was wondering!

 

[Jenko109]

A friend has a nice Lab. A cracking female that pops round agility fences like they are barely there. If I could replicate her, I would have one.

 

[I'm Dun]

A friend has a nice Lab. A cracking female that pops round agility fences like they are barely there. If I could replicate her, I would have one.

My friend has an enormous block headed one, thick as two short planks and the loveliest kindest dog. Hes an emotional support dog for her autistic son. Hes just a huge, bear like dufus.

 

[CorvusCorax]

I know we're at almost 200 pages but we've probably had this discussion about labs we've met/known about three times on this one thread alone.

 

[marmalade76]

I know we're at almost 200 pages but we've probably had this discussion about labs we've met/known about three times on this one thread alone.

Some of us have memories like goldfish!

 

[Mrs. Jingle]

Well my brain cells are falling like confetti so I will probably repeat myself for the next 200 pages if I'm still around. sorry to bore.

 

[JoannaC]

Breeding purely for colour is never a great idea especially when they are inbred, same with horses. Humans can ruin anything!

 

[Teaselmeg]

My lurcher puppy was attacked by a very overweight lab when he was 11 months old, finished his agility career before it started and left him with a permanent hind leg weakness. We used to have two black labs locally that would routinely run and chase any dog in the local woods.
There are a lot of badly bred Labs with awful temperaments now, probably over breeding, but also maybe breeding with no regard to the temperament you are passing on ??

 

[JoannaC]

My lurcher puppy was attacked by a very overweight lab when he was 11 months old, finished his agility career before it started and left him with a permanent hind leg weakness. We used to have two black labs locally that would routinely run and chase any dog in the local woods.
There are a lot of badly bred Labs with awful temperaments now, probably over breeding, but also maybe breeding with no regard to the temperament you are passing on ??

Oh poor pup what a shame, my lurcher was attacked by three Springer Spaniels as a pup and she never forgot, she loved my Lab though. A lot of Lab crosses out there and with Labs all looking so different now it's hard to know what's pure and what isn't.

I't s Lab central round here and I can honestly say i've never met an aggressive one, rude and boisterous yes but not aggressive. Most round here have jobs to do though and I'm sure a lot of aggression in dogs now is due to frustration as they aren't exercised mentally enough. Too many people having dogs and expecting them to be perfect without putting any work in or considering the needs of the dog particulaly when they are young.

 

[I'm Dun]

Some of us have memories like goldfish!

some of us have ADHD and no working short term memory so 200 pages in and we are doomed

 

[YorksG]

some of us have ADHD and no working short term memory so 200 pages in and we are doomed

And some of us just don't believe that we have a right to police other forum users use of the forum

 

[Pearlsasinger]

Breeding purely for colour is never a great idea especially when they are inbred, same with horses. Humans can ruin anything!

And if those Labs were all red, it sounds as if they really were bred for colour. Normal litters usually have a mix of shades/colours.

 

[Indy]

My mum used to have a black lab over 30 years ago. The kids on the street used to knock on the door and ask if Duke could come out play. My mum always used to say yes but make sure he's back for 6.

Wed often see him towing some kid on roller skates down the road. He used to go round their houses for tea and everything.

 

[ArklePig]

My uncles dog often went to work with the coal man, just sitting in the cab keeping him company. How times change

 

[marmalade76]

My uncles dog often went to work with the coal man, just sitting in the cab keeping him company. How times change

Yep, I remember some folks would kick their dogs out to roam for the day like they did their cats and children.

 

[Mrs. Jingle]

Plenty still do kick them out for the day around here. Then you often get the inevitable woe is me posts and appeals because they have lost their much loved and missed pet. Makes my blood boil, some are never found and my heart breaks imagining exactly who picked them up and what their likely end was.

 

[malwhit]

Around 15-20 years ago, the Labradors who lived nearby could be aggressive - especially the brown ones. There was a local puppy farm who flooded the market with them, which was probably the issue Every owner seemed to get their dogs from a tiny village where the puppy farmer lived

 

[ArklePig]

Yep, I remember some folks would kick their dogs out to roam for the day like they did their cats and children.

I remember that vaguely from around the early 90s, died a death in my area at least, before I reached teenagehood luckily.

This dog wasn't kicked out all day BTW, the man used to knock the door and ask for him.

 

[marmalade76]

I remember that vaguely from around the early 90s, died a death in my area at least, before I reached teenagehood luckily.

This dog wasn't kicked out all day BTW, the man used to knock the door and ask for him.

Like when we used to ask if our mates could come out to play

 

[ester]

There was a cairn terrier down the road called sasha, lots of groups of kids would knock and see if she could come out to play/go for a walk, tolerant little thing!

 

[Jenko109]

I cannot comprehend allowing random children to take any of my dogs.

Very different world.

 

[teddy_]

Major dog attack update after 9-month-old baby horrifically mauled by XL Bully

A nine-month-old baby was mauled in the attack in Hawkinge, near Folkestone, Kent, after the XL bully dog 'snapped' - a new update has been provided on her condition

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[conniegirl]

Major dog attack update after 9-month-old baby horrifically mauled by XL Bully

A nine-month-old baby was mauled in the attack in Hawkinge, near Folkestone, Kent, after the XL bully dog 'snapped' - a new update has been provided on her condition

www.mirror.co.uk

so the banned breed dog on an exemption certificate had a previous bite history nearly a year before it attacked a tiny baby.
What on earth was the baby doing in the same building as the animal, let along in the same room

 

[CorvusCorax]

I cannot comprehend allowing random children to take any of my dogs.

Very different world.

Different times, different dogs, I have had a couple of dogs who anyone could, and did, take out for walks, others not, when I was growing up there were lots of dogs allowed to roam the streets and play with children, in inner cities/towns and big council/social housing type estates it was very common for there to be 'street dogs' who would be out all day and go home at night to their homes. If you look at pictures of civil unrest during the Troubles, there was often a local street dog or two hanging around and enjoying the excitement!!
And anecdotally, there were less dog on dog attacks or attacks on people too.....

 

[marmalade76]

Different times, different dogs, I have had a couple of dogs who anyone could, and did, take out for walks, others not, when I was growing up there were lots of dogs allowed to roam the streets and play with children, in inner cities/towns and big council/social housing type estates it was very common for there to be 'street dogs' who would be out all day and go home at night to their homes. If you look at pictures of civil unrest during the Troubles, there was often a local street dog or two hanging around and enjoying the excitement!!
And anecdotally, there were less dog on dog attacks or attacks on people too.....

It was one way to socialise a dog and I suspect another reason was that folks wouldn't have thought twice about disciplining other people's dogs, same as they would children. There's a couple of old family tales that end with " he never did it again.."

 

[Equi]

And anecdotally, there were less dog on dog attacks or attacks on people too.....

I think about this quite a lot. My dogs growing up all spent their days mooching around so whatever they wanted and never came to harm. I think dogs today are so unconfident because they are so bubble wrapped they end up neurotic and snap.

But it is also true that back in the day there wasn’t any of these mutated breeds like xl

 

[Goldenstar]

so the banned breed dog on an exemption certificate had a previous bite history nearly a year before it attacked a tiny baby.
What on earth was the baby doing in the same building as the animal, let along in the same room

Excellent question what is wrong with people.
This level of stupidity is eye watering .