some people are quite small minded.

[Millyard Rejects]

You are in more danger from a ferret than a Rottie.

We used to have a ferret he was lovely but didnt like men unless they were gay.

Raoul is a sweetie! he likes everyone..except my friends asbo terrier
there is a female rotti in a foster home of a dog rescue. people meet her and are amazed how quiet she is ---yet they often go home with the small yappy types or the bouncing spangle rather than her..makes me sad
if i win lotto shes coming here!

 

[Dobiegirl]

MR dog homes are full of Rotties its so sad, Dobermann Welfare where I rehomed my 2 from also rescues Rotties and I would rather they go there to be assessed forrehoming than RSPCA homes who know little about the breed.

 

[Megibo]

MR dog homes are full of Rotties its so sad, Dobermann Welfare where I rehomed my 2 from also rescues Rotties and I would rather they go there to be assessed forrehoming than RSPCA homes who know little about the breed.

did have a look on the site, it's upsetting how many are there.

 

[conkers]

I'm afraid that I have to hold my hand up and say that I tend to walk around big dogs - Rotties, GSDs etc - when I take my little dog out.
Its not necessarily because I think that the big dog will attack mine but because she always wants to play. I have found that big dogs don't necessarily enjoy having a terrier bouncing around them . ( And in all fairness, who can blame them.)
Also, if a big dog gets giddy they can inadvertantly hurt a little dog without realising it.

She has improved with age and is now a lot more sensible when approaching dogs that she doesn't know, but the habit has stuck and I tend to avoid big dogs of all types. Having said that, she does enjoy a good run around with her pal Alfie, the Old English Sheepdog.

I guess that I wanted to give a different view from the little dog brigade. Its not always that we don't like the bigger dogs, just that it can be easier to keep out of the way in order to keep the peace.

 

[Ottinmeg]

I've had people shoving their kids out into the road rather than walk anywhere near our Shepherd and people commenting that "dogs like that shouldn't be walked in public" - well where would you like me to walk it?????!!!
Yet you have a Yorkshire Terrier/Westie/Chihuahua etc snarling and snapping and people go "aww isn't it sweet!!"
Funnily enough nobody ever comments like that on my Goldie, and she's the one who you have to watch!!
K x

Amen to that! our other dog is a black lab, daft as a brush but the general public don't know that do they. They just assume because he is a lab that he is lovely and friendly and they can just get right in there and fuss him ,you do only have to look at him and he is on his back for a belly rub but that's beside the point!

At the show people were just fussing the lab but the rottie lovers/owners/used to own or just liked the breed ALL asked if they could fuss the pup ( ignored the lab lol). One little lad asked if the pup was friendly and could he stroke him as he had never met a rottie before. I bet he went to school today and bragged to his mates that he stroked a rottie at the weekend

 

[CorvusCorax]

My little big dog just had his head raped by a JRT
In fairness Conkers, the guy has two GSDs two and brought one out on a lead to meet the pup, because he said the other one, while friendly, would just splat him on the ground, which I appreciated

 

[MurphysMinder]

When I was a child my dad had a JRT, think it was his rebellion against mums kennel full of gsds . She was a lovely dog with us but snappy with other children, whenever we had her out with the gsds we used to warn people not to let their children near her, but say they were ok to fuss the shepherds, but you would be amazed how many people pulled their kids away from the shepherds and encouraged them to stroke the JRT.

 

[Megibo]

I'm afraid that I have to hold my hand up and say that I tend to walk around big dogs - Rotties, GSDs etc - when I take my little dog out.
Its not necessarily because I think that the big dog will attack mine but because she always wants to play. I have found that big dogs don't necessarily enjoy having a terrier bouncing around them . ( And in all fairness, who can blame them.)
Also, if a big dog gets giddy they can inadvertantly hurt a little dog without realising it.

She has improved with age and is now a lot more sensible when approaching dogs that she doesn't know, but the habit has stuck and I tend to avoid big dogs of all types. Having said that, she does enjoy a good run around with her pal Alfie, the Old English Sheepdog.

I guess that I wanted to give a different view from the little dog brigade. Its not always that we don't like the bigger dogs, just that it can be easier to keep out of the way in order to keep the peace.

but at least you have genuine reason to avoid the bigger dogs-what's unnecessary is when people discriminate against them for no good reason :/

 

[Megibo]

When I was a child my dad had a JRT, think it was his rebellion against mums kennel full of gsds . She was a lovely dog with us but snappy with other children, whenever we had her out with the gsds we used to warn people not to let their children near her, but say they were ok to fuss the shepherds, but you would be amazed how many people pulled their kids away from the shepherds and encouraged them to stroke the JRT.

i may sound a hypocrite but i do avoid JRT's. but only because i've never met a nice one!