What would you do?? Small rant involved....

[Slinkyunicorn]

So you are new to a yard as you have started to share a horse and have clearly been told by sharer it is ok to bring your dogs up. The dogs in question are a 3/4 rottie x 1/4 GSD and a 3/4 GSD x 1/4 Rottie.

Do you

a) keep your dogs under control and introduce them and yourself to the other liveries and dogs
b) see what other liveries do with their dogs - eg keep them on leads, in cars or stables

or

c) just let them run loose around the yard with no apology or any attempt to control them - especially the mainly GSD one that is clearly a bit snarly?

And when asked to control them to stop them jumping up at my gate, scaring the BeJazuss out of a small child, getting in the faces of dogs on leads etc etc do you

a) be mortified at having to be asked and grab hold of them and control them immediately

or

b) laugh and say its ok they are only babies - they are a year old?

Do I live on a different planet or is this unacceptable?

 

[FestiveSpirit]

I would personally wonder why the hell anyone wanted to breed a GSD x Rottie in the first place

I think a quiet word might be in order... along the lines of "GET YOUR BLOODY DOGS UNDER CONTROL"

I detest people who dont control their dogs, hence mine are always on leads at the yard

 

[kirstyhen]

C and B

But only if I was at your yard

The way some people's dogs act amazes me, for a short while anyway, until I meet them and realise the dog doesn't stand a chance!

At least they make Otto look vaguely well behaved

 

[Spudlet]

Good grief (I seem to be saying this a lot lately...)

 

[FestiveSpirit]

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Good grief (I seem to be saying this a lot lately...)

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You might be too young Hananhen, but did you read a lot of Charlie Brown/Snoopy when you were younger?

 

[Spudlet]

Gotta love Charlie

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

Hen - now you know that I know that Otto behaves impeccably and you just make up this misbehaving nonsense....

Splotchy - was thinking along those lines with a few stronger words liberally sprinkled in between.....

 

[kirstyhen]

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Hen - now you know that I know that Otto behaves impeccably and you just make up this misbehaving nonsense....

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He's such a little creep

 

[RuthnMeg]

I hate 'naughty' dogs/bad owners with a passion!! They either have to be well behaved or on leads or not come to the stables at all!! Simple as....
Other wise you can see an accident happening from a long way off, and heaven help if children are involved..
(ps, personally I would never trust any sorts of Rotties or GSD, no matter what owners say - sorry if you have a good one, but lifes experiences tell me otherwise!)

 

[CorvusCorax]

That's OK if you don't trust them ruthnmeg, I don't really trust most dogs that don't measure higher than my knee, either, 28 years of life with GSDs tells me otherwise, too.....


There is no excuse for bad behaviour or loose, unruly dogs of ANY breed. And she is not doing either breed any favours, I hate people who spoil it for the rest of us.

I would ask her very firmly to leave them at home, they clearly aren't social enough to be running loose on a yard and leaving them in a car isn't ideal either.
Or you could wait until the nearest pissed off horse teaches them a lesson they won't forget......

 

[MurphysMinder]

Only 28 years CC, scarily I'm not many years short of double that

And I am not going to rise to your comment ruthnmeg, other than to say my 2 children who have grown up surrounded by GSDs have both been bitten, by a neighbours schipperke !
To go back to slinkys post, a totally irresponsible owner, and I would tell her to leave them at home also. My Evie is just over a year old, and she would still bounce up to other dogs sometimes, although not show aggression, but she is not given the opportunity. Ditto with small children, my dogs all love little ones, but are only allowed to approach them on lead, as I imagine it must be pretty scary to come face to face, literally with any dog.

 

[CorvusCorax]

Sorry, bit of a rant there, that statement is guaranteed to get my hackles up (boom boom) but to add - I don't think I would trust any breed of dog, any dog at all, 100pc.
They are animals and to a certain extent they always have the capability to be unpredictable.
No one knows what goes on in a dog's head or what they are thinking or what triggers certain behaviours or responses.

Splotchy, I have only met 1 GSDxRott and while I agree with you about that particular cross, he was a big, soft, lovely lad who was great with livestock and no one would give him a home because he was so scary looking

Righto, back to the rant, pardon me SU!!!

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

No probs!!

The dogs may turn out to be big softies but I just think she should have the manners to introduce them to people when they are under control as not everyone automatically thinks they are big teddies and especially in a yard where other dogs are kept under control - some for good reasons as they are rescue dogs and socialise with the others in small groups. They both ran around and jumped on my neice - who has grown up with dogs but was scared as she was putting the duck food out and as she bent down they were right in her face! Apart from that if they are running around loose they crap everywhere and she won't be picking it up.....

Have spoken to YO and asked him to have a word as she didn't appear to listen to any of us! My sister spoke to her sharer and asked that she control them and was told that even though she doesn't like rotties they were ok as they were only 'babies' - WTF??!!

 

[Puzzled]

It's not the breed it's the b****y idiots who own them!!

 

[CAYLA]

I have to add on and say in rehoming dogs by the hundreds, rotts and shepherds don't even get into the top ten of our "we would not consider a home with kids" infact they are way up there in the top, they make fab family pets and are very tollerant of brats(I mean kids)

compared to other breeds

Our number 1 of course is a staffy, and when ever we get a call with young kids of which the last 3 where, they all got staffs

AND

the last 2 families that came and wanted anything other than a rottie....fell in love with mine and begged to take her

(cheeky gits) there where both Dr's and the kids adored her and spent the whole time cuddling her and ignoring the dog they came for

 

[twisteddiamond]

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I would personally wonder why the hell anyone wanted to breed a GSD x Rottie in the first place

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i have a Rottie x GSD she is a big softie, brill with livestock, comes out riding with me, fab with children