Pets / Animals : Black the Rottweiler is a killer

[ogoun]

I think I asked that question, because all the animals Black has killed, he's never eaten them ... a chicken, possum, and hedgehog, bird ... once they were dead ... no longer moving ... seems he lost interest. Never ate them. Left them for me to pick up, like his toys.



Destee

LOL
Black would have a field day around here. Let me see if I can count them.
Deer, wild turkey, ground hogs (though I think the coyotes are keeping them in check for now), got a fox den down by the creek that drives the dog nuts when they come around, still have the occasional cat that ventures onto dangerous ground, garden snakes, got a lesser weasel somewhere round (don't know I haven't seen it for awhile) and of course the enemy of all enemies the assorted squirrels of the gray and red varieties and chipmunks.

I know I've missed some but ya get the idea.

 

[ogoun]

Hi @ogoun ... how are you and Strider? Thanks for the encouraging words above.

Love You!



Destee

Sadly August of last year I had to help him on his journey to another plane.

Thanks for thinking of him, he was a special dog.

 

[Kemetstry]

Been around the herder/guardian dog class much Kem?
Protecting THEIR territory, and their personal charges is what makes them special.

Sure you can have them accept almost any group as theirs to care for be it the cat, or a flock of chickens but all others be it squirrels, possums, ground hogs or a strange cat or chicken are outsiders and threats to be dealt with. That's why socialization is important in the dogs early life. That's why training for what is a threat and what is not a threat is important in what to them is the strange land of the humans.
If you want to flat line the spirit of a herder/guardian just take away his agency to keep his charges safe and territory clear of ALL trespassers.

A properly trained dog will do what it's trained to do




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[ogoun]

Uh huh, thanx for all those three sentences of such sage thoughts on dogs.
Now how bout three more on how little you know bout dogs or training.

it dawns on me I've heard that kind of training/handling advice before..............from the intro of the yank and crank training books printed in the 30 and 40's. Still ran into it in the early 70's. Yeh I've met too many flat dogs in my life and I'm sad for the dog every time. Then I watch an owner strut around like he has done something other than produce a wreck.
For the understanding of or for the handling of dogs your three sentences are about as useless as it comes. Hell they don't even offer moral support.

A properly trained dog will do what it's trained to do




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Now, mr. dog expert why don't you answer my direct question at the beginning of my post.
What do you know bout the herder/guardian group of dogs. And to further add to that question, how many in that herder/guardian group have you owned, have you handled or have even met and what was their purpose? Herder? guardian? Or door stop?
I've made my guess which it is. Now prove me wrong.

 

[Kemetstry]

Uh huh, thanx for all those three sentences of such sage thoughts on dogs.
Now how bout three more on how little you know bout dogs or training.

it dawns on me I've heard that kind of training/handling advice before..............from the intro of the yank and crank training books printed in the 30 and 40's. Still ran into it in the early 70's. Yeh I've met too many flat dogs in my life and I'm sad for the dog every time. Then I watch an owner strut around like he has done something other than produce a wreck.
For the understanding of or for the handling of dogs your three sentences are about as useless as it comes. Hell they don't even offer moral support.


Now, mr. dog expert why don't you answer my direct question at the beginning of my post.
What do you know bout the herder/guardian group of dogs. And to further add to that question, how many in that herder/guardian group have you owned, have you handled or have even met and what was their purpose? Herder? guardian? Or door stop?
I've made my guess which it is. Now prove me wrong.

Apples and elephants




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