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10 January 2008
10:22:00 o'clock GMT

More stray dog problems

 

 
This is one of the strays brought in last week.  What's the breed of dog that gets dumped most?   A staffi.   Followed closely by greyhounds.   The nightmare goes on and dogs still being brought in every day - by Dog Wardens and the Police.  The strays are the cinderella's of the dog world.  Just thinking about it, when a dog goes into the R.S.P.C.A or the Dog's Trust, it's on a structured basis.  The people know what they're doing and where their dog is ending up.  It will be well looked after and will eventually be found a good home.   So that's not so bad. 
But strays have it a lot worse, no matter how much we try to make it good for them, it's a distressing experience, running wild or tied up and left to die and then being put in the police dog pens, maybe poled if he or she is aggressive - and that's a real bad experience.  Then caged and fetched in to the kennels, which is full of dogs who don't know where they are or why this has happened to them.
Once they've settled down and had a lot of fuss and bribery and corruption they're o.k.  Still bewildered and some are still aggressive.   The dog that bit someone and made a mess of them isn't like that with us though.  He's o.k. to handle - he just wants to go back to his folks which isn't up to us.  He's a big fella and chunky and if he did turn on you it would be a bad situation if you weren't used to handling aggressive dogs.
O.K. how do you handle aggressive dogs?   I'm just off to the vets for some medication for a puppy and a rottweiler that came in this week.   Coping with bolshie canine characters will have to wait till tomorrow.
 
 


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  • #3 Comment from ally123130585918 
    11/01/08 13:46 | Permalink

    Yes you are so right "what right do we have to do any of it?" after the way some of us humans treat animals ~ Ally
  • #2 Comment from romeleyEntry Author 
    11/01/08 11:12 | Permalink
    Hi Ally,
    The 'dangerous' dog is still with us - we don't know anything about the circumstances of when he attacked - except that we were told it was a bad injury and to the face.  What prompted it?   We don't know.  Dogs see things very differently from humans so it might not have been what it seems - guarding, warning, feeling threatened - who knows.   It always strikes me as ironic that when an animal attacks a human it's a horror story - but we humans kill and torture animals and fish and birds by the billions - we eat them and enslave them and treat them with horrendous cruelty - what right do we have to do any of it?
  • #1 Comment from ally123130585918 
    10/01/08 18:08 | Permalink
    Did you find out what happened to that dog for it to bite someone Look forward to hearing more~ I think Greyhounds are beautiful dogs the one's i've met have always been so gentle and friendly ~ Ally x