Author Topic: I was caught! (Read 1937 times)

Qaz · « **on:** March 18, 2005, 06:50:37 AM »

I had a funny thing happen to me last night and thought you may get a laugh out of it as well. I have an american bulldog pup that is about 5 months old now, that I bought to catch hogs and cattle. I have noticed in the last week that when he plays with other dogs, he bites at their ears.
Last night I was getting some of his toys out from under the couch when I heard his two paws hit the carpet beside me and felt his jaw clamp down of my ear! The thing that saved me was that at this time he has lost his baby teeth and has not gotten all of his adult teeth. My ear was between his front teeth and his back molar, gripped by his gums. If he had his full set of teeth, I could not have gotten out too easy, and it is certainly not very comfortable. I will be more careful in the future and I think I have some idea what a wild boar must feel like!

myronman3 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 18, 2005, 11:38:40 AM »

i hope you knocked it out. any dog i have that puts the bite on me aint long for this world. as a pup, they get a real strong pop on the head, try it again and it is time for a lead supplement.

Don Fischer · « **Reply #2 on:** March 18, 2005, 03:19:57 PM »

myronman3 is right. I'm awful forgiving of mistakes in a dog but absolutely refuse to tolerate aggression of any kind. unfortunately some dog's are bred for aggression. I don't have those kinds around. You never really know when you'll be on their s##t list.

Gun Runner · « **Reply #3 on:** March 18, 2005, 06:44:37 PM »

You should have a fat lazy dog like I have. It will get up and move at feeding time. Its only 2 yrs old but you would thiknk it 13 or 14 yrs old the way it acts. But let a stranger near Momma or the grand kids and all he77 breaks loose.

Gun Runner

Qaz · « **Reply #4 on:** March 23, 2005, 08:50:09 AM »

Gentlemen, I guess you have never hunted or been around many animals that will kill you or are capable of it. I don't want this dog to back down from anything, that doesn't mean he is mean, but when push comes to shove with a wild boar or a onory bull, I don't want him to back up.
I had that happen with some one elses dog when trying to round up a mean young bull, the dog left me to face it by myself. I got the bull, but the dog got the boot.
My last dog would catch what ever I put him on, man or beast!

Gun Runner- Unless your dog has actually physically stopped a man, don't count on him to do it. I have a neighbor that made the same statement as you, when the dog came at me, I stabbed the dog with a fork, he never came back for more.

I still think him grabbing me on the ear is funny, but next time I will just shoot him.

myronman3 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 29, 2005, 01:46:43 PM »

well, i have hunted and had dogs my entire life. and i have owned alot of different breeds. my favorite all around dog.....rottweiler. believe me, she could have taken anything she wanted.

allowing any dog to be dominate over you is a recipe for disaster; and is by no means a guarentee the dog wont back down. get a solid dog and raise it right and you will be better off then letting it be dominate over you.

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Unless your dog has actually physically stopped a man, don't count on him to do it.

actually, it is the dog's job to alert me. after that, forget the dog, beware of the owner. :wink: never send a dog to do a man's job.

hey gunrunner, sound's like you gotcha one of them sooner dogs. (sooner sleep by the food dish than do anything).

but better a sooner dog that a leg hound. :-D :-D :-D :-D

Gun Runner · « **Reply #6 on:** March 29, 2005, 06:58:38 PM »

Got a 6 ft chain link fence around the inner yard and house, open country out side of that. Ifin some one comes to the gate they dont come thru...
Dog follows momma round the yard while shes fooling with her flowers or sits at the garden gate and watches her. Ifin the grand kids are here the dog stays right near them. Dog is a cross breed, rottie, g. shep, choak lab, cross. Weighs around 120 lbs (been dumped on my butt when he's trying to get to the gate when the grand kids come over) Around the house he's the most laid back dog I have ever seen, but has gone after a bear couple of times that was running the fence line. Several people comming to the house says he so well behaved, and ifin momma or I tell him it OK, he's great with people he dosent know. I still trust my dogs judgment about people, ifin the dog dont like you, he's got a good reason for it and I pay attention to him.

Gun Runner

Don Fischer · « **Reply #7 on:** March 30, 2005, 04:47:43 AM »

One of the bad side's of a dog that may bite is legal liability. If you knowing have one and it bite's someone, your liable. If you have it and post sign's, "Beware of dog", you admit it. Then if the dog get's out for some reason and bite's someone, you are again in trouble. If a young kid wander's into your yard and get's it, your liable.

This happened to me in Montana year's ago:

I had a litter of Springer pup's in a kennel. On a chain outside the kennel I had a Labrador. A local kid came by and was throwing stick's and rock's at the pup's and the Lab went for him, he was out of range. I went to the kid's parent's and told them what was happening. A couple day's later the same thing happened and I caught the kid. I told him that if he got to close he ran the risk of being bit. Then I took him to his parent's and told them what happened. A few day's later he was back again. This time he got to close to the Lab and got 13 stiches in his butt for his trouble. His parent's sued me AND WON!!!!!

Be very careful with a dog that will bite, it's not cute.

Airedale From NY · « **Reply #8 on:** March 30, 2005, 05:44:17 AM »

I agree with Don that a biting dog these days is a big time liability, Google in the site dog bite law and you will get the sobering facts.

rockbilly · « **Reply #9 on:** March 31, 2005, 04:48:47 PM »

:-D Qaz. I guess I could laugh at being bitten on the ear after a story I heard a while back as I was getting stitched for a dog bite. I went to the emergency room about seven PM, the nurse looked at the bite and had me soaking in some kind of solution while waiting for the doctor. She said they had a dog bite the night before that was really bad. She didn't say no more and I didn't ask. The doctor came in and looked at my hand and said "that will take about 8-10 stitches, but it's no where near as bad as the one I had last night". He said the guy was a captain in the Air Force and had just returned from five months in Iraq. He said he got married two days before leaving and was making up for missing his honeymoon with his new bride. The bride had a toy Poodle for a number of years before she got married, the dog was not fond of the captain. They had been engaged in some heavy love making on the sofa and afterwards he reached for his drink on the coffee table. He couldn't reach it so he put one hand on the floor and extended to get it. As he did his "hardware" was swinging in the breeze and made an excellent target for the Poodle to express his dislike of the young man. The doctor said it took 30 stitches, and there was a slight chance that he may have to have further surgery to keep from loosing it. The wife said it makes no difference, I'm keeping the Poodle.

After that story my hand didn't hurt anymore. Oh, and the dog that bit me got the crap stomped out of him. If my wife had not stopped me, I was going to put him on a lead diet. After the attitude adjustment he turned out to be a good dog.

myronman3 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 02, 2005, 04:05:27 AM »

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The wife said it makes no difference, I'm keeping the Poodle.

were it me, there wouldnt be much poodle left to keep. and if the wife wanted to keep it after that i think i would have to kick her tail out the door.

Chris · « **Reply #11 on:** April 02, 2005, 04:53:23 AM »

"...his "hardware" was swinging in the breeze and made an excellent target for the Poodle." Ouch! :eek:

See ya later babe! If I had been the target of that poodle, it would have soon come-down with a serious case of the "Winchester Fits!" :gun4:

...Chris

Mikey · « **Reply #12 on:** April 03, 2005, 05:42:04 AM »

Guys - dog bites aren't funny (lol). I got nipped once, actually twice, by the same dog within a 30 second span. His owner and I were having a couple of beers and sharing some jokes when his Border Collie nipped me on the back of my knee, and then nipped me right betwixt and between. My reaction was pretty severe, but I didn't shoot him as his owner was beggin' me not to. The skin wasn't broken and the dog nipped me the way he nipped this fellow's sheep to herd them into the barn. maybe he wanted me to get another beer (lol).

But, an interesting statistic about the toy poodle or at least about the smaller ones - they are identified as biting more people over the course of a year than pit-bulls or any other dog. And as for that poor Captain - if the wife says the poodle stays, he might want to re-consider his marriage contract. I'm not so much in favor of a pre-nuptual agreement as I am a Renter's Agreement - that is, if you plan to leave me you give me 30 days notice and leave me in the same condition you found me in (lol). This be Mikey.

1911crazy · « **Reply #13 on:** April 03, 2005, 06:00:52 AM »

Well my wife had a cross bred small collie and it bit me three times so far. It came from the town pound and its mother had ten puppies who were all put down for biting so far and mine is the last one alive. Its with my daughter now because i'm tired of looking at ivory(teeth) I'm itching to just see if it can ride of of my bullets? I wanted to just strap the SOB when it bit me the first time but the wife stopped me. I have an inbred lab now who is just nuts and out of control but he listens to me. I have a rottie that thinks its a lab and is very calm but i'm waiting for her to bite the small collie when it comes over here!!! HOPING!!!!! BigBill

I just love dogs.

Don Fischer · « **Reply #14 on:** April 03, 2005, 07:45:39 AM »

There are just to many good dogs of all breeds out there to put up with a dog that bites for sport. Giving that cross breed collie to your daughter didn't fix a problem, it just got it out of sight, assumeing you never vist her and she leaves it home when she visits. If I was you, I'd show that Rotweiller photos of a collie on a hamburger bun then go visit your daughter!

myronman3 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 03, 2005, 02:08:12 PM »

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I'd show that Rotweiller photos of a collie on a hamburger bun then go visit your daughter!

first, show the rottie a picture of the collie everyday, then beat the dog really good. after a week or two of this, rub beef gravy into the collie's coat. next, see quote above.

just kidding.

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...show the rottie a picture of the collie everyday, then beat the dog really good...

i would never advocate the abuse of a good dog, or even a bad dog. just shoot the bad dog and get it over with. no way i give a biter to someone else. hopefully your daughter doesnt have kids.

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There are just to many good dogs of all breeds out there to put up with a dog that bites for sport.

right on.

Don Fischer · « **Reply #16 on:** April 03, 2005, 03:01:12 PM »

myronman3, we are being rather insensative to BigBills situtation. There are ways to correct behavior problems in a dog thru diet. One such diet is 92% effective. Add to the offending dogs regular ration the following mixture twice per day. Take one pound rotten liver, two pounds blue cheese and a couple avacotos. Run the liver and avacotos thru a grinder and mix well. Heat on the stove to 695 degrees and spoon 1/2 half over the regular ration. Shred the cheese and melt on top. Get yourself a beer a watch a ball game. The secret to this diet is that a barfing dog never bites! In the event that your dog is in the 8% of animals this doesn't work on, add one quart of liquid plummer the two gallons of distilled drinking water and serve with the next meal.

1911crazy · « **Reply #17 on:** April 03, 2005, 03:25:16 PM »

I'm just waiting my time with the rottie because for sure it will grab the little sweet collie!!!! And i think the jaws of life won't take it off the collie too. BigBill

myronman3 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 03, 2005, 04:48:24 PM »

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...we are being rather insensative to BigBills situtation...

:-D

Qaz · « **Reply #19 on:** April 05, 2005, 07:55:07 AM »

It's apparent how many of you are really dog men by your posts :grin: I made the original post because of the hilarity of the situation. He is a bulldog and his instinct is to catch, just as a labs is to retrieve! He has not grabbed my ear since, but not because I have done anything to stop it.

These are the rules my dogs have to live by and I enforce;
If it looks at a child with anything but love or growls, it is put down that day. If it makes an unprovoked bite on someone, the same thing happens. If he bites me, I probably provoked him. If your dog bites me, or a child and I am there, it dies and nothing will stop it from happening. All of my neighbors will tell you it is no bluff. I am not trying to sound like a hard a_ _, but I take dog bites very seriously. They are a big problem in this country because of irresponsible owners! Breed bans were not brought about because of a breed that is inherently aggressive to people, but because of the blatant disregard of responsible breeding practices and people not taking responsiblity for their own pets. The dog is blameless, he is a piece of clay to be molded.
I have always said that too many people own dogs. I have been training dogs off and on since 1972 in personal protection, tracking and general utility. I take a very dim view of ownership without basic obedience training.

Scott E · « **Reply #20 on:** July 18, 2005, 04:48:14 AM »

Qaz having had or raised American Bulldogs for many years I know what you mean. I used to live in South GA were we caught a ton of hogs I'm in NC now no hogs but still have AB's. I agree also about the man stopper I've seen several get run off buy a good decoy/helper that were real bad dogs until the pressure was put on them.

Bim · « **Reply #21 on:** August 20, 2005, 05:40:34 PM »

A plumber friend of mine was working in a house that had one of those little toy poodles. He said the dog was following him around nipping at him. He asked the woman to put the dog in another room because it made him nervious. Haha he has and trains bear dogs. Anyways the woman told him the dog wouldn't bite and still let it run around. Al was walking into the house and the dog grabbed him by the back of his foot by the achilies tendon. He lifted the leg and shook it but the dog held on so he tapped it with a wrench he had in his hand to knock it off his foot and killed the dog. He said he really didn't mean it. Lol. He stayed and finished the job too.