Sandy in OK spoke these words of wisdom in
:

On May 21, 1:30�pm, diddy none wrote:
Paul is in my killfile, has Muttley attacked another dog?

A few weeks ago (a bit over a month, I think) Paul took him to an off-
leash socialization event and he attacked a young black lab. The dog
wasn't seriously injured. Whether or not a person takes classes is
their business (and you're right, I wouldn't want him in my class
either - especially since anything that happens is the instructors
fault and he blames them online, along with publishing their webpage
along with his whining). Additionally, I don't think he's capable of
using good judgement and not creating dangerous situations. But
whether or not he addresses the dog's issues through training, I think
it's just abhorrent to continue to place other dogs at risk in his
desire to socialize the dog. Not all dogs are appropriate for off-
leash play with strange dogs, and many dogs are not appropriate for on-
leash, nose-to-nose greetings with strange dogs. If you know you have
a dog who has issues in this area, it's your responsibility to keep
other people's pets safe, as well as your own. But I know you know
that, Diddy. Unfortunately, Paul doesn't get it at all, and continues
to put dogs at risk.


This month I left a Search and Rescue training seminar because a clueless
inept handler couldn't hang on to her bloodhound and it kept getting loose.
Tuck doesn't have an aggressive bone in his body. Her bloodhound had
already been loose 4 times in a matter of days. Her dog attacked mine. The
search trainers did not reprimand the bad handler. They did nothing to
protect my dog. They took away our guns (which is a good thing... because
there WOULD have been an incident)

My dog never defended himself. He never tried to do anything. He stood
there while he got bitten and waited for me to remove the dog from him.

it only takes ONE attack from another dog to ruin a dog and turn them dog
aggressive FOR LIFE. Tuck has been attacked several times. It's my JOB to
protect him. So far, he's not been damaged by those episodes. But when they
offered nothing to protect my dog from the idiot handler, I left, and took
my dog home to safety. I forfeited the seminar, my money, and my
certification that I went there for, just because another dog presented a
danger to my dog.

If muttley attacked Tuck.. he'd be dead. I'm sure I'm not the only person
who feels that way about their dog, and someday Paul is going to wonder
what happened, when he selects another target to become Muttley's lunch.
I'm sure I have a whole lot more time and training and investment in Tuck
than Paul ever dreamed of in Muttley.