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Dog didn't react while I was attacked by two robbers
Hi,
I was attacked last night at 9:30 pm by two teenagers while walking my dog in my neighborhood. They were trying to rob me. The got off a truck, followed me for thirty feet. I thought they were going to ask me for direction. When I turned around, one guy hit me on my head and one guy tried to grab things from my jacket. Except my feeling, I am not physically seriously hurt. I consider myself lucky in this incident. Nothing was lost. I came home in one piece. The thing that really bothers me is while I fell down to the ground and the two guys kept on kicking me, my dog just sat there and watched the whole episode. My dog is an Australian Cattle mix. She is about 48 ponds and a very strong dog (she knocked down my backyard fence twice while chasing a squirrel. She is like a rocket when she runs into you.). I adopted her about three years ago from a human society (She was taken from her previous owner by City Animal control because the owner had too many pets.). She should be about 6 years old now. She is a high energy dog, playful, and very affectionate to people (but not other dogs). She barks a lot and is not afraid of getting into fights with big dogs. I have always had dogs in my family. My experiences had been dogs were quite protective of their family members (but again, this is when I was in my home country, not in the state.). When I adopted my dog, I took her to Pets Mart for training. I learned a lot on how to treat dogs properly (For example, you should give your dog massage, so the dog is used to be touched by people and won't try to bite when strangers touch the dog.). Does a dog's breed decide how the dog will react? Or the way the dog was trained? Or in general, dogs don't really know what to do when family members run into this situation. |
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Does a dog's breed decide how the dog will react? In part. It's not just the breed, but the temperament/nerve of the particular dog. I own a yorkie {yes, you read that right} that you'd have to break to get her to back down. Or the way the dog was trained? If the dog is of the proper temperament, and is trained as a protection dog, then I would expect him to step up if needed. Or in general, dogs don't really know what to do when family members run into this situation. I think this is the case the vast majority of the time. I know several people that believe their dogs will protect them, and I'd bet my bottom dollar they won't. shrug Just because a dog hits the windshield at the gas station doesn't mean he has what it takes to get the job done for real. The vast majority of untrained dogs are very easy to back down. Debbie Looking for a buddy? Meet Sunny! http://community.webtv.net/staffymom/Adoptme |
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