Another dog bite -- this time, MY DOG!!

[Hltoppr]

Just FYI, if you need more OB info, PM Skeddy (he's in Flag. with me). He's an ex instructor, so he might be able to shed some light on the program more than a website or pamphlet may.

-H-

 

[slickrock]

He's nearly 14. And trust me, the temptation was SO there. But he would call CPS in a flash. Lil ****.

We've been researching brat camps, but those things are $425 a DAY. Crikey. We're totally at a loss as to what to do with him.

Let CPS take him then. He cries wolf, let him get what he asks for. FOster care is so great from what I hear.

 

[fjwagon]

or beat the s*** out of him, one of the two........sorry, it just too funny. He is a big boy make him do something in the comminuty or something. Maybe he can spend a couple of days help the cop do s*** work around house. Hopefully all will turn out OK.

Sounds like someone needs to slap the s*** out of Dillon.

[Edit] Assuming he's older than five or so. Sorry about your dog.

 

[LongIsland60]

You need to sell this story to some media outlet. Two, um, other team players, a naughty son, a prank phone call, a weiner dog, a bloody cop...


Sorry for the inappropriate humor, but JMan started it...

 

[C6H12O6]

Why yes it is. Hiding his inner-Cujo:
lil bastid. BTW it's his birthday today (as if *he* knows!), and he's spending it in the pen.

There is a weiner dog store in Portland that also operates a Doxen rescue mission. I asked the lady what they were rescuing them from and she had a crazy story about how aggressive they can become and that most doxens that have kids introduced after they've been with the family will go ape**** and maul the babies. They place aggressive weiners in homes with old people without kids around who can dote on them. I didn't believe her, but I have definitely seen aggression with my little weiner dog.

Twice now, he has bared his teeth, growled, snapped, and attempted to bite me when I have repremanded him for something. One time, he took off out of our yard and bolted across the street. My fault for letting him out front off leash, but that's another story. When I picked him up by the scruff of the neck and was telling him my mind, he did actually bit me. Nothing major (no blood), but pissed me off and hurt my feelings .

He glared/growled/snapped at the wife the other day after pissing on our bed when she wouldn't play with him. WTF. With the exception of those three incidents over two years, the best dog, hands down, I've ever owned or been around. Not sure what sets him off exactly, or if he's just trying to assert dominance to challenge us once in a while, but I'm not happy about it.

 

[koop]

I can't say what your local PD does but the post office has a dog bite formula of 3x the medical bills.

Also, at many PD's you can do community service at the station. Cleaning out vomit from the back of patrol cars and the drunk tank might do him some good. Cutting the cops grass and washing his car for a couple months might not suck either.

 

[Atticus]

There is a weiner dog store in Portland that also operates a Doxen rescue mission. I asked the lady what they were rescuing them from and she had a crazy story about how aggressive they can become and that most doxens that have kids introduced after they've been with the family will go ape**** and maul the babies. They place aggressive weiners in homes with old people without kids around who can dote on them. I didn't believe her, but I have definitely seen aggression with my little weiner dog.

Twice now, he has bared his teeth, growled, snapped, and attempted to bite me when I have repremanded him for something. One time, he took off out of our yard and bolted across the street. My fault for letting him out front off leash, but that's another story. When I picked him up by the scruff of the neck and was telling him my mind, he did actually bit me. Nothing major (no blood), but pissed me off and hurt my feelings .

He glared/growled/snapped at the wife the other day after pissing on our bed when she wouldn't play with him. WTF. With the exception of those three incidents over two years, the best dog, hands down, I've ever owned or been around. Not sure what sets him off exactly, or if he's just trying to assert dominance to challenge us once in a while, but I'm not happy about it.

It is common here in Alabama to put a dog down if it bites someone else. You need to make sure he understands that biting will not be tolerated. If he will bite you, think of what he will do to someone else. Of course, he is a munchkin.

 

[V-DAWG]

Be glad the dog is even alive. I wouldn't allow a dog to bite me..............



Good luck with the boy. Some tough love will do him good.

 

[Front Range 4x4]

I have definitely seen aggression with my little weiner dog.

I used to get a kick out of my neighbor's weiner dogs terrorizing anyone who walked by - seemed more like a cartoon than anything else.




Then they came after me...




Wasn't funny.

 

[wob]

A pretty good rule to stick with - don't f-ck with dogs of German descent.

 

[Atticus]

jahwol

 

[Jman]

Not sure what sets him off exactly, or if he's just trying to assert dominance to challenge us once in a while, but I'm not happy about it.

Yeah, and he's not happy about knocking his nutsack a dozen times every time he has to go down the stairs, either--that's probably what sets him off.

I mean, really, if your legs were that short, wouldn't you lash out every once in a while?

 

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Jerry doesn't have that dominance thing. He's very submissive. If you even look at him too hard, he rolls on his back.

I think what he has is fear aggression. He gets so intimidated, he thinks his only resort is to strike first. Sounds counterinuitive I know, but it's a real condition some dogs have.

This is the first time he's bitten anyone. His usual "attack" involves a jump with a firm nose-poke to the groin.

So I don't know why he bit this time. Maybe he has a fear of guys in uniform, or he thought Moon was attacking, or he was especially wound up, I have no idea.

I just hope more than anything, he doesn't get put down.

I've been trying to reach the officer since last night, and left him two voicemails, and have not heard back from him.

 

[Jman]

My SIL's dog is a fear biter (as my ass now knows, literally). I got tagged carrying something into the house on my head--just looked too strange to her. She was a German Shepherd, though. When it *became apparent that she did the wrong thing,* she came crawling up to me on her belly and literally licked my shoes.

 

[Front Range 4x4]

My SIL's dog is a fear biter (as my ass now knows, literally). I got tagged carrying something into the house on my head--just looked too strange to her. She was a German Shepherd, though. When it *became apparent that she did the wrong thing,* she came crawling up to me on her belly and literally licked my shoes.

That's one of my dog's to a tee. I don't trust her around strangers at all. Her behavior was so strange I called in a trainer who explained her behavior as a "fearful" dog. Obviously she was beaten before we rescued her and she totally freaks when someone she doesn't know comes to the door. She's not aggresive, just scared sh*tless and reacts. She's improved over the last two years and has snapped at plenty of people but never bitten. We have two choices with this dog, be responsible for her behavior or put her down. She will not be put down because some assh*le beat her when she was a pup.

 

[Jman]

I don't think being beaten is the only explanation for being fearful--I know plenty of dogs who have this trait and were never beaten. I know one stray who definitely was abused, but others who grew up from pups in safe households who did it as well.

 

[LongIsland60]

I don't think being beaten is the only explanation for being fearful--I know plenty of dogs who have this trait and were never beaten.

Yeah - a dog groomer told me once my puli had all the signs of an abused dog - but my GF got her as a pup and she certainly never beat the dog and I spoiled her crazy. She did have one traumatic experience early on though.

 

[valentine]

Thanks, we'll check it out.

We've been looking at this one Outward Bound program In Utah. It's for kids that haven't quite gone over the edge yet, but are headed there. That would be Dillon.

My parents sent my brother to one of those places in Utah, might be the same one, I don't know. I could find out if you want....


I know insurance paid for it though..... I could also find out how they got ins. to pay. I don't know what kind of ins you have, but it might be worth looking into


Nick

 

[Front Range 4x4]

I don't think being beaten is the only explanation for being fearful--I know plenty of dogs who have this trait and were never beaten. I know one stray who definitely was abused, but others who grew up from pups in safe households who did it as well.

That's certainly possible, maybe I find it easier to deal with her behavior if I assume she was. She could just be a kind of schizo dog totally on her own since she comes from highstrung stock.

I will refrain from making generalizations and assumptions about my dog's past in the future...

 

[grrlscout89FJ62]

I know insurance paid for it though..... I could also find out how they got ins. to pay. I don't know what kind of ins you have, but it might be worth looking into

Sweet! GF called earlier to tell me that his insurance covers a 30 day inpatient treatment program. We're trying to find out if OB counts as "inpatient." That would rule.