BigDogBuford wrote:I should also add that running around and trying to catch a scared dog is also a sure way to get bitten.
Marinepits wrote:BigDogBuford wrote:I should also add that running around and trying to catch a scared dog is also a sure way to get bitten.
I agree 1,000%.
HappyChick wrote:Yes, I agree about running around trying to catch a dog. ESPECIALLY one that has been couped up in a pen for weeks and then is put in a box for hours in the back of a vehicle with a bunch of other dogs. Can you say FREEDOM???
Here are the suggestions I came up with:
Carry a catch pole
Have a big bag of treats
Carry a slab of raw meat
Use a choke collar when taking a dog from the crate in one vehicle to the crate in another, that way it can be slipped off the dog's head when placed in the crate.
Those are all I could think of and that is why I posed the question here. I would like answers from experienced folks.
PetieMarie22 wrote:Cause they think only pit bull type dogs bite when they are scared? Aren't these people that work around and with dogs?
TheRedQueen wrote:Coming back to this...why does your shelter not do any temperament testing? I'd have thought testing would have weeded out a dog like this (the one that was stand-offish and bit). Just weeding out outward aggression only is a recipe for trouble...imho.
The "trying to save them all" rescues make me very angry...
BigDogBuford wrote:Also, you would think people doing a lot of transporting would have better dog skills.....
TheRedQueen wrote:BigDogBuford wrote:Also, you would think people doing a lot of transporting would have better dog skills.....
One would think that...but I see soooo many "I LOVE DOGS!" type of people working in rescue. *sigh* But they don't really *know* dogs. I've recently heard of a foster home that had THREE fights in the first 24 hours of a new foster arriving...the last one requiring a trip to the E-vet. Seriously? WTF...why would these dogs not be separated after the first one (or before, since we're talking bully breeds). My foster right now should not have been pulled, honestly...and I'm not sure she'll make it to adoptable stage.
TheRedQueen wrote:Her sister is doing fine...except the rescue just got told..."we need to find her a new foster home...she's chewing/peeing/pooping all over the house...and we don't have time to crate her." My head exploded on that one.
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