HowardC
Member
As OldDog noted,
We kept Pyrenees for years. The second one was a sort of rescue dog, not from a pound, but some friend's friend. ?? Turns out it had some sort of 'rage syndrome' or some such. It was always 'growly, and extremely guarding/antagonistic about its food, and resistant to training.
One night, I'd taken some garbage out to the garden compost. Walking back to the house, the pyrenees came out, sort of quietly, not bouncing/playing as most of the time, and from about 3 ft, attacked me, inflicting bites on stomach and arm. I was carrying my 6906, but it all happened in literally, an instant. Between proximity and time, there was no drawing/shooting. I struck it with the large plastic pitcher I had emptied, and it ceased the attack. The dog went back to being docile, and sheepish as though it realized what it had done. I was bleeding all over the place. Went to the hospital for stitches on stomach and arm irrigation and cleanup. Police showed up, as is protocol for dog bites, I guess. He could only say since it was my/our dog, he couldn't really ticket me for keeping a dangerous dog. Needless to say, the dog stayed at vet's kennel for 72-hour observation and was killed.
Point of the story is, though, dogs are fast and have only one gear!! When they go, it's full out!
More life in the 'burbs......
-West out
That's for sure!but that dog will be on you before you know it,
We kept Pyrenees for years. The second one was a sort of rescue dog, not from a pound, but some friend's friend. ?? Turns out it had some sort of 'rage syndrome' or some such. It was always 'growly, and extremely guarding/antagonistic about its food, and resistant to training.
One night, I'd taken some garbage out to the garden compost. Walking back to the house, the pyrenees came out, sort of quietly, not bouncing/playing as most of the time, and from about 3 ft, attacked me, inflicting bites on stomach and arm. I was carrying my 6906, but it all happened in literally, an instant. Between proximity and time, there was no drawing/shooting. I struck it with the large plastic pitcher I had emptied, and it ceased the attack. The dog went back to being docile, and sheepish as though it realized what it had done. I was bleeding all over the place. Went to the hospital for stitches on stomach and arm irrigation and cleanup. Police showed up, as is protocol for dog bites, I guess. He could only say since it was my/our dog, he couldn't really ticket me for keeping a dangerous dog. Needless to say, the dog stayed at vet's kennel for 72-hour observation and was killed.
Point of the story is, though, dogs are fast and have only one gear!! When they go, it's full out!
More life in the 'burbs......
-West out