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Here is a legitimate therapy dog being banned from the North Wildwood Boardwalk. Of course, cops in North Wildwood are known to be out of control, so it does not surprise me they choose to enforce against a legitimate therapy dog and a wounded combat veteran.
If the pup needs a sign, it isn't.
ReplyDeleteMy dogs would eat his dog. Urp.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't take the late "Ari" to places like PetSmart...he truly despised itty bitty ankle biter dogs. They are usually aggressive. They were a food group to 97 lb German Shepherds. Last time I tried he was about 3 or so and so scared a chunky lady with he tiny poodle that she scooped up the doglet and ran screaming from the store. Manager thought I'd done something to the lady...took a while to sort out.
Don't count on that.
DeleteThere was an item last week how a 6 lb York saved its mistress from a bear.
And I've seen our little guy, Sherlock (3 1/2 pounds of raging canine fury), run off a full grown German Shepherd.
Yep. My Boston has absolutely no idea of her size. She grew up with a 150 pound Rottie--and she was the boss.
DeleteNow that she's older she's a lot less tolerant of other dogs, especially the big ones that think little dogs are a food group. They stop after they get their noses ripped off.
Don't mistake my remark as meaning I dislike itty bitty dogs. If well trained and raised well they are great companion dogs, therefore I like them. What I am not fond of are itty bitty dogs whose casual [think not much time on training] owners think their aggression is "cute" and reinforce it, such as by laughing...dogs like to hear you laugh, it is a reward to them. No Yorkie or Boston would run off a properly trained German Shepherd or Rottweiler. Next, most GSD's and Rott's are sensitive to what they think their owner wants...e.g., they will tolerate some things with you at their side they might not otherwise...e.g., run off rather than face a challenge.
DeleteAnd a properly trained German Shepherd or Rottweiler would not "eat" aggressive "punt dogs" either...just toss them about a bit, or pin them to the ground [it is part of proper protection or herding training]. The worst tigers in a teapot are Chihuahuas and Jack Russell Terriers with disinterested owners...man you need Caesar Milan for that pair....and as Caesar says, he helps dogs, but trains people.
As with people, it is with dogs and horses...proper upbringing makes all the difference. Here is my bad ass "Ari" with one his best buddies named "Alphie." "Ari" loved "Alphie" but when "Alphie" died, "Ari" did not like his replacement, and never did.
Need to add something: In reference to that "owner sensitivity" I mentioned earlier, dogs of differing sizes can easily live together even with the smallest being "the boss" or "acting Alpha" because the larger dogs sense that is the wish of the owner(s).
DeleteWhere you see this phenomena disappear, even with domestic dogs, is among the feral dog packs that habituate railroad rights of way. No particularly little dogs there, of any rank.
And as Coyotes move in to towns the rail road dogs also seem to vanish. I became quite familiar with the railroad dogs and studied their behavior as a hobby for a while. I don't live far from a couple rail yards.