Comments - How to Avoid Dog Bites - MyCorgi.com2024-03-28T20:53:09Zhttp://mycorgi.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=1150197%3ABlogPost%3A1950393&xn_auth=noVery good tips! I especially…tag:mycorgi.com,2016-07-02:1150197:Comment:19507692016-07-02T00:22:31.597ZBethhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Beth306
<p>Very good tips! I especially like the part about not getting molosser type dogs unless you are experienced and dedicated. These dogs were developed to make their own decisions about when to defend and when not to, and their decisions don't always match ours. So many tragedies that could have been avoided!</p>
<p>Very good tips! I especially like the part about not getting molosser type dogs unless you are experienced and dedicated. These dogs were developed to make their own decisions about when to defend and when not to, and their decisions don't always match ours. So many tragedies that could have been avoided!</p> LOL! It won't let me edit, ei…tag:mycorgi.com,2016-07-01:1150197:Comment:19509642016-07-01T21:37:06.816ZVicky Hayhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/VickyHay
<p>LOL! It won't let me edit, either, Anna...and in my current state of decrepitude, my golden words usually need a lot of extra polishing. ;-)</p>
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<p>Seriously, though, when Anna, the last of my long line of GerSheps, shuffled off this mortal coil, I was right around 60, maybe a year or two older. Ordinarily if I were going to get another dog, I would have sought another German shepherd or another greyhound. But I realized I was reaching the point where I probably would not be able to…</p>
<p>LOL! It won't let me edit, either, Anna...and in my current state of decrepitude, my golden words usually need a lot of extra polishing. ;-)</p>
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<p>Seriously, though, when Anna, the last of my long line of GerSheps, shuffled off this mortal coil, I was right around 60, maybe a year or two older. Ordinarily if I were going to get another dog, I would have sought another German shepherd or another greyhound. But I realized I was reaching the point where I probably would not be able to handle a large, powerful dog that weighed 80 or 90 pounds for the animal's foreseeable life expectancy.</p>
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<p>Toward the end, Anna couldn't get into the car by herself, and she had to go the vet every time I turned around. I couldn't lift her into the car. So I got one of those dog ramps. It was very heavy and it wanted to pinch my finger off every time I tried to wrangle it, and Anna was afraid to walk up or down on it. The only way I could get her into the car was to impress one of the neighbors into service, so one person could stand on each side of the ramp and guide her up into the car. Getting her out of the car was even more problematic. With no one around to help, I had to lift her out of the car by myself -- since she was almost blind and pretty well crippled up, this was a challenge.</p>
<p>In the last few weeks of her life, we were commuting to the vet a couple of times a week. Getting her into and out of the car was such an ordeal for her that it was almost cruel. It wasn't a lot of fun for the human, either.</p>
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<p>At that point I realized that if I was ever to have another dog, it would have to be small enough for an elderly woman (i.e., me) to lift in the event of illness or injury. And you know...I'm 71 years old now. Ruby will easily live at least another 7 to 9 years, and Cassie will probably live another 3 to 5 years. In three years, this human will be 74; in 9, I'll be 80. I don't think it's a sweeping stereotype to figure that at age 80 I'm unlikely to have the vigor to deal with an 80-pound dog that, even crippled up, has the drive of a Titan rocket.</p> That should read: Good set of…tag:mycorgi.com,2016-07-01:1150197:Comment:19510592016-07-01T19:13:17.282ZAnna Morellihttp://mycorgi.com/profile/AnnaMorelli
<p>That should read: Good set of common sense rules, but I do take exception to the phrase "When you reach the age of decrepitude - say over 60". Yes to common sense, no to sweepingly broad stereotypes! The blog won't let me edit....</p>
<p>That should read: Good set of common sense rules, but I do take exception to the phrase "When you reach the age of decrepitude - say over 60". Yes to common sense, no to sweepingly broad stereotypes! The blog won't let me edit....</p> Good set of common sense rule…tag:mycorgi.com,2016-07-01:1150197:Comment:19510572016-07-01T19:07:19.338ZAnna Morellihttp://mycorgi.com/profile/AnnaMorelli
<p>Good set of common sense rules, but I do take Yes to common sense exception to the phrase " When you reach the age of decrepitude - say over the age of 60 " Yes to common sense, no to sweepingly broad stereotypes!</p>
<p>Good set of common sense rules, but I do take Yes to common sense exception to the phrase " When you reach the age of decrepitude - say over the age of 60 " Yes to common sense, no to sweepingly broad stereotypes!</p> Good point, Linda! It's best…tag:mycorgi.com,2016-07-01:1150197:Comment:19508662016-07-01T03:09:27.975ZVicky Hayhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/VickyHay
<p>Good point, Linda! It's best to back away carefully. I don't know how you would teach this to a child.</p>
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<p>My neighbor's little girl and her puppy were attacked by another neighbor's batsh!t dog. I was able to get between her and the dog and instructed her to climb up on a cinderblock mailbox pylon. Fortunately, she was an athletic child and managed not only to get herself but her puppy out of reach.</p>
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<p>Figuring it was better for an old lady to get bit than a kid, I…</p>
<p>Good point, Linda! It's best to back away carefully. I don't know how you would teach this to a child.</p>
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<p>My neighbor's little girl and her puppy were attacked by another neighbor's batsh!t dog. I was able to get between her and the dog and instructed her to climb up on a cinderblock mailbox pylon. Fortunately, she was an athletic child and managed not only to get herself but her puppy out of reach.</p>
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<p>Figuring it was better for an old lady to get bit than a kid, I was able to intimidate the dog by yelling aggressively at it while pacing back and forth perpendicular to its path, and in the process made enough noise to rouse the animal's owners out of their house. It took some doing, but eventually they rounded up the critter and got it back into their yard. I wouldn't recommend that -- I did expect to be bitten and was lucky to have escaped unscathed.</p> I will also add never RUN awa…tag:mycorgi.com,2016-07-01:1150197:Comment:19509532016-07-01T02:40:00.551ZLindahttp://mycorgi.com/profile/LindaFeldbin
<p>I will also add never RUN away from a dog...it may consider it play and chase you or it can kick off it's predator/prey drive. Never make direct eye contact with a strange dog, that is an act of aggression and may trigger an attack.</p>
<p>I will also add never RUN away from a dog...it may consider it play and chase you or it can kick off it's predator/prey drive. Never make direct eye contact with a strange dog, that is an act of aggression and may trigger an attack.</p>