Dogs, cats, people - all much the same. Nice as pie for years and then they suddenly snap, for no obvious reason.

 

Not for nothing that in Thailand they have a saying "สัตว์หน้าขนไว้ใจไม่ได้" ["sat na khon wai jai mai dai - 'animals with furry faces can't be trusted', which also applies to monkeys].

 

Always makes me nervous seeing young kids playing with larger dogs (or adult cats) because the kids often don't have the nouse to know what might upset the animal in question. Or maybe it is feeling off colour / has an unseen injury and so just wants to be left alone.

 

 

Ever wondered why these insane dogs are illegal to own in many countries? Now you know why. 

40 minutes ago, StevieAus said:

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

But we still have victim blamers who will blame the injured party for entering her brothers garden when she knew that there is a dog present....  or did she know ?

 

Its all irrelevant whether the sister knew that a dog was present, this could have been a postman, delivery guy, a kid getting a ball etc etc....  A dog who can attack so readily is dangerous to everyone in the neighbourhood. 

 

The owners should be penalised of course, its is their fault that the dog was either poorly trained, or trained to attack....  but sadly, that dog will attack again if it's not dealt with. 

 

 

I disagree with some of your comments, I have kept Jack Russell Terriers for more years than I can remember both in Australia and here.

Well, I disagree with you some of your comments, I’ll take your anecdotal story and match it with another....

In the Uk, a Jack Russell Terrier used to terrorise our neighbourhood for a year or two... it just to chase kids on bikes, chase cars, after it bit a child it was taken away... that was that, the owners were irresponsible. 

 

40 minutes ago, StevieAus said:

I currently have four and anyone known to them including children can enter our walled and gated house and land without a problem.

This is the issue with some dog owners....  they are unable to accept that their dogs may bite someone.... 

 

40 minutes ago, StevieAus said:

There have a protective instinct and if anyone not known to them tries to enter when we are not here they will have a problem.

 

So.. the dogs won’t attack anyone known but will attack anyone not known.... 

 

So... If its a new kid in the area and they go into your garden to get a ball etc, you admit that your dog will attack them ???

 

 

 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Titan is just over a year old

Titan shouldn't be allowed to get any older.

4 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

The owner should be jailed just like he did the attack himself. 

Why?  It happened inside private property, not in public and involved an "intruder".  

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

So they knew it was an aggressive animal ? Should lock the entire family up for 20 years for negligence

It's not illegal to keep an aggressive dog on private property, is it?

10 minutes ago, car720 said:

So many children, as well as adults are murdered by these dogs in every country every year.  
In this instance I agree with genocide both for the breed of dog and breed of owner.

It is beyond my ken to understand the thinking that goes with this type of dog.  All I can think of is that it is some sort of weakness or inferiority complex.  Definitely a need to dominate others regardless of the consequences.  Jai dum.

Most people I have met who own pit bulls look like they own pit bulls. I love dogs and work as a dog sitter and walker but do not understand why anyone wants a pit bull, other than as an extension of their own aggressive personality and inclinations. They give other dogs a bad name. All this talk about never leaving a child alone with dogs - I would not hesitate to leave a child alone with a golden retriever or similar natured dog. Again and again there are reports of pit bulls attacking and maiming people. It's all very well to say it's the owners fault and not the breed, but there is no doubt that pit bulls are inherently aggressive and built to cause considerable damage to a person or another animal. The majority of owners probably don't have a clue how to train their dog to not be aggressive around people. And the pit bulls I have seen in Thailand and Cambodia are among the strongest and most aggressive I have encountered. They should be banned.

4 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

4 hours ago, big dendrobenaes said:

time to have the mutt put down !!!

Not the mutt's fault.  Purely the owners.

That's ok, the owners can feel guilty while the mutt is being euthanised.

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

Do you push it around K-Village (shopping mall) in one of these ???

 

 

My daughter does with her two bloody cats, thank God she's moved out into her own house!!!

????????

6 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Well, I disagree with you some of your comments, I’ll take your anecdotal story and match it with another....

In the Uk, a Jack Russell Terrier used to terrorise our neighbourhood for a year or two... it just to chase kids on bikes, chase cars, after it bit a child it was taken away... that was that, the owners were irresponsible. 

 

This is the issue with some dog owners....  they are unable to accept that their dogs may bite someone.... 

 

 

So.. the dogs won’t attack anyone known but will attack anyone not known.... 

 

So... If its a new kid in the area and they go into your garden to get a ball etc, you admit that your dog will attack them ???

 

 

 

I didn’t admit to anything, but there are no kids where I live so the issue will not arise.

I don’t wish peopleI I don’t  know coming onto my property uninvited.

That is my choice as happens all around the world where properties some government owned are protected with dogs.

Stay out and you don’t have a problem

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4 hours ago, big dendrobenaes said:

so ban the owners from owning dogs !!!!!

No, the owners shoud be put down at the same time as the dog. Anybody that supports Pit Bull ownership has no <deleted> idea ( even if they own one ) just how dangerous these dogs are.

A finger pointing picture to the dog, please?????

13 minutes ago, StevieAus said:

I didn’t admit to anything, but there are no kids where I live so the issue will not arise.

Of course not... because you can predict the future... a kid will never come into your area, right ?

 

13 minutes ago, StevieAus said:

I don’t wish peopleI I don’t  know coming onto my property uninvited.

Of course, no one does... In fact I’m going to get a Pit Bull to protect our house from all those people trying to get in and attack my Wife and I.....   its a small price to pay if a kid gets attacked... right ?

 

13 minutes ago, StevieAus said:

That is my choice as happens all around the world where properties some government owned are protected with dogs.

 

Are you suggesting your house requires the same protection has a high-target government facility ??

 

Thats all a bit too much ’its our right to bare arms and defend our property and our rights’ type spiel... 

 

 

 

13 minutes ago, StevieAus said:

Stay out and you don’t have a problem

You mean...  even kids should know to stay out and they won’t have their face chewed off by a dog with can’t tell the difference between a harmless child and a burglar.... 

 

 

 

4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

A lovely looking dog... 

 

But.. would he ‘chew a child's face off’ if he managed to slip though the fence into the street ??

If a kid jumped into your garden to retrieve a ball etc... 

 

Answers: He can’t get out, he’s lovely with kids etc etc.. are all BS... These dogs are bread to attack, maim and kill things...   its instinct above anything else.

 

While these beautiful creatures are lovely, loyal pets most of the time...  there’s ’that time’... and if as a dog owner your animal has never bitten you or anyone else, thats quite incredible. 

 

Your Pit looks somewhat less lethal if you can understand that. There's a 20 baht store locally that has 2 large fearsome looking beasts that lounge about as you 're shopping.

8 minutes ago, Tarteso said:

A finger pointing picture to the dog, please?????

I wouldn't put my hand out in that dog's proximity!

25 minutes ago, StevieAus said:

I didn’t admit to anything, but there are no kids where I live so the issue will not arise.

I don’t wish peopleI I don’t  know coming onto my property uninvited.

That is my choice as happens all around the world where properties some government owned are protected with dogs.

Stay out and you don’t have a problem

When I was a kid, "we" used to go scrumping......????

3 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

3 hours ago, shackleton said:

Warning people in the case of Pitbull terriers

You obviously are out of your depth on this thread. Pit Bulls aren't terriers.

Think you may be, also, there couldn't be a much stronger connection with terriers than Pitbulls that were bred from terriers and are classed as American Pit Bull Terriers in the US.

1 minute ago, transam said:

When I was a kid, "we" used to go scrumping......????

What a wonderful name for 'apple theft'. ????

 

5 hours ago, RandiRona said:

Waiting for all Thai apologists to come share their experience in moo ban where all soi dogs exchange wais with them when they pass them.

Been here near on 20 years, half of that in Bangkok and half in a small village full of dogs, and never had a problem....except for the barking.

 

 

4 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

No. I have 3 children. The girl on the left isn't mine. But over the years they've had their friends around and never have I or my wife had concerns for their safety. Just cuz it's a Pit Bull doesn't mean it's aggressive. 

 

What is a pit bull? It an umbrella term for several certifiable breeds such as staffordshire, bully, American bulldog , then their mutts. They are genetically near identical to a Pomeranian. If not for the small size  Pomeranians are some of the most dangerous dogs I have ever encountered !

 

The people who want to show how tough they are by keeping a dangerous dog for bred of certain bloodlines specifically to maintain muscularity, aggression, fighting and over protectiveness are the problem, not the dog. Decades ago in US one only saw a pit-bull on a chain in a junkyard. Go in at night to steal ripped to shreds. Now half the dogs being walked by suburban Karens and tattoo-covered thugs alike are "pitbulls". One can see the incidents of aggression and danger.  In Thailand with the pervasive lax attitude towards personal responsibility, a time bomb.

 

• There are no bad dogs only bad owners
• Any dog can be dangerous

 

1 minute ago, ThaiFelix said:

Been here near on 20 years, half of that in Bangkok and half in a small village full of dogs, and never had a problem....except for the barking.

Can you remember how many Pitbull breads you saw....?

Hope the owner gets fined at least ฿500,000 for medical bills (physical and mental)

I hate pit bulls. In the US there are at least two horror stories I know about--a little girl killed and a woman killed outside her apartment door because the idiot owners let two of them out.

1 minute ago, ThaiFelix said:

Been here near on 20 years, half of that in Bangkok and half in a small village full of dogs, and never had a problem....except for the barking.

You don't have a problem till you have a problem. 

37 minutes ago, roo860 said:

My daughter does with her two bloody cats, thank God she's moved out into her own house!!!

????????

Love the look on her face ????

Titan lives up it's name... enter at your peril...

Yeah this is a harsh story, a dogs behaviour is generally (not in all cases) is a direct result of their upbringing and training, I'm guessing Titan 'attacking any one that came into the house' was meant as an attack dog rather than a pet.

 

No sympathy for the owner should suffer the consequences for his dogs actions, but I am suspecting a Wai will probably prevail as always.

 

As much as I love animals (and still feel sorry for the dog because not its fault its all it knew) the dog needs euthanised.

3 minutes ago, transam said:

Can you remember how many Pitbull breads you saw....?

Pitbull breads?  Now there's a good use for them, Pitbull sandwiches.

4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

A lovely looking dog... 

 

But.. would he ‘chew a child's face off’ if he managed to slip though the fence into the street ??

If a kid jumped into your garden to retrieve a ball etc... 

 

Answers: He can’t get out, he’s lovely with kids etc etc.. are all BS... These dogs are bread to attack, maim and kill things...   its instinct above anything else.

 

While these beautiful creatures are lovely, loyal pets most of the time...  there’s ’that time’... and if as a dog owner your animal has never bitten you or anyone else, thats quite incredible. 

 

There was one in the States, in the family's back yard, playing with the little girl. The damned thing suddenly turned on her and ripped her to shreds.