Boudreaux Mauled...

Keno speaks the truth. My father in law was accidentally bit by one of his dogs while trying to help it (its back was broke by a burglar in their yard). Anyways, an infection set up and started traveling along the ligaments in his hand. It took surgeries and a antibiotic IV (administered for over a month!!!!) to save his arm.

I swear to the truth of this!
 
Damn Andy, that is a scary story (yours too HD). I hope he's feeling a bit better today and heals up fast.

I've lived through a couple of attacks on my old dog Smokey and they weren't pretty. I've got the scars on my hands from the first one as a reminder.

I still get nervous when Buddy meets other dogs when we're out on our walks. Off leash he is very congenial to other dogs. Usually these days he is so happy to meet another pooch that the only danger is getting wrapped up in the leashes as he tries to play.
 
Yea, he's doing a lot better today. Playing and even hung out with the dogs next door. I didn't notice any change at all.
 
I suspect he'll be fine. Dogs forget they are injured when they are in their pack. Puppies are made out of gum rubber. See if you can get him around other puppies soon. Let them tumble.:)

Terriers will do stuff like that. Had one visit with a friend, nice folks who read all the training books and were "firm in their commands." The thing walked behind her owner's leg and reached around to nip at YB. No provocation, no harrassment, just teeth and lunge.

She subsequently was at his F-i-L's and raced around the front and killed the tea-cup poodle that yapped at her when they visited.

They don't take her to the dog park anymore.

(I kept the dog for 17 days when they went to Florida for a Winter trip. We established Alpha status early on. The dog still rolls over on her back and pees when I approach--even if she hasn't seen me for a year. The Boston is a problem reflected from her owner. AND, the owner knew it. Bet it wasn't the first time.)






Kis
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Very sorry to hear that, and I hope your pup recovers completely and quickly. (I never cared much for Boston Terriers much either.)

Kathy took our boy to obedience classes last year- mostly because he didn't seem to mind her very well. If she gave him a command, he would look at me as if asking "do I have to?" It was good, and we all three learned a little bit. Kathy never mentioned any altercations with our dog or any of the others in the class, but we have had a dust-up or two in other situations.

Code is a long, lean 85#s and looks very wolf-like. He loves other dogs and is very gentle -even submissive- with smaller dogs. Sometimes, though, he seems to intimidate them, and they sort of lash out and attack him. It seems the smaller the dog, the more likely they are to trip their "fight or flight" response, and they will either hide behind their owner or lunge at Code.

I'm probably anthropomorphizing here, but I really love the way he reacts to these attacks. He seems genuinely surprised and almost apologetic. I have seem him flatten himself on the ground in a effort to look less threatening to smaller dogs, because he just wants to play and be friends.

I do get very aggravated when nervous little yippy dogs snap and snarl and try to bite him. I just have to remember to introduce him to other dogs very carefully. You have to hope the other owner is conscientious while assuming they are not.

Post some pics of your pup when you both feel up to it! :)
 
I think you handled it really well.



Seriously, I would have lost it. There would be nothing gentle about it.
Probably a dead dog and definetly the police would be part of it.
 
So sorry to hear this ... but glad it wasn't worse.

You're to be commended for your restraint. :thumbup:

It's hard to stay calm when your family's attacked.
 
Man, that SUCKS Andy! I know I would NOT have had your self control. In this case I think the quality of restraint may be over-rated anyway. A Lone Wolf Harsey tactical in the ribs with a sharp twist would have got the little bastard off my dog in about 3 seconds.

I briefly thought about taking my guy to obedience training to get him to stay out of the street, but was concerned about just this, and am glad now I didn't. He potty trained fast, but it took me longer to get it into his head that the street was verboten. Now he won't be dragged into the street without looking at me for permission.

The crap you see when you don't have your shotgun with you...:mad:

Actually, good idea! Next time show up with your 12 gauge pump and see what Ms. BT does...

Norm
 
Sorry to hear that, Andy
 
Damn!:mad: I always hate to hear something such as this and thankfully it doesn't happen all that often, that I know of anyway.
I do know that the Evil Boston Terrier should have been permanently banned from the school and the owner given lessons on controlling a dog so something such as this wouldn't happen again!!!!
The obedience school we took our Rat Terrier Ace too was very adamant about keeping control of your animal at all times and to not let them get to close to one another until it was apparent how the dogs were going to behave.
And if a dog showed any aggressive tendencies at all they had to be kept on a short leash and far enough from the other dogs so as to not be a problem. The only dogs allowed off leash were the dogs belonging to the instructors and the dogs in the very advanced classes that were being taught to set/stay until the owner released them. It was really something to see as many as a dozen and a half dogs setting in one place while their owners walked out of sight down a hall for up to 10 minutes at a time and increasing.:thumbup: :cool: :D

I'm sure glad to hear that Boudy seems to be recovering nicely.:D :cool:
 
Sorry, Andy. Hard when your little baby gets jumped like that.

Don't know if I could have done what you did- which (incidentally) sounds like just the right answer, on your part.

John
 
Sounds like you handle the problem just fine. Where was the obedience trainer??

Dogs can be volitile.....

When I was younger still living at home, I had a pet Cairn Terrier. My parent's dog was a big male Pyrenees (spl?), and the two of them got along very well, until one day....

They were eating out of a big bucket that had some meat scraps in it. Suddenly my little Cairn was disappearing down the bigger dog's gullet (likely eating tongue all the way, knowing him...!).

I got them apart, but the Terrier's hide was torn open from the middle of his chest to the middle of his back.

I picked up the Pyr and threw him over the yard fence. He landed badly and hurt his hip a bit, but he recovered, as did the Cairn.

Just goes to show ya, things can go to scheit in a heartbeat....

Andy
 
Thanks y'all. The BT won't be coming back. The lady has been courteous and is covering the vet bills. Problem is that the other night, on the full moon, I turned into a warewolf.

The plus side is that Leah loved it.:p
 
must be the season for it:

i was walking the gang this morning and talked to my neighbour who was checking his mailbox with his two spaniels, millie and blue like them & were playing with them, another neighbour's unleashed bulldog ran up and attacked millie & bit her on the chin.

i got her home & tried to wash it gently with some antibacterial soap & she cried while i did, the blood on her fur has oozed out after. poor millie. she really is still alive in the photo:
Millie.jpg


the only good (?) thing is that our vet owns the bulldog & he was on site immediately after & his wife (also a vet) got the bulldog indoors. he looked at millie and said it shouldn't be stitched as it needed to be open to drain, he's bringing me some anti-biotics to treat her with and will be looking after her.

update: vet came by with a weeks worth of anti-biotics lunchtime & apologised again, he'll check back in a few days, put pill in a polish sausage chunk for her but she's not up to eating it yet. - vet came back with a shot to ease the swelling & pain & will give her a shot of antibiotics this evening if she's not eaten the sausagey pill, didn't want to do it right away as he says they hurt alot and she didn't need that extra hurt right now.
 
scary pic, bro....not lookin so good. :(







Andy - glad to hear the pup is doing ok. Hope you can enjoy the obedience classes now.


No fun having to keep an eye on the other dogs instead of your own...but that becomes a part of responsible dog ownership anyway.

When I took Jessie into class...I HAD to know which dogs were there first...and what they were doing and where they were positioned. Went to great lengths to avoid potential confrontations...and yet still allow her to socialize/play with the other dogs.


Dogs tend to reflect their owners pretty good....I noticed that when I avoided trouble (out of control dogs)...Jessie followed and learned. My problem was the opposite of yours, though...I haven't had a pup around in years....so I got empty pockets for advice on that. :foot:
 
Kronc, its so scary when it happens isn't it???

Boudy was an ace at class last night. Played with the other dogs fine, and even played with a Boston Terrier that the trainer owns. No problems. He's healing up good. And he's smart as a whip. He sits, lays down, and stands. Still working on the helling bit. Its been almost 3 weeks without an accident in the house too. And thats at 14 weeks old!d
 
Just an observation:

The greater the amount of consistency shown and attention an owner pays to a puppy, the more well-mannered and well-trained the dog will be. And maybe...the smarter the adult dog will turn out.

(Studies with human babies showed that stimulus and comfort given to infants caused neural pathways to develop in their brains. If the stimuli and comforts were withdrawn, the pathways atrophied. If it was continued, they became permanent. I suspect the same is true to some extent with puppies.)
 
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