[Helen]

We have always had dogs and hopefully have trained them right. It's too easy to say the dog is at fault....it's usually the owner and the "outside" parties. 

[pingu]

Why is it that when we start talking about dogs/biting that someone pipes up and says 'next it'll be a kid'? like this has to be said to enforce some sort of group agreement.

Dogs are pack animals and they see the territory as there own or part of the packs so they do protect it to varying degree's...

Very much an owners position to train their dog...My current dog is a GSD trained to Dutch Police standards(which makes UK Police dogs look like stray street) and he'll bite if required but will equally lay on his back and let you fuss him all day long...I have a 9 week old Hollandse Herder at the moment as he is being trained with an eye to performing SAR work and it is all about training.

So lets not all get worked up about dogs...lets look to the owners.

There are some on here that do not like it when another w/c steps onto their patch should we put them down too....?...might not be so bad a suggestion

Dave.

[Nathanael Jones]

dogs only bite if they think they can get away with it,.. and the only ones that can get away with it around me are the ones that are bigger than me,... the rest of them I'd have no hesitation biting back!
Even the most aggressive dogs can quickly learn who is boss, and will respect the pecking order from that moment on. Not that I condone keeping "aggressive" animals,.. but in our profession its a good idea to know how to deal with them!