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@indzman: Birds are fine. Cats can attack you but normally just decide you're not worth the effort =P but dogs can be dangerous, especially starving ones. I'd love to feed hummingbirds but there's none to be found in the area so I just feed the ducks, geese but particularly crows and ravens. I said feeding birds is fine but on second thought, think really hard before feeding seagulls XD
I can handle a angry kitty, i'll just kick it into oblivion as Saint Leonidas picture =P Heh
.... NO!!! NO!!!!!!!! NOT KITTY!
And about Seagulls..... One of them once snatched a delicious french hotdog straight out of my cute, adolescent hands; the bastard!
@indzman: Birds are fine. Cats can attack you but normally just decide you're not worth the effort =P but dogs can be dangerous, especially starving ones. I'd love to feed hummingbirds but there's none to be found in the area so I just feed the ducks, geese but particularly crows and ravens. I said feeding birds is fine but on second thought, think really hard before feeding seagulls XD
I can handle a angry kitty, i'll just kick it into oblivion as Saint Leonidas picture =P Heh
.... NO!!! NO!!!!!!!! NOT KITTY!
LOL
Be rest assured, i'm not even gonna try kicking puss in boots for reasons known =P
I still wonder why dogs suddenly behave like this? Is it the body scent or running or unwantedly entered its dominion? Why they feel threatened when i'm doing absolutely nothing to agitate them?
being in their territory is aggression in their eyes.
then you run and they chase.
it's really pretty simple.
Oh, its really hard to figure what is thier territory in a open park lol. It charged me on the jogging path only. But yeah, this is one of the main reason i'm guessing.
i have worked with and trained dogs for years.
it's pretty easy to shortcircuit their aggressive behavior.
but you would have to stop running to do it. only prey runs.
i come at this stuff from the dogs point of view and i can imagine he was looking at you and going "wtf is wrong with this idiot" "i pissed all over this place, what is he? smellblind?"
anyway don't look at it, talk to it or touch it and call animal control and get the poor thing off the streets.
the shelter will probably kill it but what can you do? not much unless you are ready to rehab it and take it into your home.
which is actually a good idea. street dogs make great pets. once you are in the pack they will do anything for you and dogs with a newly found home know what they have to lose if you are out of the picture.
amazing
Nah i don't wanna call animal control until and unless it harms me.
About stray dogs, i dunno aren't they full of diseases and untamable? You will know better, but don't think i can give it proper care or training. My freind sells dogs, those dogs are much safe bet for hygine and already home trained reasons for me if i'm getting a dog in future.My family also won't allow me to bring a stray dog at home.
But its good to hear street dogs make a great loyal pet if one make it so :)
they are only full of disease and un-trainable if you don't take them to the vet and take time to train them.
right now i have two dobermans. one that i received when he was 3 and seized from an abuse household where he was chained up, completely un-socialized, beaten, starved and chewed up by the other dogs there and one that was seized as a puppy from a puppy mill and the abused dog is by far the better of the two.
i was called in because he kept failing adoptions and was going to be put down and i just went on ahead and kept him because i knew it would be a longer road than a normal person would want to deal with.
he treats obeying commands and house rules like a life and death matter and while it took over a year with me for him to really trust me once he did he was as safe and loving to be around as any dog i have ever seen.
the female that i got as a puppy is a great dog and does her best but she will never be the dog the male is.
how could she be? she does not know the stakes. she has never been hungry, or cold or hurt or scared in her life.
she just thinks that's the way life is,
warm and comfortable and safe, the male knows better and treats the family with way more respect and deference because of that.
i have seen that happen with dozens of rescue dogs and maybe it is just silly rationalization or personification or whatever but i believe that dogs that know the stakes and have seen hardships are just flat out better dogs depending on the person handling the dog.
I still wonder why dogs suddenly behave like this? Is it the body scent or running or unwantedly entered its dominion? Why they feel threatened when i'm doing absolutely nothing to agitate them?
being in their territory is aggression in their eyes.
then you run and they chase.
it's really pretty simple.
Oh, its really hard to figure what is thier territory in a open park lol. It charged me on the jogging path only. But yeah, this is one of the main reason i'm guessing.
i have worked with and trained dogs for years.
it's pretty easy to shortcircuit their aggressive behavior.
but you would have to stop running to do it. only prey runs.
i come at this stuff from the dogs point of view and i can imagine he was looking at you and going "wtf is wrong with this idiot" "i pissed all over this place, what is he? smellblind?"
anyway don't look at it, talk to it or touch it and call animal control and get the poor thing off the streets.
the shelter will probably kill it but what can you do? not much unless you are ready to rehab it and take it into your home.
which is actually a good idea. street dogs make great pets. once you are in the pack they will do anything for you and dogs with a newly found home know what they have to lose if you are out of the picture.
amazing
Nah i don't wanna call animal control until and unless it harms me.
About stray dogs, i dunno aren't they full of diseases and untamable? You will know better, but don't think i can give it proper care or training. My freind sells dogs, those dogs are much safe bet for hygine and already home trained reasons for me if i'm getting a dog in future.My family also won't allow me to bring a stray dog at home.
But its good to hear street dogs make a great loyal pet if one make it so :)
they are only full of disease and un-trainable if you don't take them to the vet and take time to train them.
right now i have two dobermans. one that i received when he was 3 and seized from an abuse household where he was chained up, completely un-socialized, beaten, starved and chewed up by the other dogs there and one that was seized as a puppy from a puppy mill and the abused dog is by far the better of the two.
i was called in because he kept failing adoptions and was going to be put down and i just went on ahead and kept him because i knew it would be a longer road than a normal person would want to deal with.
he treats obeying commands and house rules like a life and death matter and while it took over a year with me for him to really trust me once he did he was as safe and loving to be around as any dog i have ever seen.
the female that i got as a puppy is a great dog and does her best but she will never be the dog the male is.
how could she be? she does not know the stakes. she has never been hungry, or cold or hurt or scared in her life.
she just thinks that's the way life is,
warm and comfortable and safe, the male knows better and treats the family with way more respect and deference because of that.
i have seen that happen with dozens of rescue dogs and maybe it is just silly rationalization or personification or whatever but i believe that dogs that know the stakes and have seen hardships are just flat out better dogs depending on the person handling the dog.
You have a heart of gold when it comes down to animals my freind. Kudos to you on saving the poor, starving dog. But yeah if feel really bad about a stray dog or a stray dog saving me somehow i'd really adopt one for emotional reasons.
Great pics of your dogs, what are thier names ? :)
ugh terrible pic of rasa showing off some of his skull puncture woundsthese are better.
ugh terrible pic of rasa showing off some of his skull puncture woundsthese are better.
Awww, rasa and his companion look great in the new pictures. Lucky you :)
the red male's name is tabula rasa, and i call him rasa (rah-sah) and the blk and tan female is victoria and i call her tori.
@indzman: If you ever do visit the Netherlands you're definitely invited to spend a day or 2 with me and the wife =D Also, please update us on the dog situation when you can, I worry about you...not so much for your safety because I think that dog won't actually bite you but for the stress it causes you. Being afraid of a dog you can't avoid meeting sucks, I got attacked by one of these when I was 6. His owner lived on my street and this bear would just jump over the fence when he saw kids. Was scared shitless of dogs for years to come.
@indzman: If you ever do visit the Netherlands you're definitely invited to spend a day or 2 with me and the wife =D Also, please update us on the dog situation when you can, I worry about you...not so much for your safety because I think that dog won't actually bite you but for the stress it causes you. Being afraid of a dog you can't avoid meeting sucks, I got attacked by one of these when I was 6. His owner lived on my street and this bear would just jump over the fence when he saw kids. Was scared shitless of dogs for years to come.
Dunno if its karma or not , i drove over a dog once killing it instantly on the spot, fault was dogs as it rushed out of nowhere under my wheels. I could do nothing about it and left the spot. Over 10 years ago story. :(
Absolutely, i'll let you know when i'm visiting Netherlands. Its my honour to be invited by you and family. Same goes from my side too. I'll positively ley you know about dog situation :)
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