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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 498802" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>We had Poodles when I was a kid but I don't remember any of them ever becoming aggressive. My own theory, from what I saw with my own dogs, is that they tend to get cataracts earlier than other breeds do and any "aggressiveness" might just be from fear and poor eyesight.</p><p></p><p>And I know that all are not like that, but I don't have much use for Chihuahuas. They can be very snippy and bad breeders continue to breed some that shouldn't be bred, passing on these traits. They tend to be fine with their owners but can be quite aggressive with other people. The worst one I ever saw was a little guy owned by a former boss of mine who lived in a State-owned house on the prison grounds ... and she was quite a whack job herself! She insisted on feeding him "people food" instead of dog food and the poor thing weighed 20 pounds when he should have weighed half that! I'm sure he was in pain and had bad joints which contributed to his crabbiness, and he almost died from pancreatitus. If people came in to her house the dog would go right for their legs and ankles and drew blood many times. He was such a mean little sh*t that the inmate maintenance work crews refused to go in to her house to work until the dog was crated!</p><p></p><p>And as far as "Bull Dogs", there are all kinds of Bull Dogs. Besides Pit Bulls, there are American Bulldogs, French Bulldogs, English Bulldogs (who are only mean and aggressive in the cartoons). And a lot of older people still refer to Bostons as "Boston Bulls" although the correct AKC recognized term is "Boston Terrier". I've even had people who thought my biggest Boston, Katy, was a Bulldog! She's the friendliest, most loving dog on the planet and loves people so much that she will approach total strangers to introduce herself in hopes that they will pet her and maybe play with her. To Katy, a stranger is just a friend she hasn't met yet. But she weighs over 30 pounds, very big for a Boston, and she's very strong and muscular with massive wide shoulders, and she snorts and grunts a lot because she is very smooshy faced. I was taking her to the vet one day just as an elderly lady was coming out of the door. This lady flattened herself out against the brick wall and started screaming, "KEEP THAT BULLDOG AWAY FROM ME!! DON'T LET HIM HURT ME!!!" And Katy was still ten feet away and <em>smiling</em> at her! The lady screamed so loud that they heard her inside and they all came running out to see what was going on. And when they saw that it was my <u>Katy</u> that she was so terrified of, they all busted out giggling ...they didn't mean to be rude but they just couldn't help it! Katy was given to me by one of the vet techs there, she's very well known there and a <u>big</u> favorite of everyone in the office. But then, some people are just idiots when it comes to dogs!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 498802, member: 1883"] We had Poodles when I was a kid but I don't remember any of them ever becoming aggressive. My own theory, from what I saw with my own dogs, is that they tend to get cataracts earlier than other breeds do and any "aggressiveness" might just be from fear and poor eyesight. And I know that all are not like that, but I don't have much use for Chihuahuas. They can be very snippy and bad breeders continue to breed some that shouldn't be bred, passing on these traits. They tend to be fine with their owners but can be quite aggressive with other people. The worst one I ever saw was a little guy owned by a former boss of mine who lived in a State-owned house on the prison grounds ... and she was quite a whack job herself! She insisted on feeding him "people food" instead of dog food and the poor thing weighed 20 pounds when he should have weighed half that! I'm sure he was in pain and had bad joints which contributed to his crabbiness, and he almost died from pancreatitus. If people came in to her house the dog would go right for their legs and ankles and drew blood many times. He was such a mean little sh*t that the inmate maintenance work crews refused to go in to her house to work until the dog was crated! And as far as "Bull Dogs", there are all kinds of Bull Dogs. Besides Pit Bulls, there are American Bulldogs, French Bulldogs, English Bulldogs (who are only mean and aggressive in the cartoons). And a lot of older people still refer to Bostons as "Boston Bulls" although the correct AKC recognized term is "Boston Terrier". I've even had people who thought my biggest Boston, Katy, was a Bulldog! She's the friendliest, most loving dog on the planet and loves people so much that she will approach total strangers to introduce herself in hopes that they will pet her and maybe play with her. To Katy, a stranger is just a friend she hasn't met yet. But she weighs over 30 pounds, very big for a Boston, and she's very strong and muscular with massive wide shoulders, and she snorts and grunts a lot because she is very smooshy faced. I was taking her to the vet one day just as an elderly lady was coming out of the door. This lady flattened herself out against the brick wall and started screaming, "KEEP THAT BULLDOG AWAY FROM ME!! DON'T LET HIM HURT ME!!!" And Katy was still ten feet away and [I]smiling[/I] at her! The lady screamed so loud that they heard her inside and they all came running out to see what was going on. And when they saw that it was my [U]Katy[/U] that she was so terrified of, they all busted out giggling ...they didn't mean to be rude but they just couldn't help it! Katy was given to me by one of the vet techs there, she's very well known there and a [U]big[/U] favorite of everyone in the office. But then, some people are just idiots when it comes to dogs! [/QUOTE]
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