First of all, I do have to admit I do have a dangerous dog

Thor the long haired Chihuahua, he has bitten a couple kids. I told them not to pick him up or chase him....and they did.


He tells my moms Great Danes where and how they can do things, Herky cannot lay on the couch in Thor's presence.



I'm not sure if I'll have time to comment on specific posts, I have got to work on wedding stuff, only three more days left, YIKES! But a couple things I wanted to say. Huskies were on that list, they were closer to the bottom, but they were there. And German Shepards were #2!!! I totally forgot about them and didn't even think they would be on the list, I have not met a mean German Shepard! The list was based on fatalities in the US, they had a link to a page with all the dog related fatalities since 1988 and the news articles. I'll have to see if I can find the article, it was sent to my work email and I don't work the rest of the week. As I'm sure you know a lot of the fatalities are sketchy, stupid parents leaving a baby on the floor with a dog that has show aggression when poked/prodded, the dobie killings I read about didn't seem like the dogs fault, other than one may have had a neurological disorder. I don't understand how a dog, who was bred specifically to protect you, would kill you. That doesn't make sense to me.

I was never sure Athena would really protect us when push came to shove since she is so gentle and had never tried to go after someone other than bark and growl. My opinion on that changed and we no longer allow wrestling around Athena, she does NOT like wrestling! She had our neighbor's arm in her mouth before we got to her! She didn't hurt him, I think because she knows and likes him, but she was definitely telling him to knock it off.

I have never trained Athena to attack to told her it was ok. I feel like that is just asking for trouble. I like being able to have her off leash anywhere I go and trust her. I trust her instincts to kick in if the time comes. She is very well behaved and in my opinion, not all that scary. I'm sitting outside on the bench with Athena writing this and the mailman just came. Athena was laying next to the street off leash and I told her to stay and she just stood up and watched him, not peep from her. I do understand people being scared of her since she is a dobie, but I don't think she's dangerous as long as you act right. I do think people should respect the breeds though and not come up and pet them without asking, or just waltz on their properties. Any dog could bite you for stepping on to their property!