Regardless of breed... if the owner isn't willing to get that close to the dog (during the segment) why would you volunteer yourself to get that close?
Silly woman, and an innocent enough mistake; hopefully the dog isn't destroyed because of the anchor's stupidity...
a TL;DR : A dog which was hunting a coyotee, runs into trouble, gets saved, but then chomps on a womans face when she leans over to kiss him to earn public brownie points in soft news.
Great, I suppose this will start another round of "Blame the owners, don't blame the pit bulls!" posts and memes on Facebook from all the bleeding hearts
bah you don't even see anything. i was expecting to see the dog chewing on her face.
Same.
Stupid for putting herself that close. I wonder if she made the decision to kiss the dog or was told to / encourage to by producers. NFW i would ever kiss a random dog, hell, even a random animal.
Silly woman, and an innocent enough mistake; hopefully the dog isn't destroyed because of the anchor's stupidity...
WTF? why is it acceptable for a dog to bite anyone for any reason other than self defense? if the dog gets too close to my face can I bite it without warning or reason?
what if the owner wasn't there and it was a child? an irrational animal with violent tendencies does not belong in our society.
WTF? why is it acceptable for a dog to bite anyone for any reason other than self defense? if the dog gets too close to my face can I bite it without warning or reason?
what if the owner wasn't there and it was a child? an irrational animal with violent tendencies does not belong in our society.
Heaps of dogs will nip at you if you get close to their face, all of my childhood dogs would do so (and did many times)... chihuahua, mini-foxie and golden retriever.
This wasn't a dog attack, it was a nip because she invaded his space and he instantly went back to being chill.
I bet if I approached you in public and came within 5cm of your face you would instinctively push me away at the very least.
Dog was in a weird situation in a TV studio with lots of people and lights, got nervous and bit someone when they stuck their mug in its face.
Kind of lame if the dog is put down. More sensible?
- A court order that the dog be muzzled in public.
- Enforced rabies etc shots (in the report dog is missing shots) and neutering.
- Some sort of a dangerous dog citation that makes the owner personally liable for any future attacks?
i don't get the whole giving dogs (or cats or any pets) a kiss. way to give yourself a nice dose of toxoplasmosis even if it didn't nip you on the face.
what chub said.. the dog just gave her a nip coz she was too in it's face. it didn't continue when she jumped back.
Heaps of dogs will nip at you if you get close to their face,
violence to get its way when confronted with a conflict with a human. Sounds promising.
most dogs I've dealt with before getting "nipped" growled first.
I bet if I approached you in public and came within 5cm of your face you would instinctively push me away at the very least.
for you chub i'd return the kiss(that was what she was apparently doing right?), but anyone else you're right, i would push them away, that doesn't involve jabbing their eyes or causing damage to their body. most dogs growl first before getting physical.
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Ive disagreed with chubster in the past but im with him here.
We have 2 little shitzu dogs that get along great with children, adults and even my guinea pigs. Only once did they try to nip at somebody who was aggravating them and got close and personal face to face. Its a fucking animal that you have no idea what its thinking. Back the fuck off unless you have tonnes of experience in dealing with them. EG I would never go near a croc but Steve Irwin had a good clue what the fuck was going on with em.
If bread ever comes at me, I'll cut that bitch and make sandwiches, I don't care how large and dangerous it is.
a small dog biting as a message is very different to a large, dangerous bread doing the same thing.
Except not to the dog, of course. Those little dogs think they're bigger than other dogs. Also there's still the same threat of rabies and needing to get your million dollar smile fixed.
as if you would put your face near a dog that you didn't know.
It does seem stupid. Maybe not as dumb if your life has been spent in the company of handbag dogs only.
Typical fucking stupid woman. What is it with women and their need to cuddle animals & put their face right in the animals face & fuss over it something fierce? I'm not trying to be a sexist jerk but it's fucking true. Just leave the stupid animals alone & move on.
What is it with women and their need to cuddle animals & put their face right in the animals face & fuss over it something fierce?
its a natural reaction? same reason why the dog bit her?
is it ok for her to give that dog a good kick in the face next time the dog gets "too close"?
I don't want a dangerous breed, that has a history of escaping and a history of biting people on the face to live anywhere near my children, thanks. what happens if that dog got into a school and some 5 year old kids got "too close"?
Also there's still the same threat of rabies and needing to get your million dollar smile fixed.
how much re-constructive surgery occurs from a small dog giving a warning bite?
I wonder if she'll stay in morning TV after the surgery.
I dunno if the producers would like having one of the anchors with a face like a half chewed slipper.
The dog owner could have a big incoming law suit.
I wasn't bring funny, hopefully she learnt her lesson and won't behave towards a dog in that manner, though in reality she probably won't see that and will just be zomg I hate dogs now evil evil, but either way she won't be sticking her face next to another dogs face.
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