Quote Originally Posted by QCKLime
IMHO, culling an animal that's still in it's adolescent stages due to a temperament flaw is wholly irresponsible. If you can't handle the situation, I completely agree that you should hand the dog over to someone who's more capable of giving him the structure he obviously needs, but I don't believe in TRULY human aggressive puppies in this breed, and therefore, don't believe in culling for it.

Your beliefs don't necessarily reflect reality, and I don't think you have enough years in the dogs, nor have owned enough dogs, to have perspective.

Some dogs have minor personality flaws that can be worked on, and some dogs have no personality flaws at all, while some have serious disorders that are simply not worth the time (or risk) to deal with.

I have personally bought 2 dogs, both littermates, from the same breeder, and raised them the same way, and both dogs were 100% dangerous man-eaters genetically ... it was simply "in them" to be like that ... because I have never had any dog I have ever raised, of my own blood (nor of anyone else's) turn out that way.

Given the vast disparity of personality types, I don't see what is so hard to fathom that some dogs are simply man-eaters. Just like some people actually do grow up to be cold-blooded murderers. It happens.

Not saying this pup is a true man-eater (I haven't seen it), but I do know that truly man-aggressive dogs exist, and I do know that they are not suitable as pets. The responsibility any man has is to his family first, not to a dog he just bought. Sure, if the breeder wants him back, get a replacement. Or if he knows a serious, experienced dogman who wants the dog, give him away. Absent that, some dogs really do need to be put down. That is part of being responsible sometimes.

But that dog, if he's a true man-eater, has no business being in a family setting.

Jack


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