To pick my children up whenever I see a stafforshire bull terrier?

[DarlingDuck]

I am really frightened of bull terrier type dogs, my brother and I were chased by a pit bull when we were young and our dog was attacked and almost died. Whenever I see a stafforshire bull terrier I cross the road, aibu?

• i.e. JRTs/collies as 'chilld intolerant' - not Staffs. That said, you've nothing to fear from any of them, unless you bully or harrass them.

Lovely pics DoNot, lovely DC and pooch too, but my oh my you poor soul, that scar looks painful. I hope you're much recovered now. :)

The fact remains that the majority of fatal maulings are carried out by two breeds - bull terriers and Rottweilers

The majority of murders are husbands killing their wives.... are you going to kick yours out now... just in case...

I work in a building with 12 humans and 8 dogs. The softest dogs are the 2 rotties and 1 SBT. The grumpiest dog is a cutesy curly cocker spaniel, the dog most likely to growl or bark (but then lie on her back piddling) is my Mutt and the dog I am most wary of is a collie.

My 6 yr old lies all over the biggest rottie and he growls (talks) with pure joy when ever he sees her. The SBT pulls on the lead whenever I walk him, but as soon as DD holds his lead he walks right to her heel.

DD isn't scared of any dog, but knows not to approach any dogs she doesn't know, or very hot and bothered dogs. She has nothing but disdain for kids her age or older that are scared. You are teaching your DC to be scared of dogs, that is a shame and quite silly.

DD fell asleep with MuttDog this weekend, I've never seen anything quite so calming and bloody cute. I'm very glad my child isn't scared.

squeakytoy that is such a stupid thing to post dog bites do not make dm headlines, well no of course not they happen all the time but a dog killing a child or ripping there face to shreds whatever breed they are will do because it is horrifically shocking, you can not make a story sound more horrific than a child beign mauled to death by a dog be it a poodle or rottweiler

Thank you squeakytoy was just about to type something similar!

Should add, also, that I'm approached on a daily basis by parents with tiny children, who ask if they can stroke/play with my Staff...
and then very often ask what breed she is!
... When I tell them, they laugh, and tell me they'd have given me a massive berth if I were a great big chavvy bloke!
(So I wonder what it is that these people are really scared of...)

Sorry Freudian, I cant really understand your post, or the point you are trying to make.

Squeaky's post is no more stupid than that of the OP and every other numpty hurling about generalisations and snippets of perceived wisdom. IF anyone thinks the post is stupid then good - it might make them think about some of the other very stupid posts on this thread

YANBU. So many owners let their dogs (of whatever type) jump on children, expecting the parents to be enthusiastic

Yes, all dogs are capable of biting and attacking - you really shouldn't single one breed or another out.

That's why whenever you hear of a savage dog attack or even death of a small child, it's inevitably one of those pesky labradors, cocker spaniels, chihuahuas or beagles...........

And yet ask any vet and the dog most likely to bite is a Labrador...the one dog that most families seem to want to buy.

opps sorry it was dogsbest friend that was in reply too, sorry

and as for kicking out a husband, well the relationship is different its between 2 humans not a human and an animal, you know humans communicate, build a life together, the relationship is hopefully equal ideally there is not a master role

i am sure i have seen you post that before :d under another name

Tilly, I would leave your child with any one of the SBTs I have owned/fostered/work with at the rescue I help out at.

I wouldn't leave him/her with my Labrador, nor a couple of the Labs at that rescue.

I have posted with this name and this name only since I started posting on here. :)

I just prefer dogs to people most of the time. You get more loyalty and appreciation

I also hate being villified for being a staffie owner, when so many people have such mis-informed views and pre-conceptions of the breed.

I have had two relationships where a bloke has hit me... I have had 4 dogs in my life and not one of them has ever turned on me..

YANBU.

I'm scared of dogs that I don't know and don't particularly like dogs that I do know. I cross the road or wait until they've moved a long way away to avoid them.

I get so sick of the 'oh he's only being friendly', 'you don't want to bring your kids up to be scared of dogs brigade.

Many dog owners seem to see any hesitation around their hound as a personal affront, rather than a perfectly reasonable (as in entitled to have) fear or trepidation.

Now I don't have official stats to back this up, but I do keep hearing that the breed most commonly 'responsible' (if a dog can ever be that...) for biting children are... Labradors! (I blame Blue Peter, meself.)

The one breed that I would be most wary of is a border collie. They are highly unpredictable, and very snappy.

Jack Russells can be very nippy too.

The concern with SBT and the like is the damage they can do with very strong jaws, rather than frequency of attack.

If you read certain city newspapers it would seem, rightly or wrongly, that most of the violent crimes were carried out by a certain sector of the population. Insert your own here - traveller, black, Asian, whatever.

Reason to be more wary of that type of human perhaps.

Can you imagine the outrage if I posted here that I picked my DC up when we came across/avoided traveller, black, Asian or whatever people? Would you not understand it if those people were offended if I did so?

I'd be (rightly) flamed to incineration for generalising, being prejudiced and being uninformed.

YANBU my son was bitten by an german shepherd(thankfully not too serious) in a completely unprovoked attack.

If you look on NHS Direct you'll see 250 000 dog bite cases are treated every year,many others go untreated.Most bites are on young children 5-9.1/2 of all children will probably be bitten at some point in their lives.

I deeply regret not going by my instincts and telling my dc to keep away from all dogs.Having a 7 year old,vommitting with shock ,bleeding and on strong antibiotics aint nice.I now have a 7 year old who shakes at the sight of all dogs.We've had to buy a dog dazer as he's petrified now on walks.

Stuff etiquette,go with your gut instinct.

To get back to the OP - you got frightened by a pit bull, yet it is staffordshires you react to. They are very different breeds, surely?

squeakytoy - I've gotta say, I'm with you on that (though I have known and loved several of them). I'm always surprised when people keep them as town dogs (and feel a bit sorry for them).

I remember a dog owner telling me I was 'stupid' for not wanting her filthy hound near by 6 week old baby.

If someone is scared of spiders or mice, I wouldn't dream of dismissing their fears (rather aka the dentist last week, I'd remove offending rodent from her surgery), which is why it bugs me so much when dog owners do this to me.

dogs, the OP is talking about dogs not sectors of human society.

Your argument is incoherent.