To think that 'reactive' dog owners should stop kidding themselves?

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Their dogs are simply aggressive. If you've been doing everything within your power and finances to make your dog happy and it still goes for people and other animals, whilst you diminish your whole world to accommodate it..... bearing in mind most dogs WANT to please their owners and live without conflict ..... then it's time to do right thing and remove the dog from the possibility of harming anyone.

Stop kidding youself. Stop putting children and vulnerable people in danger. Stop pretending there is any other solution , because there isn't . Visit your local vet and discuss the only humane sensible thing to do.

I've been there. I've blamed others for walking too fast. For looking at my dog. For breathing anywhere near him . He was wired wrong and he was a danger and we did everything we could and we made all the excuses.

He bit people and when he tried to lunge at my baby grandson I knew we had to take him to the vet and end his life humanely.

I wish we'd done it sooner and I am so fearful of other dogs when I see them the same as my dog was. I know how dangerous they are. I Know their body language.

If you're soothing your dog constantly to stop them attacking people or you have to walk in the dark or hire a field, you own a dangerous dog and it is a liability . PLEASE do the right thing before your dog kills someone.

Thank you for posting this.

It’s the way they expect other dog owners to pussy foot around them that gets on my nerves when it’s their dog that has the problem, not mine.

You’ve confused reactive and aggressive - which is a very basic mistake to make that no experienced dog owner would make.

I’m sorry your dog was such a struggle, but reactive dogs are not the problem. Aggressive dogs are. And the two are as different as Kangaroos and Squids.

There's a massive difference between reactive dogs and dangerous dogs.

No.
I keep my dog and others safe.
If it weren't for her I would feel unsafe in life as a single female.
She means I can go out and see friends and walk home safe.
She means I sleep soundly.
She protected me from DV and kept me sane through a horrendous break-up.

I don't let her be around children, but I wouldn't anyway regardless of temperament as she's just too big.
I am careful with her with new people.
She's never hurt anyone nor had the opportunity to.
She also had the worst start in life (backstreet breeder, abandoned by her Mum age 5 days).
I am not letting her down. Unlike others in my life, she's never let me down.

Nice try OP. You obviously have no idea about canine behaviour.

Love this.

Reactive and aggressive are two different things.

I agree.

Reactive dogs and aggressive dogs are very different
Reactive dogs responses are usually from fear and this can be worked with and often owners work very hard to manage this behaviour
My dog is reactive ( ie barks) at some dogs - stemming from being attacked twice as a puppy by ‘ friendly’ dogs who were off lead and the owners had no control
I only have issues with other dog owners who are unable to recall or control their dogs . My dog is under my direct control all the time and whilst he may bark is never allowed to approach other dogs unless I know them.
He is fine with humans

Not sure why he doesn’t deserve to be alive

Dogs can be absolute, reactive lunatics without being aggressive. We (my poodle and i) train with a lot of border collies who are outstanding at their jobs, but crazy in the face of distractions. None of them are aggressive.

I’m in two minds about this. Reactivity can stem from the dog having a poor start in life or other dogs attacking due to irresponsible owners.

However I do believe that these dogs should be muzzled if they are known to bite. I 100% agree it’s not the dogs fault or the owners, but it’s about safety.

Reactive and aggressive aren’t the same but both have the potential to be dangerous.

You are kidding yourself about knowing anything about dogs and their behaviour.
As has been said several times now, reactive and aggressive are not the same thing.

People like you are the problem OP. The dog wasnt wired wrong, it just had a poor owner who now wants credit for 'humanely' killing an animal they failed.

I get what everyone is saying about reactive and aggressive being different things, they are. But I also think there are a huge number of dogs which have been labelled reactive which are in fact aggressive. Rarely anything to do with the poor dog itself, but if they have an owner who can’t deal with them, and no realistic chance of a fairy godmother coming along to work with them and solve the issue, then yes they should be put down before someone is injured.

I cannot see the attraction of owning a dog that you cannot walk down the street with, without aggression towards other people / dogs.

It looks very limiting.

My dog can be reactive when he is on a lead and other dogs approach him. Off lead, he plays nicely, if sometimes a little too enthusiastically, with other dogs. He is not in the least bit aggressive.

Reactive and aggressive are different I guess but the “” marks suggest that people are labelling aggressive dogs as reactive ?

Chihuahuas then 😂

Oh FFS not again.

TBF some of the most stressful-looking dogs I’ve seen, and thought ‘I could not be bothered to live like that’, have been small ones who bark uncontrollably every time they pass someone. Unable to sit in a pub because they won’t stop barking etc. Awful.

A lot of people are labelling their dog as reactive when they should be saying aggressive sometimes there is no cure for these dogs

Case one a dog you couldn't feed put food near him he would savage your hand then eat the food he ended up being fed by a long stick you literally couldn't get near him turned out he was in extreme pain with a deep ear infection he lost an ear canal part of his outer ear to it when that was fixed the aggressive behaviour pretty much vanished he would still go for you if you REMOVED his food though

Case two a dog you couldn't let outside he went wild everytime very aggressive

Friends little dog will bite anyone and including the owners. Although it's small, it really should be wearing a muzzle while out, could still give a young child a nasty bite but they won't do it. It wasn't like it as a puppy, was a lovely friendly thing...... tbh, I'd not have a dog that bit (beyond puppy training when they mouth) but then I'd also train them not to.

We had rescues all my life growing up, lots of care, walks, reliability, kindness, 'listening' to them, routine and training... every single one of them turned out to be soppy, friendly buggers, even the German Shep we took on who was super nervous at the start.

But, that all animals can be unpredictable, can't trust any of them 100%, which is why never leave them alone with young kids.

Small dog syndrome!

Case two was pts zero chances of a normal life for anyone

Both people claimed there dogs were "reactive"