Reply #95: OK, smbolisnch, you obviously live in a subdivision/city

[Tsiyu]

I have stayed out of this fray. My favorite dogs are German Shepherds. I lost my White Shepherd last year. She was my best friend.

That may have been the case but I did not trust her around my eleven year old. She was teased by children as a pup and never trusted them. I DID trust my eleven year old with our half pit bull. She was a mush to babies, but like another poster said, all bets were off if a cat or other animal came around.

When I first moved to the mountain, the half-pit, who was terrified of thunderstorms, ran off after a particularly bad storm. She was penned but got loose. She killed a neighbor's wildlife ( illegal for them to have but I'm not a frickin snitch ) I paid the neighbor $500 and had the dog put down. Why? I live in an area of farms. I own horses myself.

Farmers don't bring the pigs and the chickens in for the night, Hon. The cows don't come in either. Neither do the goats or the turkeys or the sheep. Chastising the poster because somebody's Rottweiler is running around like a lunatic doesn't make sense.

NO DOG is completely domesticated. All people can turn to the darkside; all animals - whether by disease, lack of training or genetics - can become vicious.

If that Rott took out one of my horses legs, I'd kill it too. AS fast and as cleanly as possible.

Next, people around here will be telling parents to never let their kids outside.

Hint: GO VISIT A FARM!