Outrageous

[Ginnie]

Look at this: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=4827298

I don't believe in dog legislation like this against any breed, but I can't believe they're including (Siberian) Huskies in the list. I have NEVER heard of one of these dogs attacking a person.

"This is a list of the breeds of dogs considered dangerous

* Pit bulls
* Doberman pinschers
* Rottweilers
* German shepherds
* Huskies"

[queenkarlata]

banning a breed isnt going to stop people from breeding it or training it to be vicious. its not the dog's fault. yes, some breeds are more agresssive than others, but unless they are taught to do so, they will not randomly attack a person or other animal unless provoked. people are the reason these attacks are happening. not dogs.

[fuzzdomestic]

I've heard lots of stories of Huskies attacking people. 99.99% of the time it's some idiot who shouldn't have a poodle, much less a Husky. It's the same with any breed. Every dog can be vicious. If they ban these dogs, another breed will take their place. I don't see Beauceron, any of the Belgian Shepherds, any of the Russian Ovtcharkas, or any of the boar hunting crosses on there. All of these dogs could be used as replacements for the currently accused dangerous dogs. They're definately intimidating enough. We'll eventually run out of dogs. Then they'll move onto cats...

[JDawg]

A Siberian attacking unprovoked is rare. Most of the time, bad breeding...read that as inbreeding...is the big thing. A 3rd generation inbred dog is a time bomb. Any breed.
In the mid-60s, it was the Doberman. Early to late 70, the big ol' goofy St. Bernard was the bad dog. Then it was Rotts and Pits. This phenomenon ebbs and flows with the popularity of a given breed. Put a dollar sign on it, and the unscrupulous breeders will come out of the woodwork in droves. Junk breeders. Look for everybody's friend, the Golden Retriever to be next on the radar screen.

A Siberian can be provoked by running from it. They have a strong prey drive, and will chase whatever...or whoever...is running. The good ones rarely bite adults who they know. Children...especially those who are running and squealing...may get nipped or even bitten before the dog's loyalty to humans kicks in.

The top dog for biting running children is the Border Collie. To them, a child on the move is just another sheep that must be returned to the flock, and they're serious about their job. There's no training them out of it...There's no teaching them not to do it. You're wasting your time. The best approach is to teach the child to never run from the dog.
If the child is too young to understand, then the Siberian...and any of the herding breeds is best left for another time.

Any dog, for that matter, can be triggered by running from it. Often mistaken for play, a dog giving chase is in the predator mode. Most stop short of acting on it...but some don't. The herding moves are nothing more than modified predator actions. The dogs were bred to triangulate and work together during predation. Generations of selective breeding modified the instinct to move in for the kill...and what you have left is herding.
The Siberian was never bred to herd...so any predator activity is just that. Predation.

Remember...With any dog, what you essentially have is a Wolf that has been detuned for 10,000 years...but it's still a Wolf deep in its soul...and the Siberians aren't nearly that far removed from the Arctic Wolf that they descended from.

[blueboys]

at the end of the day it dosent matter what kind of dog it is all dog will bite at sometime and to choose certain dogs is going to far i dont trust any dog

[JDawg]

A mouthful of wisdom, blueboys. I'm often asked if my dogs will bite. My standard respons is: "All dogs will bite if the right buttons are pushed. It's usually up to you."

Most dogs...regardless of breed or even temperament...will bite under the right circumstances. Or the wrong circumstances, as it were. In the greatest percentage of dog bites...and simple bites are not attacks. An attack is an altogether different set of issues...In the greatest percantage...the victim played a role in the event. I'll even go so far as to say that this is almost without exception.

Omega dogs rarely bite, even when provoked...but this doesn't mean that they can't be provoked. Only that it takes much more to bring it about. Alpha dogs...especially those who feel that their territory or personal space has been breached...will.

[blueboys]

thank you jdawg like you have said theres a bite and theres an attack all dogs can do this as you say when pushed