God Almighty, Just How Stupid Can People Be?

[byegad]

In our village, some decades ago one of the many village idiots we have was banned from keeping any pet following confiscation of three, no less, Husky/Wolf crosses.

He'd been reported because of the night time howling and a vicious attack on a cat.

He'd bought Wolf sperm online and these were the result.

 

[captain nemo1701]

God Almighty, Just How Stupid Can People Be?​

I really don't think you can even imagine how stupid some people are.

Never underestimate human stupidity, its endemic in some of the species. I do H&S stuff at work, some of the slides in training I've seen are both funny & very worrying at the same time. One shows a bloke somewhere on planet Earth doing some welding - wearing a mask made of cardboard with eye holes cut in it....I kid you not . Arc eye anyone?......Another showed a bloke in Thailand fixing a tall streetlight stood atop a rickety ladder lashed to other ladders in the rear of a pickup truck...parked on a slope. If you really want to see how stupid humans can be, do a NEBOSH safety course.

 

[Cycleops]

Never underestimate human stupidity, its endemic in some of the species. I do H&S stuff at work, some of the slides in training I've seen are both funny & very worrying at the same time. One shows a bloke somewhere on planet Earth doing some welding - wearing a mask made of cardboard with eye holes cut in it....I kid you not . Arc eye anyone?......Another showed a bloke in Thailand fixing a tall streetlight stood atop a rickety ladder lashed to other ladders in the rear of a pickup truck...parked on a slope. If you really want to see how stupid humans can be, do a NEBOSH safety course.

No, that's not stupidity. In the instances you mentioned it's lack of education and awareness plus a lack of proper equipment and non enforcement of safety regulations or no regulations full stop.
The 'Just rolled in' video I posted, that's stupidity.

 

[Beebo]

Apropos of nothing, i met a dog handler today on an abandoned industrial estate I was visiting.
He was a police dog handler in Romania but is now over here working as a specialist dog security guard.
His dog was a Belgium shepherd? Looked like a German one to me. He said th reason why 99% of security dogs are German shepherds, is not for their aggression but for their intelligence.
It was so well trained but you got the impression it would kill you if required.
At the end of every day he takes it home and it is the family pet.
But it does sleep in a weatherproof kennel in the garden.

 

[yello]

His dog was a Belgium shepherd

Super intelligent dogs (also known as malinois BTW) We had one, singley the most intelligent dog I've ever known by a mile. And a wonderful temperament too, she just wanted to be friends with everyone.

Very popular with security forces/police the world over because of their intelligence. And, yes, very similar in looks to a German shepherd.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sCxRdklRpeU

 

[byegad]

I'm wary of dogs until i've 'got the ok' from owners. I was due to go to a customer and they said to me "drive your van to the electric gates and they'll open - make sure your windows are shut and DO NOT get out of your van until we have come to you because if the dog is out HE WILL EAT YOU" ! When I arrived they had it on a choker chain and could just about hold onto it (a huge alsatian - looked like a lion to me). On a subsequent visit a couple of years later it wasn't there - I didn't ask!.
Another dog story...... I cycled to a friend's house to help him fix his bike. As I arrived there was a huge commotion and an alsatian (which he insisted on calling a german shepherd) launched itself at the plate glass window, and splat, just like a cartoon, spread itself over it. I refused to even walk along the garden path. My friend was bemused that I wouldn't go inside. two weeks later my friend came home to find his Mother in the corner of the room with her hands torn to shreds. the dog was destroyed.
Talking of the 'ok from the owners' I entered a customer's house to be asked "are you ok with dogs" to which I replied "as long as they don't try to eat me". The owner opened a door and a small dog emerged - I held my hand out, it sniffed and was ok. Then a larger dog bounded out at speed, jumped up, put its front paws on my shoulders and as I fell back it grabbed my lower leg between its jaws to stop my fall
"he's never done that before," said the owner. In fairness, it may have only 'been playing' as it didn't draw blood - but a bit unnerving all the same.

I take 'He's never done that before' as confirmation it has.

Similarly the owner who approaches barely able to hold back the snarling brute, hair standing up, teeth bared and a gleam in its eye who says, 'It's OK, he's friendly' isn't to be believed.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I've met a few American Bulldogs and they were lovely. The landlady in a guest house in Croatia had a mother and son and they looked like slightly more solid Boxer dogs and equally friendly and soppy. That's assuming the dogs in this incident were American Bulldogs - pitpulls being something rather different. Back when I was a kid Alsatians were moral panic devil dogs, then it was Rottweillers, then it was American pitbulls (which are banned, but many Staffies - a fine breed - seem to get caught up in the ban if owned by less well off people) and by implication, any dog with "American" in its name.

The yard where I got to, to get gas-bottles for the caravan has an American Bulldog
It looks fierce, but comes over & slobbers all over you, & wants patting
That said, I'd not want to be in the yard alone with it

Many years ago, a friend had a Doberman
When I first went to her house, I went in, it walked into the room
Looked straight at me
Put its paws on my knees, still looking directly at me
I expected to have to defend myself

It licked my face, & jumped onto my lap, pawing me, as if to imply stroke me!!

Regarding Staffies, I adore them, even though I'm a cat person. A friend of mine went to home a cat from Battersea, and I tagged along. We had to sit through this interview process, during which there was an animal in the room. We happened to have this white Staffy bitch in our interview room, and she and I had a whale of a time playing with various toys while my mate pushed paperwork. It's probably the most fun I've ever had with a dog.

Likewise, Staffies are wonderful............ unless......... they're raised as 'Trophy Dogs', by some feral owners


Years ago, we had 2 Border Collies
One was odd with the Postie (who I knew, as he was in my year, at secondary school)
If he was in uniform, Jack was in full bark/snarl mode (even if it was out on the streets)
Yet, if we saw him, in 'civvies', Jack was fine with him

 

[oldwheels]

When I worked as a postie many years ago there was a written instruction to do no deliveries to a couple of houses if a dog was visible. The owners had to come and collect any mail from the office.

 

[yello]

I used to deliver newspapers as a kid. On my bike naturally. One day, at an every day delivery, their dog ambled up to me, waggy tailed as usual... and bit me ! No idea why, just having a bad day I guess! It never did it again either, though I must admit I was from then on wary of it.

 

[presta]

Our Penny was a smooth border collie, mum trained her up from a puppy and she was good as gold. She was a member of the local dog training club, and she used to enter her in the obedience sections at dog shows, so she had plenty to keep her occupied. I'm an only child, so she was a sibling substitute, and with me being only 5 when we got her, we were very close.

 

[Accy cyclist]

God that was a close do! About 20 minutes ago, walking from my car to my flat I heard a growl then a "oh no, get here"!! As I looked I saw a Rottweiler heading towards my dog. It pulled its owner over on the grass such was its determination to get to my dog!! The owner had hold of it by its collar. I thought do not panic!! I dropped my shopping bag and swooped down and picked my dog up by his harness, then turned my back on this monster so it'd bite me not my dog. It pawed my leg and back trying to get at my mutt. This was happening on the pavement and the owner of this dog was now face down on the tarmac trying to hold it back! Thankfully a passer by ran over and belted the Rottweiler with an umbrella which delayed it's actions enough for the dog's owner to get it on its lead. The owner of this dog lives in one of these flats. I'm not sure if he's bought/obtained it or if he's looking after it for somebody. If it's a short term stay I can work around it, like dropping my mutt off at my flat, then parking up, avoiding having him walk past the flat where this dog is. If he's now the owner of this Rottweiler then something will have to be done about it. It's not just my dog, but his next door neighbour has two small elderly terriers and another neighbour had a friendly Labrador. The bloke who had the Rottweiler is a weed dealer/smoker, ex alcoholic who has very bad mood swings, so there's no point me 'having a friendly word' with him.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Just thinking about it, the details come back to you slowly after the event, probably due to slight shock. If I hadn't had my mutt in a harness, like I always do I wouldn't have been able to haul him up to safety! Believe me, this dog was inches away from my mutt's neck! If it'd got hold of it him it doesn't bear thinking about! Anyway, he was/is totally oblivious to it all. I carried him back to my flat, while the bloke with the umbrella carried my bag for me. My mutt is now asleep after having his tea. 🐶

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've just sent a message to a neighbour about it. She's not happy about this at all! Her door is about 10 yards from this bloke's door. She told me once about being bitten by a 'devil dog' while delivering leaflets. She showed me the back of her calf where the dog sank its teeth in. Heck, the scar must be about the size of a small fist! She said she needed around 50 stitches and plastic surgery to make her leg look 'acceptable'. She's ok with 'lap/handbag' dogs like mine, but very nervous and wary when near big dogs.

 

[Accy cyclist]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...y-dog-mauls-11-year-old-girl-street-crazed-an

 

[vickster]

Owner of dog in Birmingham arrested, a 60 year old bloke...really should know better surely?!