i meant to add with that boxer example. the cousins, they have 3 kids and regularly have people over. not a single issue.

i know someone who has a pit that's a really nice dog.

i might get one myself just cuz everyone thinks they're horrible

i have cousins who have 3 boxers.

and i can throw up a negative example. as a kid my brother had one bite him in the face.

i could train a beagle to eat your face if i wanted

I don't know about pitbulls. They're the only dog I've heard of turning on their masters for apparently no reason.

Toast, boxers are one of the most gentle/protective breeds of dog around... I did major research before I got mine and he is all that they said he'd be... if inbreeding happens you can't trust any temperment.. I had a st. bernard that went nuts at 5 yrs.. he never attacked me but tried my younger brother and sister..

there are also a ton of people who train them poorly



that is an issue. inbreeding.. seeking to have the bloodlines be so pure that they ruin the animal.

either way, i'll never own a dog that i doubt i'd be able to kill if it was trying for my life

I'd never want to kill my dog even if I had to "cujo".. but if it came to that I don't even question him.. 99% of dogs know that we are the alpha's and they may try to test the waters like any pack animal does.. almost always they know that they can't... it's rare that a dog hurts a human owner...

i've trained a dog. he came out well.

the little hound that i had as my pic for a couple days. he'd NEVER do anything to harm anyone, well..maybe if i was getting hurt.

prime example... a few years back some little 3 year old was picking on him. poking at him and all that, being an annoying little kid. my dog just walked away and kept about 2ft distance until the kid grew tired of it, then he went and layed down somewhere

i have him trained a bit beyond what most people do, but yes. most dogs will not attack. they just annoy me because of lack of training. or should i say, training to my liking.

though i'm ok with just about any dog as long as they know to go away when told

you know... i've had an 80lb dog standing on my lap growling in my face while i sat on a couch. why? because my friend next to me made some kind of a noise. it bugged the dog and the dog came to me for some reason. not a situation i like. wondering how much of my face i might lose or if it'll get my neck before i can crush the dog's throat. tense situation. i was a bit annoyed that the owner thought it was funny, the girl has no clue about many things.. dog got off after a couple seconds.

i was fairly mad, to say the least.

why is the dog that way? well i've heard that it's been wrestled with while having a plastic bag placed over it's head..

thinking back, i still can't decide if a lack of action was the right move.

no, he didn't bite me. the dog was just meh.. 4-5 inches away from my face. any further away, i would have done something.

..i don't wanna looooooose my face



i dunno, i had a very strong feeling that a sudden movement would have caused some badness. all along i was getting more pissed and wanting to hurt the thing.


only german shepards i don't like are cop dogs, they're really not that well trained