Thread: Lab sort of problems

Originally Posted by Pengy

Whoopee fuckin doo

and what the fuck would you know

when a working dog you inherit bites a sheep it gets a taste for sheep it continues and it has to be shot ya fuckin idiot

Pass it on to someone who doesn't have sheep then moron

Originally Posted by Paddy79

@Pengy in the early 80s my father sold working dogs for up to $2000 so clearly he knew how to train dogs because people would pay for those dogs and any dog that did not perform got shot. I grew up on 5500 hectares of rough farm land we had no time for shit dogs and I was taught how to put them down from a very young age

I'm guessing you both beat the living fuck out of the dog first.
I personally have absolutely no time or respect for people that behave in the manner you have described.
My dog came from an extremely bad place and person. All I will say is its amazing what a little bit of love,common sense and respect for the animal will do, but then I'm a so called 'townie', so you an me are VERY different people.
For one thing, I have two eyes, unlike you by the sound of statements that you make.

I have witnessed sheep dogs that didn't come up to scratch ( two for biting sheep) that went on to become very good household dogs, without very much effort all . Shooting a dog because of your own limitations in the training is a cop out in my humble opinion

Fucken Dog section eh.

I have a dog infact I have 5 dogs don't and I don't beat my dogs I have trained them with strict discipline yes but I do not beat them. I trained them from young with them knowing I am in charge, but growing up if any dog attacked a sheep we shot it. We sure as hell did not pass it on for some one else to deal with, now that's what a moron would do oh shit geez sounds like @Pengy oh no my dog attacked a sheep instead of shoot it lets give it to some one else to deal with so it can continue killing live stock. That's a fuckin Moron.

Originally Posted by Pengy

I have witnessed sheep dogs that didn't come up to scratch ( two for biting sheep) that went on to become very good household dogs, without very much effort all . Shooting a dog because of your own limitations in the training is a cop out in my humble opinion

Working dogs are working dogs its that simple. Just like life you fail to perform at your job you get cut.

Simple minds eh

it is simple. tell me if you got given a dog that you knowingly attacked sheep and then one day attacked your child would you put it down or pass it on to another family? or may be you had a dog knowingly attacked animals, would you feel comfortable giving to some one who had a family and may be other types of animals and be ok if it did attack? Would you be OK with that?

Because many children have been ripped up by the unsuspecting family pet dog.

I have a dog that will happily take on possums, goats, rabbits, hares. Would I pass her onto a family with kids/livestock. 100 % yes
She knows what is a target species and what is not. Wont even look at domestic pets or sheep etc.

And I am talking of a dog that was about to be shot for "not coming up to scratch"

Just to make a direct comparison to your background Paddy. I grew up on a council estate in the SE uk, where my mum used to breed German shepards for working dogs, mostly security.
If any dog didn't pass the grade, it was passed out to other willing owners, mostly families.
Not one of those dogs ever presented a problem to the new owners.
We sure a shit never had one destroyed

yes and a dog attacking sheep is not up to scratch for any sheep farmer in my eyes and needs to be shot. I personally know where working dog for doing just that were given away to a family and then attacked a their child in my presence. I grabbed my pig sticker out of the truck and put it down right there and then just as I was taught and this was a dog that came across friendly and happy to see you, the family never knew when getting the 2 year old dog of its true history and there lies the problem.

Well there ya go @Happy you should just shoot the dog.
Funny that in all of the dogs I have met in my life the only one to ever bite me or anyone else I know was the most expensive "sheep dog"