"aggressive" breeds

Oh, yes! The UPS man use to be so afraid of my house when I raised dobermans. They are such wonderful pets, and so very smart. I have never seen one bite before and I have been around them for a long time. My nieces and nephews use to pull on them and take their food away from them and the dogs just moved on. The are such an excellent breed, I have labs now and I would most certainly class them as the same, because of their temperament. I would prefer a dob over a lab because of the shedding issues but other than that I think that dobs are just as lovable and gentle.

People are like that about my dog sometimes. He is a pitt mix but a totally sweetheart and people are always like "wow, hes so friendly" and its like yeah? what did you think he was gonna bite you? lol People need to realize that breed does NOT matter. It is all on the owner and how that dog is raised.. you can take the most aggressive dog in the world but if its got a great owner, it'll be great dog.

I'd believe dobermans are sweeties because I used to know some lady who did dobie rescue and rabbit rescue. And the rabbits roamed free inside her house and the dogs never harmed them. I was shocked. I didn't expect the dogs to be aggressive towards people, but for some reason I thought they would have a prey drive. Any kind of pet affects where you can live though. One of my friends had a great dane, sweetest dog ever. No one wanted to rent to her because the dog would destroy everything. But it wouldn't, it never broke anything. Even rabbits are considered farm animals in some areas and not allowed in apartments, so I can't move there.

I don't have this breed of dog but have read a lot about why people sterotype a breed of dog and what I have read is because what is shown in the news is only about the dogs that are extremely aggresive. So as people do in all things they make a blanket statement and say that this applies to all dogs of that breed. They don't look at the fact that it is the upbringing of any breed that makes it have the personality that it has. I think people can be so narrow minded at times.

Oh yeah, with one of my dogs. Norman, is a Rhodesian Ridgeback mix and weighs about 85 pounds. People assume just because he's a big boy that he's aggressive, when in reality he's afraid of his own shadow. My neighbor has a pit, Duke, who has been deemed aggressive by one of other neighbors. But Duke is a very good dog and won't hurt anyone, unless they climbing over the fence. But since he's a pit bull, he gets sterotyped. It's not fair as dogs should be individual judged by their own personality.

We recently just rescued a dog from our local humane society and they told us she was a Black Mouth Curr. One look at her and we knew she was a pit boxer mix. It is just sad that people are so afraid of the breed of dog that they don't even get to know the animal itself. So afraid that the shelters have to lie to adoptees. I really hope this sort of thing changes in the future, it really is a form of predjudice.

We own (well she owns us) a very sweet Akita. Akitas have also been labeled aggressive and are feared because of thier size and intimidating look. She is just a big sweet baby. See my avitar that is our baby at 4 and a half months she weighs 45+ pounds. Both dobies I have had in my lifetime were such sweet babies also. I do not feel that dogs should be judged by breed but should be judged according to individual temperaments. I do not believe in bad breeds just bad breeders and owners.

I never met a doberman that was mean. I believe it doesn't matter the breed of the dog, it's the owner of that dog that makes it a threat to people around it. I get scared of dogs that growls at me, and just looks like they are going to attack me. Our next door neighbor had a very agressive German Shepard. It got to the point, that they had to put him down. I don't go up to a dog, and neither does my kids, when the owner isn't around. I tell them, they can't pet a dog, without the owner's permission.

I agree with you I strongly believe its the owner not the dog keep this in mind I was mauled by a pit bull last monday an i still believe its the owners not so much the breed an my best friend had a doberman for 21 yeard an she was the sweetest dog an when she passed all the neighbors came by to tell my friend they would miss her cause she was a sweety

Dobermans are a beautiful dog, but the reputation of them is bad only through people who bring them up to be nasty though. I must say that I do not hear them spoken as badly of as they used to be but then again I do not see many of them around where I live. My parents had a doberman when I was little, it bit my face the day before my 6th birthday and I had to have stitches in my eye and my mouth. My parents had to get rid of him, but they did not have him put down they found someone to take him in. I am not afraid of them though because of it.

it is all the stupid media...they stereotype animals and people to hate each other...people need to stop watching tv or any other forms of media if they cant stop taking it seriously...media is created for entertainment purposes...that is why society is filled with hatred and violence because media programs morons in society to think that way...only morons are dumb enough to believe the media and their bull. animals arent aggressive...but the scumbags in society make them that way...like that crap michael vick...i hope other inmates raped him in prison...

I have learned after managing an boarding kennel and volunteering with rescure groups for the last 6 years that you really have to go on a dog by dog basis and not so much by the breed. i have been bitten a few times and the very first bite that i suffered was from Golden Retriever. the most family friend breed there is! hehe In My experience Dobies are not aggressive they are just highly intelligent so they are easily trained into being attack dogs and gaurd dogs I think that is where the bad reputation has come from.

We have the same problem with our Rottweiler. People assume that these sorts of dogs are violent because they are stereotyped as such. Honestly, some breeds to seem to have a common temperament, but the biggest influence on their behavior is how they are raised and how they act in their environment.

I had a mutt. He was a large dog at 121 pounds and along with that a deep booming bark, he loved to say hello. He loved getting attention from anyone and believed he was a lapdog. I tried repeatedly to get him to understand he did not fit on a lap but ... My neighbor is afraid of big dogs. Her son, I have been told, was attacked by a family member's black lab. She complained repeatedly and falsely on many occassions to the City and they in turned labeled him as agressive because he "frightened" her. He did nothing aggressive, but he scared her. We were able to find him a new family with three girl friends (all fixed) and a large fenced yard.I am still very upset by the loss of this family member as it caused broken hearts for my children. The idea of outlawing a breed because some people raise them to be aggressive is stupid. It seems to me that the same thought process could say to lock up all men because they*might* be a child predator.