That is really vague. Same thing as if I was walking round the corner and I see a guy holding another in a head-lock. Who's mugging who? Who am I supposed to help?

What I would do is deduce what is going on. Are you keeping the dog down so he won't attack you or are you abusing it. Then I would see who's the biggest threat in this situation. Most of all, I would look at the expression of both parties. If the dog is struggling for air and isnt fighting back while yours is more like you're holding him up and intentionally trying to kill it, I would go on the dog's side.

JCB, dogs are animals, so are we. They are domesticated, and are only dangerous when not handled with care. People get attacked because they do things which they shouldn't. How would you feel if someone came up to you and started patting you on the head? Some would laugh. If any grown up came up to me and started patting me on the head and start doing odd sounds, I would punch them in the face. Same thing with some dogs, they will bite because they get annoyed.

Ok, some dogs are trained to guard their "territory". Imagine you take the dog away from his "territory" and put him into a new environment, ie, your lawn without a leash. A kid walks in and runs towards your dog with arms open. For the dog, the kid is intruding his new "territory" and reacting on what it was trained, intruders must be stopped. Deducing that the kid looks hostile because of the kid's running towards the dog with open arms and maybe yelling something like "doggy", the dog may think the kid is trying to look fierce. The result? The kid will get attacked. Is it the dog's fault? or his training? or the kid? or the owner's?

The only time you should be hitting your dog is under dire circumstances. When it does something wrong, you can hit it to instill discipline. But hit it so hard you injure it or hit it for the sake of fun, that is no longer disciplinary, it's called abuse.

JBC, you can try to argue the life out of you, but dogs are not dangerous. If you know how to treat them, they won't attack anyone. If you keep them under control, and people don't do stupid things the dog won't attack.

You can call me irrational, but I have never been known for being rational. Wild assumptions? At least I got researched information, unlike somebody.

Like I said on my first post. I like canines more than I like people. Their nature is more simple yet almost as complex as ours.

-Taison out

Cord, you got to teach me English some day. Man, I'm finding it hard to express myself these days.

-Taison out

Cord, look up the word “anthropomorphism”. People do not equal dogs.
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would you give your wife a slap if you felt 'she deserved it?' as well?

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is a bit misplaced and not really relevant to the conversation.

-JBC-

First things first!

If you have never been bitten by a dog you lack the subjectve experience to understand what an attack is like.

Secondly, if you have been bitten you already know you couldn't defend yourself.

There is no way that any person can defend themselves against a determined Pitbull or Rottweiler attack. Anyone who thinks they can is fooling themselves.




In my humble opinion.

<<In Thailand we have millions of stray dogs, and there is almost no case of these dogs ever attacking humans.>>

The opposite is the case because I've lost count the times I've seen 'soi dogs' been abused, kicked, hit with broom handles etc, breaks my heart to see those mangy dogs get beat.
I have never moved so fast when walking to a spot on the river to fish near my inlaws home in Pakkret, walked down a ramp to the river ajecent to a house when two Dobermans came running at me unleashed at great speed at me, thankfully the owner heard the commotion and called them off, just in time. A similar thing happened to me on Koh Samui when I was riding a motorbike in the hills, two Dobermans lept over a fence and legged it for me. It was only down to my motorised wheels I got away unscathed because nobody from the house came to rescue me this time!

I too love the smell of Tom Yum in the morning!