Sentences with phrase «aggressive as some other breeds of dogs»

Males are not as aggressive as some other breeds of dogs, and they are usually not as prone to «marking» their territory unless there is an unneutered male around.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately many of the pit bulls and pit bull mixes you would come across in city shelters or similar locations, have been bred, kept and trained as fighting dogs, or were kept as guard dogs by drug dealers to be aggressive to any humans other than their owners.

Most of our dog breeds have some form of aggression in them, since they needed different forms of aggression to do their work: terriers are often aggressive towards other dogs and animals — they were and are fighters, the man working dogs imprint humans as being of their same species so they show the same kind of aggression that they show towards other dogs, the sight hounds were bred to be killers of game and sometimes other canines, the mastiffs were bred to take down large game and guard property, the flock guards were bred to be aggressive towards canines, the hounds were bred to be aggressive towards furred animals, some of the pointers were bred to be able to guard the hunter's game, etc., etc..

District of Maple Ridge staff are recommending a new dog bylaw that singles out pit bulls as «aggressive» and would charge their owners a licensing fee four times that of other breeds.

Dogs of the guardian and other breeds that are aloof and suspicious of strangers need more such occasions than dogs developed to serve as companions to avoid behavior that is over-protective or aggressDogs of the guardian and other breeds that are aloof and suspicious of strangers need more such occasions than dogs developed to serve as companions to avoid behavior that is over-protective or aggressdogs developed to serve as companions to avoid behavior that is over-protective or aggressive.

More significantly, after pit bull advocates won legislation in 19 states prohibiting the passage of breed - specific local dangerous dog ordinances, victim advocates have mobilized on campaign budgets of nothing to stop the passage of similar laws in at least six other states, as well as defeating aggressive efforts to repeal pit bull bans by ballot initiative in Miami in 2012 and Aurora, Colorado in 2014, winning the 2016 passage of a pit bull ban in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and obtaining the introduction of a proposed pit bull ban throughout Quebec province.

This is one of the most friendly dog breeds you can adopt, as they tend not to be aggressive in nature and enjoy being around other animals and people.

But I chose to leave the shelter and training world rather than feel forced to deal with other people's poor choices of dog breeds, and the myths popularized on TV, which I would have to painstakingly try to dispel while eyeing the aggressive monsters being adopted out as pets to unsuspecting people.

Uncaring owners have taken a friendly breed and through lack of training and socialization, made their dogs aggressive either to fight other dogs or as status symbols.