BingBlaze n Skyla Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 spoke to a few husky owners in the last few days and put them onto this website because i totally agree the only way to stop irresponsibility is to educate. Not saying the people i spoke to are irresponsible Unfortunately most ppl don't listen regardless as they think they know better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piercy Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Look what happens when people "THINK" they know better, young huskies being PTS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #2 Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 That's a blanket statement and not at all true. Plenty of highly prey drive dogs never display prey drive around small dogs. A high prey drive is not a bad thing, it can make a dog highly trainable. I guess I should have said that the prey instinct does not ALWAYS distinguish between small dogs and rodents. A small mistake certainly doesn't deserve an offensive response calling out a member as saying something that is not true. It is true sometimes, just as it is your personal opinion that a high prey drive can make a dog highly trainable, it can also make it a nightmare. Kindness goes a long way on this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bec Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 I guess I should have said that the prey instinct does not ALWAYS distinguish between small dogs and rodents. A small mistake certainly doesn't deserve an offensive response calling out a member as saying something that is not true. It is true sometimes, just as it is your personal opinion that a high prey drive can make a dog highly trainable, it can also make it a nightmare. Kindness goes a long way on this forum. All I said was that it was a blanket statement and that as a blanket statement it's not true. I don't think that is offensive at all and I'm sorry that is how you interpreted it. I found your generalization a bit offensive to people with dogs that have a high prey drive. Having a high prey drive doesn't make them small dog killers. Yes, dogs with high prey drives can be hard to work with when the wrong methods and handling systems are used. It's often talked about on this forum as a negative and IMO it isn't hence my comment that a high prey drive can make a dog highly trainable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumps Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 I was applying it more to off-lead dogs in enclosed dog parks - a lot of people report that they don't feel comfortable in a dog park because it attracts the wrong sort of people... Of course you can never determine if a dogs reaction will be consistent every time he spots "prey". Sorry, never quite got your meaning as where I live we have no dog parks- only farms with sheep and livestock, so we have to be extra careful. Certainly didn't mean to imply that you thought you could predict a dogs instinct. Many apologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumps Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 many of which have herds of deer roaming in the deer parks, sheep, cows horses in fields ETC FENTON!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erinc Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Sorry, never quite got your meaning as where I live we have no dog parks- only farms with sheep and livestock, so we have to be extra careful. Certainly didn't mean to imply that you thought you could predict a dogs instinct. Many apologies. Don't apologise Sometimes its hard to put your point across through text! Im so glad thats one thing I don't have to worry about with Luka - he has nothing to chase! Apart from pigeons and squirrels - oh and this greyhound called Toby The other week, this golden retriever we walk with darted off and caught a pigeon though - that was something new to me - never seen it happen before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Angel n Auroras Mum Posted March 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 newspaper article. check out the blooming idiotic comments! http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.swindonadvertiser.co.uk%2Fnews%2F9589589._I_ll_shoot_next_time___sheep_farmer_warns_dog_owners%2F&h=IAQHW4qQdAQHJSAYEvM5VkZiM5O8Tt2ezJdnzaZIjVABZwA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumps Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 newspaper article. check out the blooming idiotic comments! http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/9589589._I_ll_shoot_next_time___sheep_farmer_warns_dog_owners/&h=IAQHW4qQdAQHJSAYEvM5VkZiM5O8Tt2ezJdnzaZIjVABZwA Wow, I never knew the Husky is basically a Wolf! lol. By that line of reasoning if you have a beadred dragon, you have "basically" a t-rex, or if you have 3 cats you have "basically" a pride of lions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizadora Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 what a load of poo.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Angel n Auroras Mum Posted March 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Wow, I never knew the Husky is basically a Wolf! lol. By that line of reasoning if you have a beadred dragon, you have "basically" a t-rex, or if you have 3 cats you have "basically" a pride of lions. yup we all have wolves living in our houses! why one of us hasnt been eaten alive yet baffles me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Angel n Auroras Mum Posted March 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 wow just wow have you seen some of the idiotic comments there now? huskies share 79% of the wolf dna apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumps Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 wow just wow have you seen some of the idiotic comments there now? huskies share 79% of the wolf dna apparently That may be true, but we share 97% of our dna with chimps, and about 50% with bananas, which makes me laugh as that means we share dna with both the "predator" and the "prey",, lol, now THATS scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Angel n Auroras Mum Posted March 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 That may be true, but we share 97% of our dna with chimps, and about 50% with bananas, which makes me laugh as that means we share dna with both the "predator" and the "prey",, lol, now THATS scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumps Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 I'll never sleep again for fear of the OH peeling me for a meal.:eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Angel n Auroras Mum Posted March 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 I'll never sleep again for fear of the OH peeling me for a meal.:eek: :eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizadora Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 all dogs share something like 98.8% of thier dna with wolves, may even be higher, so they are talking balls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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