Fatal Attack

[Keira&Phoenix]

I think he is talking about the Scissor Bite....but even then lots of dogs have scissor bite soooooo not really a worthwhile statement.

At least he said good things.

I still think it is a little early to be saying that the women died due to being mauled because they still don't know that the woman didn't have some sort of seizure etc, that could explain why the female was cowering in a different room. Only time will tell.

Glad the man got Tazi back though, I think it will bring him some small comfort in such a difficult time.

[poodlefan]

What a lot of people do is they make concessions at the wrong places in clumsy attempts at diplomacy. I think that either this is true of Delucchi as well, or he really believes what he has said. Either way, his capacity as a spokesperson for the breed leaves something to be desired.

Personally I think he's paying service to the old "locking jaw" myth.

[OSoSwift]

I think that mnay times people really just don't see nay potential warning signs.

I remember being at work and some people came in with a Rotti, 5yo entire male. I accidentally caught his eye and he launched at the desk. The bloke was like oh he's never normally like that.

We had to keep him in and it was a really game of never catch his eye, get a muzzle on etc as he was seeking eye contact as an excuse to go off.

When we delved a little deeper, this dog was trusted implicitally. They had two young kids who played with him in the back yard, he was in the house etc. The reason, he had never diciplined them was they never asked him to do anything. He went where he wanted in the house/yard when he wanted, he slept where he wanted, he got walked but was never asked to sit or drop, or if they did and he didn't they never followed it up.

We had real concerns as I am quite sure if one day one of the kids told him to do something or made him move and he didn't want to he may well have bitten. The owners would have said well he has never been aggressive and we have no idea what happened it came out of the blue. In reality it was there as plain as could be for the person with some canine knowledge to see exactly what the potential was. When it was attempted to be discussed with them they laughed and said never he would never do that.

They were just extremely lucky.

Edited August 17, 2011 by OSoSwift

[OSoSwift]

What a lot of people do is they make concessions at the wrong places in clumsy attempts at diplomacy. I think that either this is true of Delucchi as well, or he really believes what he has said. Either way, his capacity as a spokesperson for the breed leaves something to be desired.

Personally I think he's paying service to the old "locking jaw" myth.

Yep probably. They may have more muscle than many dogs but their jaw is the same.