rabbitgirl
Well-Known Member
Several disturbing events made me wonder about something....perhaps someone has an idea about it.....
My pony is kept out at a friend's farm, and oneof their bigmares just foaled. She was in an observation pasture but broke out andgave birth in the woods nearby. They have five large, friendly,unaltered dogs that are supposed to keep coyotes and wolves away fromthe herd.
Those five dogs savaged the newborn filly. She had bites from head torump, including one horribly deep chunk out of her shoulder.
Against odds, she's doing pretty well, although she looks terriblyrough. The dogs had killed some guinea fowls near the same time.
In another episode, a pit bull in the area savaged a young girl. In myown backyard, several dogs tried to kill Izzy this winter.
So my question is: is it true that the taste of blood makes a dog adanger ever afterwards? I think the dogs that attacked the filly willbe put down or given away. But is that safe? Can they ever be trustedagain?
I do worry about Izzy and the rest of the herd from dogs in general,especially after this incident, even though we do have a safe setup now.
Does anyone have experience/opinions?
Rose
P.S. Carolyn, hoping this isn't too OT--it brought back flashbacks ofIzzy's near miss and I got to thinking. I'd like to know more for thesafety of all my fuzzies.
My pony is kept out at a friend's farm, and oneof their bigmares just foaled. She was in an observation pasture but broke out andgave birth in the woods nearby. They have five large, friendly,unaltered dogs that are supposed to keep coyotes and wolves away fromthe herd.
Those five dogs savaged the newborn filly. She had bites from head torump, including one horribly deep chunk out of her shoulder.
Against odds, she's doing pretty well, although she looks terriblyrough. The dogs had killed some guinea fowls near the same time.
In another episode, a pit bull in the area savaged a young girl. In myown backyard, several dogs tried to kill Izzy this winter.
So my question is: is it true that the taste of blood makes a dog adanger ever afterwards? I think the dogs that attacked the filly willbe put down or given away. But is that safe? Can they ever be trustedagain?
I do worry about Izzy and the rest of the herd from dogs in general,especially after this incident, even though we do have a safe setup now.
Does anyone have experience/opinions?
Rose
P.S. Carolyn, hoping this isn't too OT--it brought back flashbacks ofIzzy's near miss and I got to thinking. I'd like to know more for thesafety of all my fuzzies.