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**Triiooman** · 09-20-2008, 08:08 PM

You make your point well, Zoe.

But I have to disagree with some of what you say. Muzzling Tank because he's a large, DA dog and you're a petite woman? To me, this would be like letting a child walk him. If you can't control him, you shouldn't be walking him. I'm not saying this specifically at you... but in general.

I definitely don't have a fear of muzzles. Ruger is muzzled when he does lure coursing, just like the rest of the dogs! I worry if there is a dog in his field that ISN'T muzzled! But I think there are times, places, and proper uses for muzzles... and normal, every day leash walks don't qualify. I don't think a dog needs to be PTS because they are DA, especially bulldogs, but I think they need to be better trained and handled so that they aren't a danger in public. If loose dogs are a problem, carry pepper spray or something else to ward them off. I know not everyone with a really DA dog muzzles their dog in public.

09-20-2008, 08:08 PM	#13
Triiooman Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 554 Senior Member	You make your point well, Zoe. But I have to disagree with some of what you say. Muzzling Tank because he's a large, DA dog and you're a petite woman? To me, this would be like letting a child walk him. If you can't control him, you shouldn't be walking him. I'm not saying this specifically at you... but in general. I definitely don't have a fear of muzzles. Ruger is muzzled when he does lure coursing, just like the rest of the dogs! I worry if there is a dog in his field that ISN'T muzzled! But I think there are times, places, and proper uses for muzzles... and normal, every day leash walks don't qualify. I don't think a dog needs to be PTS because they are DA, especially bulldogs, but I think they need to be better trained and handled so that they aren't a danger in public. If loose dogs are a problem, carry pepper spray or something else to ward them off. I know not everyone with a really DA dog muzzles their dog in public.
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