It's always the bulldogs fault isn't it?!?
 

Yesterday at obedience class an Australian shepherd looking dog pulled his leash from his owners hand and went after my dog barking and growling at him. Diesel grabbed the dog and rolled him then stood over him growling. I gave him a correction and we resumed what we were doing, then I got hollered at to control MY DOG?!?! something isn't right here, this shepherd thing is still barking and growling at us, granted it might be 40-50 lbs to diesels 75 lbs, but I have diesel in the sit stay being calm. This just pisses me off how it's his fault regardless of who started it, just because he has bully breed in him. Sorry, I'm done ranting now

That's wrong they blamed you!. Did you talk the instructor later on, seeing why you got blamed?.

The instructor didn't blame me, she said I did everything right and not to worry about it, he did good. The shepherd's owner was hollering at me. I told her to be thankful rolling him was all he did

Yup..its always the vicious pit bull. I mean..obviously everyone else has expert control of thier fuzzy loveable critters. /puke.

No joke.

I would have been furious. I would also have told the other dog owner to learn to hold a freaking leash before the same thing happens on the street and that dog ends up dead from a car/other dog/mean human etc.

I would have spun wildly, gotten all red in the face, gone off on the other dog's owner, been kicked out of class, waited for class to be over and kicked the other dog owner's a55, been arrested, sent to prison, my dogs taken, lost my right to vote or own a gun, been denied parole 3 times, gotten out of prison broke and homeless, robbed a liquor store while armed with a rubber knife and gone back to prison for the rest of my miserable life.

... so I think you did REAL good. When the other dog's owner started yelling at you, the instructor should have straightened the other dog's owner out, in front of everyone and in no uncertain terms in order to make it perfectly clear whose fault the incident was.

Yessir I thought I handled it well, shit happens. I wasn't worried about my dog or I getting hurt. if my dog woulda eaten the shepherd, we signed waivers for dog bites and what not. Nothing to get bent outta shape about, just the fact the lady wanted to blame diesel and I pissed me off, I just brushed it off best I could

This.

People with uncontrolled dogs will always blame the other person/dog out of embarrassment.
Had MY mix done that I would have been thanking you and your dog for not killing him.

I wanna know why it's the Aussie attacking the Pit Bull.
A year or so ago, there was an Aussie in agility class. That dog had something against Rosie. Every week, it would go after her. It didn't matter where I had Rosie in the room, or if I moved her after the Aussie started it's run. It would pick her out, lock on and charge. After the 2nd class, the instructor put a shock collar on it, and she controlled the remote. That dog got zapped several times before it got the idea.
Rosie never did anything, just looked at me, like, "what'd I do?" Several people told the Aussies owner that she is very lucky that Rosie was such a nice dog, ANY other dog would have gone after her dog.

I think any dog owner has the responsibility to step between their dog and a charging dog. Not only in order to protect your dog from injury to the best of your ability, but also so that your dog isn't blamed for defending itself. I think its an important part of being a good breed ambassador for any of the commonly targeted breeds. And maybe instead of pointing fingers at other breeds we should all shrug and say eh, dogs will be dogs and move on with our day because all breeds can be snarky.

The shepherd's owner should be yelling at HERSELF. The "Three C's" for me is:
Control your dog (Obedience, leash, etc.), Care for your dog(Food, water,love, exercise, shelter, health), Contain your dog (crate, secure yard, don't let it roam). She obviously didn't control her dog, that's her fault.

That's crazy IMO. I'm not stepping in front of a charging dog. I understand what you're saying, but fuck that.

I agree. I think it is part of an owners job to protect their pet from any and all danger.

I'd rather try to controle my dog then stepping in front of a charging, agressive dog..
no way I'll do that lol, the dog can defend itself much better than I could in the same situation lol

What a bitch...

I think I'd be more worried about your dog too? Maybe I misunderstood something but it seems to me that even though the fight was instigated by the Aussie, your dog did a little more damage. Correct? Also, if this instructor is smart, and knows that pit bulls are most often dog aggressive and can cause a lot of damage, then that may be why she is more worried about your dog. If I was a class instructor and I had a pit bull in my class, understanding the fact that they are sometimes dog aggressive, I think I would be a little more quick to make sure the pit bull is in line than the other dogs. Just my opinion.

My Diesel would consider an Aussie charging at him as "Breakfast in Bed". You did the right thing. If we end up acting out the way John Q. Public thinks a "Pit Bull" should act...we negate how well you and your dog did in that situation. Kudos

THIS.

If a dog charges at my dog, I pull my dog behind me and that charging dog has to get through ME and my steel-toed hunting boots if it wants to touch my dog!

Though given the situation - you definitely handled it better than I would! I would have kicked the crap out of the Aussie, grabbed its leash, handed it back to the owner, and not-so-politely explained that leashes don't do a damn bit of good if you LET GO.

a charging dog would get a very hard kick in the face from me, no matter where we were.