All these things are signs of an untrained and insecure dog, which is a dangerous dog, regardless of size. Train your dogs, always.
“Oh this is a nice breed.” Is also no fucking excuse.
Train your dog.
THIS!
Some of the most aggressive and untrained dogs that I’ve met have been little dogs.
Without fail, the owners are completely unable to see how their dog is dangerous – when their dog tries to bite a person or a dog, they don’t see an animal that could cause a wound that could become infected and kill the person/dog, they don’t see that my dog could be put down if it’s not tolerant enough to put up with another creature sinking its teeth into it and bites back – they just see their little ball of fluff playing.
Your dog can be dangerous or intimidating, especially to other dogs, even if it’s small.
And for the love of god, when your dog jumps up me or tries to take my food, and I say “No. Lie down.” and then I turn away from it… don’t call it over and cuddle it and give it food and tell it how “mean and nasty” I am. I’m not being mean, I just know that it’s a dog not a teddy bear. You’re not supposed to start praising them 0.3 seconds after you’ve told them off, that just hypes them back up.
If you would call a Staffie or German Shepherd doing what your dog does “dangerous” or “unruly” or “intimidating”, then your dog shouldn’t be doing that either.
PiraticOctopus 