Groomer Bit!
 By a Golden retriever of all breeds  It wasn't when being groomed. My groomer has a Vet Tech who helps her during the morning doing the baths and while at her regular job at the animal hospital, she walked by a Golden and it lunged at her and grabbed on to her arm and wouldn't let go. They had to fight the dog to get him off her and she was rushed to the ER....Needless to say, my grooming appointment was cancelled for today...Not to be breed biased but I was a bit surprised to hear it was a Golden....And, oh, then the owner told the woman, oh, yeah, he could be a bit agressive sometimes!  |
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Very sad.  |
 Indeed very sad, especially since it would not let go......this was not a case of a quick snap. I hope she heals quickly and is not left with any permanent damage!! I fear the dog may not do as well. For whatever reason, bad breeding, injury/illness, or whatever, such aggression cannot be tolerated. Next time could be owner. |
| I had read that Goldens were responsible for a large share of bites. Something about them being overly popular at some point, which brought in the scary puppy mill types messing up what is a lovely breed. |
| How scary is that. As the owner of a Golden waiting at the bridge...He was by far by best dog ever. I still carry his picture in my wallet. He's been gone for nearly five years and I still tear up with missing him. In breeding, over breeding and back yard breeders can and do ruin any dog. Its a shame they do it to a dog that has such a gentle nature and wonderful personality. |
Mady wrote: I had read that Goldens were responsible for a large share of bites. Something about them being overly popular at some point, which brought in the scary puppy mill types messing up what is a lovely breed. There's also the sheer number of goldens (and labs) that contribute to that kind of statistic. If you only have 100 OES on the planet and ten of them have a miserable temperament, those ten are less likely to be noticed than let's say you have 100,000 Goldens on the planet and 10,000 of them have a bad temperament. Same % temperament problem, but which breed do you think is going to rack up the bigger bite statistic? There are bad apples in any breed. Used to be our breed was responsible for more than its share of what was described. My aunt groomed for a vet once upon a very long time ago and the only dog that tried to do serious damage to her? An OES. So proud. Not.  kristine |
| I groom 2 tempermental goldens, you dont take your eye off them, most are just great to work with. I do an oes that would happily put me in hospital Worst are the little ones, mainly yorkies and terrier. If you totalled up the dog bites by breed the little ones would win! Only been bitten badly once, by a yorkie, made a right mess if my hand. The owner was there at the time as i had groomed the dog with no problem, went to put it on The table to show her a lump and the little bugger went nuts. The dogs with the worst reputations are the easiest to work with, rottwielers, german shephards etc Hope she has a quick recovery. |
Mad Dog wrote: Mady wrote: I had read that Goldens were responsible for a large share of bites. Something about them being overly popular at some point, which brought in the scary puppy mill types messing up what is a lovely breed. There's also the sheer number of goldens (and labs) that contribute to that kind of statistic. If you only have 100 OES on the planet and ten of them have a miserable temperament, those ten are less likely to be noticed than let's say you have 100,000 Goldens on the planet and 10,000 of them have a bad temperament. Same % temperament problem, but which breed do you think is going to rack up the bigger bite statistic? There are bad apples in any breed. Used to be our breed was responsible for more than its share of what was described. My aunt groomed for a vet once upon a very long time ago and the only dog that tried to do serious damage to her? An OES. So proud. Not. kristine That makes sense that it is a numbers game. I guess soon it will be all Boston Terriers and Oodles responsible for biting, based on how many of those I see! Personally, I love Goldens and Mady shares my affection for them, as she goes crazy with bum wiggles when she sees one. There is one old guy in particular, Ransom, that she goes crazy over and he very kindly tolerates her. I love when we run into him-such a handsome, sweetheart of a dog.  |
| When I took sherwood to the vets for his checkup they went to clip his paws & he tried to bite her & they had too muzzle him. I was a bit shocked as he has never went for anyone before & I told him off after we left the vets. When I clip his feet he has no issues and the day before Cleo took him down the groomers & he done the same. Look like I will just clip him myself |
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