Jacques Chirac ditches devil dog French former grand fromage Jacques Chirac has been forced to exile his "beloved" mutt Sumo, after it laid into him for the third time. The Maltese terrier was apparently a bit miffed about being shifted from the spacious grounds of the Élysée Palace to a Paris apartment when his owner stepped down from office in May 2007. …
His dog "went to live on a farm"... Is that the story they told Jacques so as not to hurt his feelings? Isn't that the age old story parents have told their kids when poor Fluffykins is put to sleep?
And I'm under no illusion that I'm the only person to be typing a comment like this.....
Has anyone seen the size of these dogs? Damn, one of my cats is bigger than this.
Says something for a cheese eating surrender monkey that one can get savaged by something slightly larger than the average hamster one, let alone three times. Maybe the dog just likes the taste of aging Commies, or may be the dog is really a Merkan puppet.
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Probably still miffed about his the memories of Saddam Hussein.
And let's please stop using "cheese-eating surrender monkeys". My great uncle served under Patton and they refered to the frogs as "smelly rifle-droppers". If it was good enough for the men in the allied armed forces, it's good enough for me.
(Mine's the one with Twain's "Innocents Abroad" in the inner pocket)
A Maltese (and similar rat breeds) might be small, but their bite can surely make a lot of damage. Strong jaws, the carnivores, y'know. My cat is nearly twice the size of the average Maltese. With canine teeth about 1 cm long. Same for claws. He won't be able to immediately kill anyone, sure, but it won't be pleasant if he decides to attack. Same for these little yapping dogs.
Now, the rant on dog education. It's common to have this type of problem with toy breeds. People treat them like babies or toys, but they are pack carnivores. So they end up being the alpha animal after a while. And everyone goes "aw, how cute the little dog being brave"... Idiots, Chirac's household included.
Oh, and in case you don't know it can work with cats too. Mine is quite obedient, at least when I am around (I know he does the forbidden things like go on top of the table when I'm not, but that at least shows he knows who's the alpha animal in the house). My girlfriend, that would be. :-)
It is ALWAYS[1] the people around the dog who train it to exhibit bad behavior.
[1] The only exception I'm aware of is Parvo survivors ... and they just aren't wired the way that other canines are. (Look up how CPV2 affects puppy brains, if you really want to know. It ain't pretty. Don't say I didn't warn you.)
Adrian, I take it you've never spent much time around dogs? Trust me, regardless of the size of the canid, it will have better reflexes and be faster than any human. If a dog learns that it can get it's way by biting, the humans in the near vicinity are going to get bit ... and they only have themselves to blame. Yes, your cat could probably take out the small dog ... but then your cat has better reflexes than you or I, right? One of our feral Toms routinely feasts on jackrabbit ...
I have two young dogs (cocker spaniels). Neither would even consider biting a human, because they're properly trained and socialised.
If an adult dog bites a human bcos it's been seriously provoked and can't get away, I'll accept that. (Even if it's a kid - sometimes kids need the shock of the dog retaliating in order to be taught that it's not a toy.) But if it bites with no provocation, either there's something wrong with the dog and it needs to be put down, or there's something wrong with the owner (in how they behave with the dog) and they shouldn't have one in the first place. Most of the time, it's the latter.
Yes, that's my coat, the one with the dog biscuits and a roll of little plastic bags in the pocket.
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