When thinking about your dog, what is your greatest fear?

When thinking about your dog, what is your greatest fear?

Obviously illness, but I chose theft because Bull Terriers are a prime target in this area. They're used as bait dogs or as breeders to be crossed with staffords/pit bulls.

This is a hard one because obviously all the above are worries but i think ill go for.....Ty its getting lost he's such a sensitive dog so loving and almost nervous to please (i think its coz he's rescue) i dont think he would cope and kaos it would be if Ty got lost lol coz he wouldnt no what to do with himself lol x

getting injured or been stolen would be my biggest fear

all of the above but gettin stolen is top of the list becouse of his colour and the only other blue in the area being targeted three times

bigwazza wrote:all of the above but gettin stolen is top of the list becouse of his colour and the only other blue in the area being targeted three times

That must be quite a worry!

For me its all the above but she's not herself at the mo because of her change in routin! Hoping she adjusts soon.

Any of the above that are out of my control...the unhappiness I can change and make sure he ends up happy but if he got lost or was so ill I couldnt help it.....I would be deverstated

God its all of these really i fear them all id hate it if he got lost id worry about where he was if he waqs on his own who was looking after him if id ever get him back such a hard choice to pick

all of the above but stolen i reckon just because of her colour i thin a lot of staffs here and all breeding together its a joke and some people are just in it for the money which is a joke fetching up to 5 hundred pound the other day i seen in the paper did not even look like a pure staff they said they were blue but to be honest they were black i think they must be colour blind .

God what an awful subject! All of it is a worry - even the fact that she will prob only live for 13 more years! Im such a worrier! Im trying to give her the best life possible!!

Just looked at the options and thinking theft now. Went to blow my nose come back and someone not naming any names Blue!!! had eaten my nann bread

Ha Ha thats hilarious!!!

ha ha

My biggest fear is waking up in the morning to find pebbles has passed away in her sleep. This happened with our cat and the thought it could happen again really scares me.

I'm terrified of him getting into a fight and doing some serious damage to another dog he's twice as tall as a staff and he weighs more than one at a year old, im scared he's going to get taken away from me for his aggression, my family call me cruel because i keep him on a lead but if i dont have confidence in a dog they don't come off the lead unless in a secure area like my allotments. I do feel sorry for him though because i know its my fault for his behaviour because i didn't train him and keep at it while busy with other things.

MissRogue wrote:I'm terrified of him getting into a fight and doing some serious damage to another dog he's twice as tall as a staff and he weighs more than one at a year old, im scared he's going to get taken away from me for his aggression, my family call me cruel because i keep him on a lead but if i dont have confidence in a dog they don't come off the lead unless in a secure area like my allotments. I do feel sorry for him though because i know its my fault for his behaviour because i didn't train him and keep at it while busy with other things.

Your doing the right thing by keeping him on a lead absolutley! For his own sake and everyone elses. He's never to old to take him back to basics though if u can and reintroduce him to dogs the right way etc.....

blaze666 wrote:

MissRogue wrote:I'm terrified of him getting into a fight and doing some serious damage to another dog he's twice as tall as a staff and he weighs more than one at a year old, im scared he's going to get taken away from me for his aggression, my family call me cruel because i keep him on a lead but if i dont have confidence in a dog they don't come off the lead unless in a secure area like my allotments. I do feel sorry for him though because i know its my fault for his behaviour because i didn't train him and keep at it while busy with other things.

Your doing the right thing by keeping him on a lead absolutley! For his own sake and everyone elses. He's never to old to take him back to basics though if u can and reintroduce him to dogs the right way etc.....

well said blaze he still a young dog and he can deff be brought back into line with a little bit work

All of the above but at the moment, he's really down and that upsets me.

nic01354 wrote:God what an awful subject! All of it is a worry - even the fact that she will prob only live for 13 more years! Im such a worrier! Im trying to give her the best life possible!!

That's one of my worries too I cry my eyes out reading about other people's pets dying so I don't know how I'm going to live when Prince, or my two cats and two rabbits die One of my cats is missing at the moment, so I'm worried he's dead I think Prince may be missing him too.

All of above, BUT
I have a phobia of toads and I get a bit over protected of Saffy & Pingu...
One time Saffy ran to far in the backyard at night, I didn't go after her because I was terrified and I panicked and called her back, she came to me with a frothy mouth..... this was about 8 weeks old...
Ever since then I try to cover every toad hole, search the yard for toads, and I now have a 3m x 3m pen for Saffy & Pingu to pee in which is 1m high and no toad can squeeze into. I also carry them into it, luckily Saffy is a small staffy weighing 14kg(30lbs) at 11months and probably fully grown(hopefully).
I know I'm a little bit overprotective about toads, but since I'm the care taker and they are my responsibility.... plus I have had nightmares of toads since I was little.... it makes life a little more easier if I know my pups are safe.

All of them, but theft I do worry about a lot, as I couldn't bear he thouh of her being treated curely. I would hope I could soemthing to change the other things.

All of the above But he is safe right now!

All of the above! I don't want to think about any of this!!

two things really...one is that he'll be stolen and the other is that he'll get out when I'm not home. He's a typical Staffy...thinks every human is his friend and wants to play but is not fond of anything else with 4 legs. He's micro-chipped and would have his collar with his rego on but it's the trouble he could get into that frightens me.

I thought about it and I chose theft because if Saxon was stolen it would probably be for fighting and I know he would be terrible at it because he loves everything with a beating heart and that means he would end up being used as bait/training. I don't even want to think about my sweet little love in that position!!