If a gentle, obedient, family dog suddenly bites there is usually a jolly good reason!

5th November 2009

I have just completed a written report for a dog that I have been asked to assess for a court case. She is one of the sweetest dogs I have ever met and I am appalled, though not surprised, that she has a destruction order on her for allegedly biting someone. I obviously cannot go into details about this case, but if we do not win the appeal I will be devastated as will her owner. I video my assessments when I am called in to temperament test dogs that are the subject of court cases, and the video shows nothing other than a sweet, friendly, loving, wonderful dog. I do not know what happened around the event that has brought misery and distress to her owner as I was not there at the time. Of course I do not condone dogs biting people but if a gentle, obedient, family dog suddenly bites there is usually a jolly good reason.

As I am writing this, the dreaded fireworks are going off all around my farm and my house. I have left the animals at home with Tony to come back to the yard to do late hay and check that the horses are coping with the noise. We have left all the lights on in the barn to reduce the impact of the flashes and classical music is playing loudly to diffuse the sounds. The donkeys, horses and dogs are doing well as are all the animals at home. I have never enjoyed fireworks. As a child they really hurt my ears and I cannot imagine how intolerable they must be for animals whose sense of hearing is so much greater than ours.

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