So I got my pup from a family litter and I was matched with 2 other pups from the same litter.
Im amazed at how different the composition is between the dogs. They are siblings.
This post is a bit sensitive.
My partner has a 1.8 year old Bull Mastiff. Hes not yet neutered and we are waiting for him to hit the 2 year mark.
We had a friend's dog stay with us last night due to an emergency. This is a tiny doodle style dog (think 20lbs at best compared to the 150 lbs mastiff)
We did a meet and great and everything went great. Our BullMastiff was curious as the smaller one was also not fixed at 6 years old. We knew the initial introduction can be tense so we prepped really well.
They dropped him last night and left. The dogs settled fine and slept in the same room with zero interference or correction.
Today afternoon, the smaller dog hopped onto our couch and started barking (possibly play barking and scratching at my partner). Our boy came running and grabbed the smaller dog by the neck with little to no warning. It was over within seconds. My partner was shocked and immediately rushed the dog to the emergency. The mastiff has no history of biting. The little dog was extremely humpy and loud from the get go.
Where do we go from here?. Our vet who is very familiar with the dog mentioned this as a "fluke". He is very well trained but we believe he perceived it as a threat to his mother. He is very protective of his mom as they have gone through abuse from an ex partner.
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I dropped my girlfriend off at Plato’s Closet in Burlington today. While she was in line for checkout, a young child (maybe 4 or 5 years old) started repeatedly calling her a "robber" and a "stealer."
My girlfriend is non-white and was likely the only person of colour in the store at the time. What makes this worse is that the parents were right there and dint bother to correct the kid or say a word. After this went on for several minutes, my girlfriend finally looked at the child and said she hoped she would grow up to be intelligent enough to actually learn about history and culture.
She’s handling it fine, but Im honestly disgusted. A kid that age doesn't just come up with that. They are mirroring what they hear at home.
We’re from Brantford, and I’m genuinely shocked. The butlington Im used to has always been great and was more multicultural and "educated," but this was a blatant reality check. Is this how it is in the city now?