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by GSDGenetics on 02 March 2009 - 09:03
A thorough assessment of ALL the FACTS of the situation would need to be made before it could be determined what contributed to the attack and injury. Nine times out of ten at least, when someone is bitten, the fault is caused by human error or oversight or ignorance.
How old was this dog and how well socialized is the dog?
How long had the owner had him? (A dog should be bonded to a new owner, have learned to respect the new owner, want to please the new owner and be willing to work for the new owner, the new owner should be able to control the dog, etc, all before entering into a situation such as the one described here.)
How much experience in training and handling GSDs did the owner have? (I've seen people buy SchH titled dogs, but didn't know how to work the dogs at all, and didn't have the knowledge or experience to gain respect from the dog.)
If the decoy and handler were close together or in contact with each other, did the dog simply accidentally grab the wrong person in the excited frenzy of the situation? Excitement and enthusiasm are encouraged in SchH sport and it's possible for a dog to be so excited that his judgment is clouded.
These are just a few points to consider when trying to interpret a dogbite situation. Too often people just assume it was all the dog's fault.
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