I had a chocalate lab that was about 2 years old. One day,...

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Question by Chris Saalwaechter
Submitted on 3/28/2004
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I had a chocalate lab that was about 2 years old. One day, me and my wife was in the backyard giving her a bath and she ran off after another dog. When we finally caught up with her, she had grabbed another dog by the scruff of the neck and continued to rip and thrash the smaller dog about. Make a long story short, the smaller dog had to have about 65 stiches due to my lab attacking her. What would make labs attack other dogs, and if they attack other dogs, could they attack humans or small children? The lab was imbred and when I researched her AKC registration I found out that she was not inbread. What would cause this?

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Answer by PEACHEZ
Submitted on 12/31/2004
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WOW THAT HAD TO BE A LITTLE STRANGE AS LABS ARE USUALLY SO GENTLE. DOES THE LAB PLAY WITH HIS TOYS ROUGH? DOES PLAYING "TUG OF WAR" MAKE HIM GROWL? IS HE HYPER?

Answer by christina Paoff
Submitted on 3/11/2005
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One day everyone was gone and i was at school .My Chocolate lab was out and tor apart the house and chewed everything. she also knocked down the plants and dirt was everywhere . one day in our old house she ran outside and her paw got ran over.She Broke it th e mail man ran her paw over.

Answer by Lance Harrison
Submitted on 3/31/2005
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Because it's a natural dog' instinct to fight for what it think'sis it' terrotory.

Answer by lab lover
Submitted on 11/7/2005
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The dog was protecting its territory! 2nd if you called it back and it did not come then there is a training problem or trust, between you and your dog! I have 2 labs and they are very loyal, loving, and protective, but they need to know who is in charge of the pecking order and it's not them! Good luck, Jk from Illinois

Answer by FRANK
Submitted on 6/19/2007
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THE DOG NEEDED TO FEEL DOMINATE, DON'T LET YOUR PET EVER THINK THAT IS A GOOD THING

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