Today, my 175-pound rottweiler I've raised since a puppy watched me get jumped and robbed of my phone and money in my yard. An hour later, he hopped the fence and chased the mail man down the street after he leaned on the fence for a second. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was taking my dog for a walk and got robbed at knifepoint. The robber made away with my phone, cash, and debit cards… and the French Bulldog I’m still making monthly payments for. FML
Today, my 97-pound pitbull wagged and chased his tail while I was being mugged. FML
Today, I was pickpocketed. I didn't realize until I stopped to get breakfast. I went back home to see that my dog had taken my wallet and had ripped and torn it up. I was pickpocketed by my own dog. FML
Today, I got mugged while walking my dog. He seemed to be OK with it. FML
Today, my boyfriend's vicious dog, which he got as a security measure and growls and barks at me whenever I go near it, was caught on our security camera playing like a puppy with a burglar, while the other two burglars cleaned out all our valuables. FML
Today, my dogs broke through our electric fence, one of whom managed to get his collar off. I picked it up and, without thinking, went across the fence line. I screamed like a chihuahua being run over by a bulldozer. FML
Today, my house was robbed. My two 70-pound German Shepherds obeyed me when I told them to attack. They also obeyed the robber when he said, "Sit". FML
Today, I took my dog to the park. While chatting with another dog owner, my dog managed to steal their sandwich and ran off with it. I had to chase my sandwich-thieving dog through the entire park. FML
Today, my fully grown, 90-pound German Shepherd sniffed and wagged his tail as a guy mugged me. FML
Today, as I was going to check the mail, a huge dog ran into my house. The closest room with a door was the bathroom so I slammed myself inside and screamed for help. We live far from any neighbors and my phone was outside, so there was no hope of rescue. It paced outside the door for four hours. FML
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joea21 21
Everyone knows the mailman is the dogs arch-nemesis
skellingtonfart 18
You can't rely on your dog to protect you, when it comes down to it, they're probably just as scared and confused as you are in that situation, no matter how big and scary they look!
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VampOfSavannah 31
If your dog had attacked the robber, or anyone for that matter, there is no doubt he would have to be put to sleep. As unfortunate as it is that your phone was stolen, you would have felt a lot worse if your dog had to be taken away from you. Phones can be replaced, loved ones cannot.
Catahoulaqueen_fml 17
It's sad how true this is. your dog defends you, even saves your life, but they can be murdered for it.maybe if you weren't mugging people, you wouldn't get bit!!
sehrgutmann 19
Your dog probably didn't think you were very threatened. If you didn't scream enough or seem like you were in pain it might have not known you were in real danger.
purebliss_fml 19
I would like to know how you reacted in the situation. Did you yell a lot in fear as he jumped you or were you quiet and submissive? Did you allow him to take the belongings without fighting back and making much fuss? (which is how one should react anyway because you never know if a robber has a weapon). Dogs usually defend their owners when they hear a lot of defensive yelling and identify fear in the voice of their owner, otherwise he may just not have known you were in any danger.
Dinoporeon 9
You should have raised him to attack on command and stop on command. I trained my cat to do that. It took a lot of time.
Enslaved 38
OP, if your dog is able to jump your fence, you really need to get that fixed. What if he attacks, bites a passerby? I doubt you'd want to have to put him down, have to register him as a dangerous dog and/or have to get liability insurance because he was able to get loose that one time. Be a better dog owner for his sake.
oneofthosegirls_fml 11
Just be thankful that the mailman didn't sue you.
VampOfSavannah 31
Why would OP get sued just because his dog chased someone? Unless the dog bit the mailman, there is no reason to sue.
KimmyCupZ 21
Perhaps you should enrol you and your dog in protection classes? :)
ZacQuack 2
Am I the only one who thinks 175lbs is a bit exaggerated? My best friends bull mastiff is only 140lbs and is a much larger dog than a Rottweiler. But that's just me
macystar 14
He could be over weight? You never know.
VampOfSavannah 31
Maybe OP is killing his dog with kindness... (Over feeding)
little_one1 14
I have a 150lb German blockhead rotty. He's not over or under weight. He was just bred to be massive. My boyfriend says Zeus' dad was scary as shit to see because he was so huge, but Zeus won't get as big.
shortbushemi 4
I was thinking the exact same thing.
stripepanther 10
we used to have a pink papered rottweiler that was over 180 pounds all muscle. He was that big because of his purebred line and just how he was raised so its not inconceivable for them to be that large
Stevieray20 13
Op, if you live in a bad area or this is just by bad luck. I suggest u get urself a nice .380 or .9mm handgun to carry on ur side. You live in america. Use ur rights b4 obama takes them away
RedFoxRosie 9
I never trained my dog to protect me, he did it on his own, even against people he'd known forever. Any little thing that made me squeak and he was on it. Dogs are like people though in that they each have their own personalities and thoughts. Sorry yours wasn't quite lined up the way you wanted it to be OP!
Wonder_Woman257 11
I have a German Shepard (I have 5 dogs total) and we never taught her to guard but when my grandma was pet sitting she was charged by a Rottweiler, and our GS held the Rottweiler down by the neck until my grandma was a distance away.
Wonder_Woman257 11
Oops I meant 4
SHAMUS_the_WITTY 18
My Dad's Saint Bernard single-handedly fought off three of my neighbor's Pitbulls that had gotten through the fence into his backyard and were attacking my Dad. And by "fought off," I mean "Beat the shit out of." And this was a dog that has never growled at anything in his life. He doesn't even mind cats.