The best online Debate website - DebateIsland.com! The only Online Debate Website with Casual, Persuade Me, Formalish, and Formal Online Debate formats. We’re the Leading Online Debate website. Debate popular topics, Debate news, or Debate anything! Debate online for free! dogs should be loved and respected.in General

YeshuaRedeemed

I have had a dog get help for me when I was at risk of serious injury, and in severe pain due to falling off my porch. Dogs are faithful, and forgiving, and I believe dogs have the right to be loved, and respected, no matter what they do. Change my mind?

CheckerbordStrangler

Plaffelvohfen said:

@YeshuaRedeemed

I believe dogs have the right to be loved, and respected, no matter what they do. 

I like dogs, every animal really but if a dog attacks me or my kids, I'll kill it without a second thought...

Firsthand experience with that here, unfortunately.
We had two dogs at one point, a Cocker Spaniel and a Toy Poodle. 
The neighbors two dogs were Boxer/Mastiff mix, and they dislodged a board in their fence, came into our back yard and one of them pretty much bit our Poodle almost in half, and we were faced with the tragic task of having to have him euthanized.
Our neighbor paid all the bills and expressed remorse about it but I nevertheless informed him that I had no choice but to view both his dogs as vicious. The older one of the animals died recently but the killer dog still lives with them, and I view that animal as a threat to our new dog** AND my wife, who is disabled and lives in a power wheelchair.

And I've informed my neighbor, quite politely, that if his dog gets loose again, I'll have no choice but to shoot it dead if I see it running around on my property. And it's something I hope I never have to do, because it's not as if I view the dog as evil, just poorly trained and poorly socialized. But I have to put my animals and my loved ones first anyway.

(** Our old Cocker Spaniel eventually died of natural causes due to age)

(Betty Boop, aka "Boopers")

RyanHough

why would anyone want to change your mind!!! are you just looking for an argument? If you don't care for your animal you don't deserve its loyalty and you don't deserve the animal either. This is a stupid subject and I advise anyone looking at this post to ignore it. The only people who would try to convince @YeshuaRedeemed otherwise are idiots and should be charged with animal cruelty.

RyanHough

that is if they have been cruel to an animal

YeshuaRedeemed

@RyanHough I am not cruel to animals, I am just presenting material for debate. I love animals as my little neighbors.

RyanHough

This "material" is not good for debate. good day

YeshuaRedeemed

@RyanHough I love and respect dogs, and would like to debate this.

AlofRI

I agree, but, not just dogs.

I had a German Shepard, a show dog that was trained to obey hand signals. Smart and beautiful. He (likely) saved my life once. I was driving home in a blizzard in Maine (night shift). About a quarter mile from home I hit a snow drift in the middle of the road at about 2am. I had to walk the rest of the way. When I started walking I was almost instantly snow-blinded and disoriented. I couldn't even find my car again. I started yelling for "Ricky" ( AKC name: Count Eric of Sano). A few minutes later a shadow was licking my hand. I grabbed his collar, said "home" and he led me through the 2+ft of snow.

Another time, same dog. We had to leave my 3 yr. old daughter with our 94 year old Grandmother for about an hour every day. (She still travelled to Florida every year to visit friends). Anyway, my daughter had gotten out and wandered into the middle of Rt. 202. She was about to panic when she saw Ricky come around the house, run into the road and force my daughter back to the yard.

There is no "debate" here. If anyone doesn't "respect dogs", they are disrespecting man's best friend. Then again, if one does not respect the wrong dog, they may wish they had. Respect them one way or the other. A young man was killed by 4 dogs he was caring for, for someone else, here in RI last week. I don't know what caused it, but, like MAN, they can be the best friend … or dangerous.

Plaffelvohfen

@YeshuaRedeemed

I believe dogs have the right to be loved, and respected, no matter what they do. 

I like dogs, every animal really but if a dog attacks me or my kids, I'll kill it without a second thought...

YeshuaRedeemed

AlofRI said:

I agree, but, not just dogs.

I had a German Shepard, a show dog that was trained to obey hand signals. Smart and beautiful. He (likely) saved my life once. I was driving home in a blizzard in Maine (night shift). About a quarter mile from home I hit a snow drift in the middle of the road at about 2am. I had to walk the rest of the way. When I started walking I was almost instantly snow-blinded and disoriented. I couldn't even find my car again. I started yelling for "Ricky" ( AKC name: Count Eric of Sano). A few minutes later a shadow was licking my hand. I grabbed his collar, said "home" and he led me through the 2+ft of snow.

Another time, same dog. We had to leave my 3 yr. old daughter with our 94 year old Grandmother for about an hour every day. (She still travelled to Florida every year to visit friends). Anyway, my daughter had gotten out and wandered into the middle of Rt. 202. She was about to panic when she saw Ricky come around the house, run into the road and force my daughter back to the yard.

There is no "debate" here. If anyone doesn't "respect dogs", they are disrespecting man's best friend. Then again, if one does not respect the wrong dog, they may wish they had. Respect them one way or the other. A young man was killed by 4 dogs he was caring for, for someone else, here in RI last week. I don't know what caused it, but, like MAN, they can be the best friend … or dangerous.

Agreed. I love and respect all animals. Dogs just happen to be my favorite animal. Should I change the title?