Okay, so this is ALL hypothetical, but I did get a little up in arms about it and wanted some other people's input.
So, I'm chatting with a friend of mine today who has a lab that's the same age as Shelby, almost two. I dog-sat this lab for three weeks last month, she's a GREAT dog! She totally has that lab "will to please" and would keel over and die if you asked it of her. My friend has done a so-so job of training her, he uses pretty rudimentary techniques, believes in rubbing their faces in their potty accidents and such, but she is well behaved in spite of it. This is his first dog, they have had no major issues whatsoever. Or minor ones that I know of, come to think of it.
So anyways, he says to me, "Well, now I know that she's good with small dogs." I asked him what happened, and he proceeds to tell me how he had been playing with her off leash at a park, and she spotted a little pug and went running for it. The pug was also off leash. Now that in and of itself doesn't sit well with me, I'm not okay with offleash, but then he says, "Good thing, too. If she had shown any signs of bad behavior I would have had to put her down. Can't have an aggressive dog around." I told him I didn't wish to pursue this conversation track and we let it go at that.
Okay, here's where I want other people's input. To me, if he put a dog down for chasing and possibly catching and injuring a small dog that's punishing the dog for his mistake of 1) allowing the dog off leash with strange dogs around and 2) allowing the dog off leash without appropriate obedience, namely a solid recall.
Agree? Not?