I don't know what breed you bought, but it sounds more like a dog trained for fighting than for obedience. First of all, he wouldn't be much good for obedience if he was attacking the bait. Sounds like you were taken for a big, long ride. Peggy Rachel & Richard Anderson wrote: >We bought a dog 18 years ago who was "obedience" trained using baby bunnies >and kittens tucked into the breast pocket (we found this out after the >incident I am about to share) and used as a "reward" . >We knew he was hot for our house cats, but it never occurred to us something >like that "training" technique existed. One day we were driving down the >road, dog way in the back of SUV, 3 month old baby in car seat, hubby and I >in front. The baby gave a little "mew" type cry, just a little squeak and >BOOM! the dog went for him. I had to hurl myself over the baby, my husband >is in major traffic trying to hold a 100 lb. dog off of me and the baby. >That dog cost us $3700 18 years ago, but he was GONE. > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================