“ Dogs are amazing animals to bad the jewish community is brought up to hate them and fear them, if our community would have known how to love this animal, this child would have never thrown any stones on this lovely dog, and a mother and child would have not been in the hospital with life threatening injuries. ”

“ I recently bought dog spray to carry with me just in case I encounter a stray dog. Relatively cheap and better safe than sorry. ”

“ I had these next-door neighbors who were breeding pit bulls. Nasty, vicious mutts who didn't stop barking all day and all night. They got through the fence on the opposite side and attacked the neighbor.

A few weeks later, they threw all their stuff in an old van and split the joint. I guess the neighbor served them. ”

“ Dogs are amazing animals to bad the jewish community is brought up to hate them and fear them, if our community would have known how to love this animal, this child would have never thrown any stones on this lovely dog, and a mother and child would have not been in the hospital with life threatening injuries. ”

“ Dogs are amazing animals to bad the jewish community is brought up to hate them and fear them, if our community would have known how to love this animal, this child would have never thrown any stones on this lovely dog, and a mother and child would have not been in the hospital with life threatening injuries. ”

“ Dogs are amazing animals to bad the jewish community is brought up to hate them and fear them, if our community would have known how to love this animal, this child would have never thrown any stones on this lovely dog, and a mother and child would have not been in the hospital with life threatening injuries. ”

“ Every so often, I overhear mothers telling scared kids "don't worry, the dog won't bite you," and encouraging them not to be afraid and not to keep away.

As I have responded to quite a few Hatzolah calls involving dog bites, I always want to ask the mother how she knows the dog won't bite.

At every dog bite call I have responded to, the dog had bitten unprovoked. ”

“ It is not a yidishe thing to own a dog in this crazy world behamos are part of the family and treated like humans this is not the Torah way. I have seen yidden in flatbush walking dogs on shabbos is this normal that what you do on shabbos take a walk with your dog(family) having pets in your house should not go past a turtle ”

“ Most people in our communities don't hate or fear dogs. Its that we have more important things in our lives like raising beautiful families, and learning Torah and doing acts of kindness, and so most of us don't have the time or frankly any interest in raising an animal. Its people who don't have all of the above and have nothing else are busy with their dog(s). I have yet to see a married man who has to support a family or a mother of kids walking a dog in the park. Its usually the lonely people who have no dependants and no job who are walking their dogs. The next time you see a mother of kids walking a dog in the park, you let us know. ”

“ Every so often, I overhear mothers telling scared kids "don't worry, the dog won't bite you," and encouraging them not to be afraid and not to keep away.

As I have responded to quite a few Hatzolah calls involving dog bites, I always want to ask the mother how she knows the dog won't bite.

At every dog bite call I have responded to, the dog had bitten unprovoked. ”

“ Your comments shows me you don’t know a thing about dogs, usually dogs never bite unprovoked, they feel humans fear and that by itself provokes the dog to be on guard and protect if necessary. Even if a small baby tries to play with the dog, if it is a sudden move the dog will bite only to protect itself. ”

“ Your comments shows me you don’t know a thing about dogs, usually dogs never bite unprovoked, they feel humans fear and that by itself provokes the dog to be on guard and protect if necessary. Even if a small baby tries to play with the dog, if it is a sudden move the dog will bite only to protect itself. ”

“ Why don't all you ofgeklerte professional dog owners and defenders tell us poor ghetto yiddelech how to deal with dogs? ”

“ It is not a yidishe thing to own a dog in this crazy world behamos are part of the family and treated like humans this is not the Torah way. I have seen yidden in flatbush walking dogs on shabbos is this normal that what you do on shabbos take a walk with your dog(family) having pets in your house should not go past a turtle ”

“ Here you have it ladies and gentleman a very classical case of a hater of other Yidden trying to dictate to them how to live. Nowhere in the Torah does it say a Yid cannot own a dog, and yes a Yid IS permitted to walk a dog on Shabbos in Flatbush and anywhere else.

Please stay in your small minded old ghetto world and leave us alone. ”

“ The key is your use of the word "usually."

True, usually dogs don't bite unprovoked, but sometimes they do, so keep away. ”

“ I'm sorry but u must be a dog owner otherwise you would know the other side of the stories how dogs killed babies out of jealousy and they did in fact jump on people for no good reason, the reader digest had all those stories in one issue and it was enough to see that an animal will always stay one!!! ”

“ You just stated that if a baby makes a sudden move, the dog WILL bite. It's irrelevant whether it's to "protect" itself or not! And many humans have a p h o b i a--they are scared. Is that a reason for them to be attacked, because the dog senses their fear?! Don't humans come before animals, after all?!

The poor child. A complete refuah shleimah to him and his mother. It boggles the mind to see people making negative comments about them at such a time ”

“ Most people in our communities don't hate or fear dogs. Its that we have more important things in our lives like raising beautiful families, and learning Torah and doing acts of kindness, and so most of us don't have the time or frankly any interest in raising an animal. Its people who don't have all of the above and have nothing else are busy with their dog(s). I have yet to see a married man who has to support a family or a mother of kids walking a dog in the park. Its usually the lonely people who have no dependants and no job who are walking their dogs. The next time you see a mother of kids walking a dog in the park, you let us know. ”

“ I had these next-door neighbors who were breeding pit bulls. Nasty, vicious mutts who didn't stop barking all day and all night. They got through the fence on the opposite side and attacked the neighbor.

A few weeks later, they threw all their stuff in an old van and split the joint. I guess the neighbor served them. ”

“ Most people in our communities don't hate or fear dogs. Its that we have more important things in our lives like raising beautiful families, and learning Torah and doing acts of kindness, and so most of us don't have the time or frankly any interest in raising an animal. Its people who don't have all of the above and have nothing else are busy with their dog(s). I have yet to see a married man who has to support a family or a mother of kids walking a dog in the park. Its usually the lonely people who have no dependants and no job who are walking their dogs. The next time you see a mother of kids walking a dog in the park, you let us know. ”

“ There is no issur in owning a dog, unless it is a כלב רע, but it is not a Jewish thing to do. Jews have never been dog-owners. Even the ovos, who were shepherds, did not own dogs. Yaacov's present to Esav is specified in great detail, and included no dogs. The Mitzrim had dogs, as we see from the fact that they are rewarded for not having barked when we left.

Besides being a "goyishe thing", there are specific halachos about having dogs around humans. The mishneh in Bovo Kamo says לא יגדל אדם את הכלב אלא אם כן היה קשור בשלשלת. And in Shabbos the gemoro says: כל המגדל כלב רע בתוך ביתו מונע חסד מתוך ביתו... אף פורק ממנו יראת שמים..

The Maharshal says כלב רע היינו סתם כלב, שהוא מנבח על כל מי שאינו מכיר, ומחמת נביחתו הוא קרוי רע, אף שאינו נושך, So the only dog that one may have is one who doesn't bark at people, let alone attack them. ”

“ Dogs are amazing animals to bad the jewish community is brought up to hate them and fear them, if our community would have known how to love this animal, this child would have never thrown any stones on this lovely dog, and a mother and child would have not been in the hospital with life threatening injuries. ”

“ If you have a dog next door that bothers you, I have one word for you - chocolate. Dogs love it (just like people do) and it's deadly poison for them. Nebich.The more cocoa solids (think baker's chocolate) the better. ”

“ Boys should play with other boys, not with dogs. ”

“ Most people in our communities don't hate or fear dogs. Its that we have more important things in our lives like raising beautiful families, and learning Torah and doing acts of kindness, and so most of us don't have the time or frankly any interest in raising an animal. Its people who don't have all of the above and have nothing else are busy with their dog(s). I have yet to see a married man who has to support a family or a mother of kids walking a dog in the park. Its usually the lonely people who have no dependants and no job who are walking their dogs. The next time you see a mother of kids walking a dog in the park, you let us know. ”

“ Most people in our communities don't hate or fear dogs. Its that we have more important things in our lives like raising beautiful families, and learning Torah and doing acts of kindness, and so most of us don't have the time or frankly any interest in raising an animal. Its people who don't have all of the above and have nothing else are busy with their dog(s). I have yet to see a married man who has to support a family or a mother of kids walking a dog in the park. Its usually the lonely people who have no dependants and no job who are walking their dogs. The next time you see a mother of kids walking a dog in the park, you let us know. ”

“ If you have a dog next door that bothers you, I have one word for you - chocolate. Dogs love it (just like people do) and it's deadly poison for them. Nebich.The more cocoa solids (think baker's chocolate) the better. ”

“ It is not a yidishe thing to own a dog in this crazy world behamos are part of the family and treated like humans this is not the Torah way. I have seen yidden in flatbush walking dogs on shabbos is this normal that what you do on shabbos take a walk with your dog(family) having pets in your house should not go past a turtle ”

“ I will let you know. I have a dog myself and taught it to sit, stay ect. It is not as if my family is lonely or anything- we a re a run-of-the-mill family. A dog teaches the kids responsibility, caring ect. It is almost as if they have a younger sibling that needs to be fed, taken care of ect- so that they will be able to take care of a new sibling/neice/nephew ect.
I am offended by your comment that it is "usually the lonely people who have no dependants (sic) and no job who are walking their dogs...." While this may be the case for some, it isn't for all. At the same time, sometimes it is the lonely people who need the animals the most- an elderly grandmother of mine that I am close to just lost her husband of 60+ years. She is obviously mourning but she knows that there is something to take care of- the dog her husband A"H adored. She must get on in her life, and has admitted such to me, and the dog is what is helping her to cope. Family tries to visit as much as possible but it isn't feasible all the time.
Please dont bundle a group of people in one fell swoop- we are all different and are NORMAL! Dont judge until you know the facts. Thank you. ”

“ A) You are NOT cool.
B) You can raise "beautiful families and learn Torah and do acts of kindness while owning a dog.
C) The reason you have not seen people with dogs is because you live in a small world that you think begins and ends there.
D) There is nothing wrong with "lonely people" having a dog to make their lives better.
E) Don't be such a k'nocker about your beautiful life, bragging is not a Torah quality. ”

“ A) You are NOT cool.
B) You can raise "beautiful families and learn Torah and do acts of kindness while owning a dog.
C) The reason you have not seen people with dogs is because you live in a small world that you think begins and ends there.
D) There is nothing wrong with "lonely people" having a dog to make their lives better.
E) Don't be such a k'nocker about your beautiful life, bragging is not a Torah quality. ”

“ I stand corrected on one of your points that you made about what I said that its usually the lonely and people who have no dependants are usually the ones that have dogs. You are right that while it is usually the case its not always, as you said there are many families that have dogs. Having said that I find it very odd that your elderly grandmother after losing her husband of sixty years is as you say turning to her dog for comfort and its helping her cope. For the life of me I cannot understand that your grandmother (correct me if I'm wrong) has children and grandchildren ( yes I read what you said that its not always feasable) and yet she turns to her dog to help her cope. With all due respect there is something wrong somewhere. ”

“ I stand corrected on one of your points that you made about what I said that its usually the lonely and people who have no dependants are usually the ones that have dogs. You are right that while it is usually the case its not always, as you said there are many families that have dogs. Having said that I find it very odd that your elderly grandmother after losing her husband of sixty years is as you say turning to her dog for comfort and its helping her cope. For the life of me I cannot understand that your grandmother (correct me if I'm wrong) has children and grandchildren ( yes I read what you said that its not always feasable) and yet she turns to her dog to help her cope. With all due respect there is something wrong somewhere. ”

“ I just read your post again - you come across as a very bitter person, and thus the dog. And so you have just proven my point that ON THE WHOLE its people like you who have nothing else but the dog. Go feed your dog. ”

“ If I ever found you poisoning my dog, you'd better be wearing bullet proof underwear. ”

“ So you believe it's right to poison an innocent creature and watch it die in agony because it "bothers" you. I should be amazed that such disgusting, heartless cruelty would come out of the mouth of a Jew. ”

“ that is not p'sak halacha. ”

“ To those who say owning dogs "isn't Jewish" all I can say is horsefeathers. For most of our history we have been farmers, shepherds, stockmen and other country folk. If you're any of those you need dogs. It's only since we moved to the cities and gave up the work of our ancestors that we forgot the ancient partnership.

If you haven't had dogs do not know what you're talking about. With very few exceptions they are loyal, friendly, loving and absolutely devoted to their owners. The exceptions are almost always the fault of owners who neglect or mistreat them. We lost our beloved dog after fourteen years. She protected our home, adored children and cats and frankly loved us more than we deserved. If chesids were like her we wouldn't need rabbis.

According to the article the kid threw a rock at the dog which then attacked him. If you attack someone don't be surprised if they react like that. Shame on him. But mostly shame on his parents for teaching him that it's alright to hurt animals who have done nothing to hurt you. That sort of casual cruelty is a sin. Better the parents should have been mauled and the dog returned to its owner. ”

“ Maybe.

A vicious dog, that barks out loud and strains at the leash to decimate any and all passers-by? Yes.

I used to live next door to a pair of such dogs.

Note the past tense in the preceding sentence. ”

“ No? Then what is it? ”

“ Maybe.

A vicious dog, that barks out loud and strains at the leash to decimate any and all passers-by? Yes.

I used to live next door to a pair of such dogs.

Note the past tense in the preceding sentence. ”

“ You are wrong. As I've already shown, the ovos, who were shepherds, did NOT have dogs. ”

“ Nope. You're wrong. There's plenty of archeological evidence that Jews had dogs in ancient Israel and in the Diaspora. ”

“ You support poisoning dogs who bark? Are you insane?

Cruelty to animals is a sign of being a psychopath. ”

“ I'll point out, however, that parents of autistic children - lo aleynu - often buy their children dogs, as somehow the dogs are said to be therapeutic to the children. One of my friends/neighbors in CH did just that, for as long as his child was alive. ”

“ Did you not see the HALACHA I quoted above? It is FORBIDDEN to keep a dog that barks at people and frightens them. Poisoning such a dog would be a mitzvah. ”

“ If they're attacking people, call animal control. Call the police. Otherwise you're a sadistic thug, a poisoner and a disgrace. ”

“ If they're attacking people, call animal control. Call the police. Otherwise you're a sadistic thug, a poisoner and a disgrace. ”

“ If they're attacking people, call animal control. Call the police. Otherwise you're a sadistic thug, a poisoner and a disgrace. ”

“ Call the police? Isn't that ... mesirah? ”

“ It's the right thing to do. It's the law. And it's certainly better than being a sadistic poisoner. ”

“ Millhouse, you must be a latecomer. In the alter heim, every family had a dog and every dog had a family! ”

“ I can't tell whether you're joking or unfortunately serious. Of course this is not true. In the alter heim Jews did not have dogs. Jewish houses contained cats, and chickens, but no dogs. The poretz had a dog, and the Jews were afraid of it. ”