Syko. Is that pronounced "psycho" or "sicko"?
August 8, 2023
Speaking of the charm of the French language....
"The quaint little shop on the Upper East Side is New York City’s only store dedicated to French children’s books. But lately, the shop, La Librairie des Enfants, has earned a more sinister distinction: It has been the sometime home of Syko, a 98-pound white German shepherd with a penchant for eviscerating smaller dogs...."
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I never understood why people want to own aggressive dogs.
en Francais: seeko. seek seek seek…
“Latest victim”? There have been others? Put down the dog and the owner too.
Either way, I’d keep my distance from any dog (or cat) named Psycho, Sicko or Sic-o. Any human for that matter.
>Syko will turn 2 on Tuesday. Ms. Hudson said Monday she was considering putting him to sleep.
“There is really something wrong with Syko,” she said through tears, “and I don’t know what to do.”<
The court appreciates your radically shortening the court time in the civil suits against you, Ms. Hudson.
NYC, as I understand it, has a “one bite rule.” Your dog (cat, etc.) is allowed by law to bite one individual before liability becomes an issue. That’s crazy.
"Da poodle was askin' for it." - eye witness testimony
There are plenty of reasons to own an aggressive dog, but none of them are compatible with running a 'quaint' little French children's books shop in the city. And anybody that names such a dog an ambiguous derivative of 'psycho' and then parks him in the shop from time to time is relishing their delicious eccentricities a little too much, for some really unhealthy reasons - especially from a liability point of view. Maybe it's time for some bruiser to pay a visit with a very large Cane Corso.
How does a store dedicated to children's books written in French stay open in NYC? That's an awfully specific clientele.
I've seen a big dog attack a little dog (and its owner). It's a horrible experience. Foolishly or valiantly, I stepped in and made the dog retreat until police arrived. The man, crying, protected his dog with his body until his wife could arrive and drive them to the vet. His little dog survived, luckily, but he never walked it down the street again. The police locked the big dog back in its yard (the pool guy had left the gate unlatched), and nothing further happened to it. I'd prefer the harshest of penalties for this kind of terror.
is the dog also at La Libraire?
how goes dog with children?
somrthing missing from story???
While it is true that I hate small dogs, I also don't think we know exactly how the toy pissed off the Shepard. In my experience tiny dogs have an attitude which sometimes requires attitude adjustment by larger dogs. Don't think we should be judgmental when that happens.
Realize this is not popular attitude, but not overly concerned when someone loses lunch on a leash that was bred as a fashion accessory.
Apologize if I have gravely misread the facts. but don't trust nytimes even on dog bites dog story.
FWIW, the name of the dog is not French at all. Syko is a Finnish word which means "heart rate" ... SEE-ko
No self respecting French bookstore would own a white German shepherd
They have a white Alsatian
Pronounced psycho by a definite sicko.
Syco only bites tiny doggies. He's obviously the runt rejected by Joe Biden in favor of Commander.
"I never understood why people want to own aggressive dogs."
Watch the Tarrantino movie "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood." That neatly captures the fantasy of every pit bull owner.
Meade said...
NYC, as I understand it, has a “one bite rule.”
generally that sort of law is construed that your yellow lab is presumed innocent until he bites
but if you knew or should have known your lab was aggressive, or you trained him that way, or beat your pit bull, one strike and start writing checks
Aggressive German....in a French zone....what could go wrong...
"Baby the toy poodle died"
And we all collectively went,
Awww,
https://cdn.dribbble.com/users/6081640/screenshots/16740871/media/d4cd163a52deafae434069536c772fab.jpg?resize=400x0
What I’ve been told is that it’s not a big step for a large, aggressive dog to graduate from attacking small dogs to attacking small children. Let’s hope Sycko’s owner doesn’t wait to find out.
I have no idea why you would continue to let dogs in your bookstore when they're killing each other. I assume the owner of the toy poodle could sue the bookstore owner.
"In my experience, tiny dogs have an attitude [that sometimes] requires attitude adjustment by larger dogs."
Thanks in large part to the preferences of lonely women, many toy breeds exhibit extreme neoteny. Also known as paedomorphism, neoteny is the retention of juvenile or infant characteristics in adult animals. In the case of dogs, this is often manifested in floppy ears, changes in the reproductive cycle, curly tails, piebald coloration, fewer or shortened vertebrae, large eyes, rounded forehead, large ears, and shortened muzzle. In effect, most toy breeds resemble suckling puppies throughout their lives, even during sexual maturity when the behavior of male dogs often centers on territorial dominance. Being social animals, canines are often confused by the neotenous appearance of toy breeds. Their social instincts impose conflicting responses to aggressive or dominance-oriented behaviors. Consequently, toys get by with a lot of shit that would get them mauled if they looked like adults.
Syko. Is that pronounced "psycho" or "sicko"?
As Trump colorfully points out, that sicko psycho attack dog is pronounced Jack Smith.
"NYC, as I understand it, has a “one bite rule.” Your dog (cat, etc.) is allowed by law to bite one individual before liability becomes an issue. That’s crazy."
They also have a similar rule for people, but it is not as strict. You are allowed to assault someone multiple times before you are arrested.
Maybe Syco should be shipped to Rehoboth Beach where he can frolic with Biden's dog, Major.
Of course you would Kate.
Syko. Is that pronounced "psycho" or "sicko"?
The name’s Francis, but everybody calls me Psycho.
NYC, as I understand it, has a “one bite rule.”
It also helps facilitate the BDSM industry.
Like a scene out of an 80s movie.
People think that the one bite guide (not a rule as others have pointed out) that is used with people should apply when one dog bites another dog? Just because the toy poodle was named baby?
Tho I agree a gGerman Shepard might be a bad choice for a French bookstore, but not certain I can judge whether the owner had theft/robbery/vagrant problems at the store or during subway commute or otherwise
The aftermath of the Treaty of Versailles will ever be with us.*
*I don't agree with that that general proposition but it seemed funny in my head.
If there's one place in America where a French-language kids bookstore might make a go, I'd think it would be Upper Eastside NYC. The concentration of hyper-ambitious American parents and Francophone UN families might be market enough.
But I'm only a sometime visitor there, so what do I know?
Dangerous Dogs became a "public problem" in the 80s, having just been stray dogs playing with the kids in the centuries before that.
The dog pound was then for problem dogs, not stray dogs.
Stray dogs that did their stuff well got adopted. All dogs were much better socialized, in a huge amount, in those days. Dogs learn from being around people.
History and excellent unrelated social commentary in Vicki Hearne's Bandit.
Syko killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est?
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There are various stray dog channels on YouTube from parts of the world that haven't gone through the dangerous dog hysteria that the US has, that depicts what life was like for the US in the 50s, with dogs just roaming around. Some interacting closely with any stranger and others wary of closeness, depending on what kind of people they've encountered. This lady from far NE Ukraine has a daily post of feeding strays from all over, making a living with donations and using them partly to buy dog food
Dog Lady
Not all the dogs thirst for kibble but they all love wet dog food when she sticks that on top.
It's a sanctioned stray deal, in that some dogs have ears tagged meaning that they've been captured and spayed or neutered and rereleased by the state.
Some are in towns and the citizens passing by and dogs pay no attention to each other. That's dogs that have been made part of the citizenry.
A German bathed in all that Frenchiness lashes out.
The story identified the Shepard as a White German Shepard. No mention of the poodle's coloration. Does the GS have any history of attending white supremacist events? Has it expressed any subtle, unconscious color bias? Will the NY DA investigate this as a possible hate crime?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Skimmed the comments over there and, for once, the great majority and I agreed (and I didn't see Mr Trump's name once, derangement by pets temporarily muting that other sort). But many of those people would benefit from an evening class in remedial spelling: vicious is not viscous.
>Kate said...
The police locked the big dog back in its yard (the pool guy had left the gate unlatched), and nothing further happened to it. I'd prefer the harshest of penalties for this kind of terror.<
So you would execute the pool guy?! You wouldn't settle for life, maybe?
I live in the neighborhood. My barber is just a couple of stores down. It's on a side street. I don't think the rent is too severe. I've passed by it. The coffee shop looked intriguing but I never went in. The book shop is definitely a niche market, but NYC is a big city. Further up the street on Lexington Ave and 94 St, there's a cookbook store. Just recently there was a line outside the store that stretched for a block and a half. I thought maybe Taylor Swift had written a cookbook, but it was some person I never heard of, and they were all waiting to buy his book and get it autographed....I wonder if all this publicity will be good for business. Probably not among Yorkie owners, but perhaps it might stimulate interest in others who were not aware that there was a French language children's book store in existence. Maybe the parents can pick up an illustrated Proust and then go next door to debate the relative merits of Camus vs Sartre. Make a day of it.
there are no bad dogs, only bad owners.
"But many of those people would benefit from an evening class in remedial spelling: vicious is not viscous."
And lose is not loose. But I fear that ship has sailed
@Ice Nine -- hahaha! Hell, yes. He had one job.
My dog Katy killed a stray kitten once.
I felt bad.
It was in the dark. She jumped him quick and broke his neck.
This was 20 years ago.
Dog on cat violence is well known, of course. Not sure it qualifies as a crime, or a tort, or anything other than a sad day for a cat owner.
Would a dog killing a cat make for a great NYT headline?
Dog Kills Cat
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