It's not that most dogs are mean, it's just the opposite, turtles and tortoises are play things for dogs, only the dog chewing on them kinda causes seriously injures and in some cases causes death. My experiences in the rescue goes back almost 20 years and a good part of that time has been/is spent on TFO, and I cannot tell you the tragedy that we have heard about dogs and tortoises. My sister and I have been involved for a lot of years and as a matter of fact I have had a California desert tortoise who had her leg chewed off by the family dog .Currently in my possession now I have one box turtle who was chewed on by a dog, her carapace is scarred and part of it is missing and the other one just has a big tooth hole. Don't mix tortoises and dogs, I don't care how well mannered your dogs are, I don't care how how much they are trained and obedient... when it comes to turtles and tortoises you cannot trust them. I said I had a California desert tortoise whose leg was chewed OFF by the family dog. The desert tortoise and the dog had lived together for almost 20 years, whatever made the dog decide to chew off that tortoises leg that day we don't know but come on...Don't mix tortoises and dogs.
