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PBM
at Thu Apr 14 18:17:11 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PBM ]
I can see your point clear as day! At what point does the blame leave the owner and become "natural behavior"? We're basically comparing an ambush predator to a chase down, attack, and kill predator. Many wonderfully trained, well socialized dogs will escape through an accidentally left open gate, and become a completely different animal in terms of mentality. Strange sights, sounds, smells, and multiple stimuli are going to trigger a dogs natural behavior and then anything is possible in terms of potential threats to public safety. Regardless of breed, if you confront a loose dog, you can have a few different reactions-it comes right to you, it runs, or it growls and gets defensive, etc. You can never really predict which one you may get. Well, gotta run, take care!
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