Lynne Barrows Webboard User Reg: 09-22-2007
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Quote: jennifer marshal
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A sharp dog responds with aggression to stimuli. When they are young that stimuli could be anything from an apple falling off a tree to someone honking their horn down the road. They are not weak nerved because they go towards the "threat."
BUT They can appear weak because what they perceive as a threat can seem like nothing so it may seem like the dog is afraid of everything.
That was a really precise description of how my 8 month old pup behaves. And always forward moving into a perceived threat with hackles and tail up over her back and sometimes growling lightly. I have found though, that as she is exposed to more things, she is much less inclined to have that reaction. She's obviously beginning to discriminate between what's a real threat and what isn't. (fire hydrant in the dark was a good one...)
Does sharpness go hand in hand w/ dominance, or not necessarily?
Jennifer Marshal Webboard User Reg: 08-02-2007
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Not necessarily. Sharpness has to do with defense, not rank. Often, dominant dogs are very confident dogs and their aggression is more pack related/rank driven. It isn't that they feel that they are in danger for their life it is their rank they are defending.
Not that a dominant dog can't be sharp, it varies as much as the rest of temperament does. Drives, rank, sharpness, etc all varies.
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Re: the thin line between sharpness and thin ner
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