Don't let it drive you crazy. I think sometimes some people will tend to put too much stock in an adjective. "Oh..my dog is sharp" or "hmmm my dog is hard" and so forth. How your dog behaves the majority of the time is the most important thing to consider for most people. Your right, it is confusing, but judging by the description you gave of your dog, it's not like you have this bag of nerves on your hands. It seems you feel like you have a pretty good dog so I wouldn't lose too much sleep. Vince is correct though. There was a big thread on this very subject and Kevin came in, cleaned up and set the record straight. And even though he was very clear, it still seems confusing at times.
perhaps what would clarify it indefinately for me is to see an example fo each in the flesh for side by side comparison. I might get then haze out of it.
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It all comes down to definition of terms. If I asked everyone on this thread what the definition of a sharp dog was we would get 5 different answers.
Chuck:
Great point! - "I think sometimes some people will tend to put too much stock in an adjective. "Oh..my dog is sharp" or "hmmm my dog is hard" and so forth."
I keep re-reading this post and I am wondering does it really matter if he is called sharp or not? I guess the definition in the dog training world is different from the literal definition. I wonder if the question is really how to stop this behavior because it bothers you? If you just wanted a definition, please disregard this message.
I read in an article that hackling up can mean excitement or protecting territory. It is not necessarily weak nerves or fear. I keep looking for the article but can't seem to find it (damn). If I see it again I will post it for reference. Basically what it said is that you must look at other signs and body language to see if it is fear or aggression or just plain excitement.
My dog does it and barks, growls and sniffs all over strangers who work in our house. But his tail is also wagging at the same time, like he can't decide if he wants to be mad or happy.
You are correct. An adjective is just an adjective. How to apply it has confused us before on this board and even when pro's like Kevin explain it, we still struggle with totally understanding it. For the average dog owner, it's more important to learn how to deal with behaviors than it is to understand whether their dog is really "sharp" or not.
Eric start off saying,
She is a trained PPD dog, so being a little sharp does not bother me.
This tells me she maybe sharp but she has good nerves, she also mentioned that he has seen the bitch take a real bite before. Just as Vince P. qouted Kevin as saying "Being Sharp does not necessary means weak nerves" (synapase).
From what I understand the dog could not have been Personal Protection trained if she had weak nerves. It seems that she is acting protective, but not fearful because she conforts the threat sometimes she barks and other times like when someone enters the front door with your approval she greet them, but does not bark. Sounds like a good dutiful protection dog to me, I'll take her.
I'd like to hear more about the real bite, she got was it in protecting you or the family?
Well the real bite was about a year ago, my wife is a teacher so we get alot of pissed off parents as we live in a small town. She had reported a man to DCFS as abusing his little girl and he decided to come and talk to us. He walked in the house and right into the jaws of Gitta. It was a good full bite on the arm. He was arrested and my dog was impounded for 7 days. I dont know what this guy was thinking, but he just came on in, my whole family saw it.It scared the hell out of my son
That's what I like about PP dogs. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Eric I know what you mean about a real bite. My GSD took the figt to a drughead trying to enter our home. I wish I would have been there to see it done!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
I was pretty amazed and pretty scared. The bad thing to come out of the thing was my dog being locked up at the pound for seven days.The man that broke in got out in one. Really pissed me off.
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