Kelly when i was young i felt the same way. Be careful i pulled handler aggressive dog's off their handlers and seen plenty of handlers hurt by their own dog.if you ever had a dog really try to hurt you you can't wait for him to stop. some dogs will give you a warning some won't. it's not all about corrections some will go on you over praise .
a Air Force handler told me years ago it's hard enough to train a good dog let alone a bad one...
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HA is a PITA.
There are dogs that come with that genetic component in their lines. They are not all dominant dogs...some are just basically beta dogs, with hairtrigger tempers, looking to challenge &/or climb up the ladder. They don't have to be out & out right mean dogs.
Anne Well said ,i had a mal i raised from a pup (back in 92) when he was about 4 years old, the high light of his day was try to jump on me at the worse possible time lol you could praising him and all of a sudden it was on and his tail was just a wagging, he never changed, even at 12
Kelly when i was young i felt the same way. Be careful i pulled handler aggressive dog's off their handlers and seen plenty of handlers hurt by their own dog.if you ever had a dog really try to hurt you you can't wait for him to stop. some dogs will give you a warning some won't. it's not all about corrections some will go on you over praise .
a Air Force handler told me years ago it's hard enough to train a good dog let alone a bad one...
A handler aggressive dog is a totally different dog then a fear biter. An aggressive dog will give warning(or the aggression is brought on by a correction/force applied from the handler) May not be a growl, but it's there if you watch body language. FA dogs do not always warn.
No flack from me CJ but I have to disagree with you. I won't equate human behaviour with canine behaviour either.
As far as fear biters are concerned they are absolutely born that way. A true fear biter is fighting for it's life and won't be just " a couple of skin breakers and I got some pretty good bruises."
All it takes to understand it is to own a serious fear biter one time.
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Quote: Kelly Byrd
A handler aggressive dog is a totally different dog then a fear biter. An aggressive dog will give warning(or the aggression is brought on by a correction/force applied from the handler) May not be a growl, but it's there if you watch body language. FA dogs do not always warn.
Doesn't have to be brought on by any action of the handler & not always ANY warning until it happens. If there is body languange it can be so fast before the strike that you can't see it. Sometimes there is a vocal or solid body language you can see. Sometimes it is just a look in their eye. Not always easy to spot, especially the first couple of times it happens. I wish that I could say I didn't know about HA.
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.... I think in many cases (certainly not all) it has more to do with the person doing the labeling than it has to do with an understanding of what got the dog to the place he’s at.
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