[Mr Rogers]

Each dog is different. My Aussie seems tough, but he is devastated by a shout. My Border Collie has, with some training, learned to accept a swat without fear - but it also usually just takes a raised voice. The pound mutt can handle a hit, but he almost never does anything wrong anyways. His previous 2 families beat him pretty hard, but he's still a sweet, gentle dog.

And they are far rougher playing with each other than I ever punish them...

However, I've owned dogs you could beat all day without their blinking an eye. You would hurt your hand long before they would have been intimidated.

[rintense]

Well my Belgian Sheepdog (Groenendael) is very sensitive to people, mainly quick movements, likely because he can’t herd them. He also hates being touched when sleeping. When it comes to noises, though, he’s very laid back. If he lays on my arm, and I wrap it around him, he gets freaked out. He’s been like that since I got him as a pup. Other than that, he’s extremely hyper, active, and so intelligent it scares me. He’s 18mo. old in June. He will be on ‘Most Incredible Dog’ one day. He’s that awesome.

[rintense]

This is my boy: