“a naturally loving dog until something triggered an attack.”
Yup! Doug’s talking on the phone “triggered an attack.” If only he hadn’t been on the phone, she never would have “snapped!” Right.
You don’t know what triggered the attack.
I believe in a rational, cause and effect universe.
Something triggered it.
I wasn’t there, dont know your friend Doug or his dog or the dog’s upbring.
I am relying only on your perception and opinion of the circumstances.
So I really can’t make a informed judgement.
I doubt though that it was ‘Doug talking on the phone’.
I assume he had talked many times before on the phone in the presence of the dog.
You have stated the dog had always been loving,
so I think it valid to say it was a naturally loving dog.