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To: dervish
People aggressive and dog aggressive are two different things.

No, both are dominance, and the only difference is where you are in the pecking order.

There is a difference between 'aggression' and 'prey drive' toward small moving targets... but aggression toward people ~usually~ involves clashes over dominance and territory. Dog aggressive or people aggressive are just shades of grey, not different behaviors.

110 posted on 01/26/2006 3:39:12 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

"No, both are dominance, and the only difference is where you are in the pecking order."

If that were true there would be no difference in our ability to train wolves and dogs.

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117 posted on 01/26/2006 4:06:34 PM PST by dervish (Hamastan " the step-child of Iran and the Taliban")
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