My dog is not a threat.
Here we are, I got this reservation 2 months ago. I spoke on the phone with a lady, I called precisely to ask what are the restrictions on the dogs. She hymmed and hawed around after I told her I have...
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BCSnob wrote:
This conversation got me to ponder these questions for which I'm not sure how I would answer.
Is it okay for a dog to show its teeth, growl, bark, and posture to strangers; or would you consider these unacceptable?
If we are teaching them these are unaccpetable means to communicate, how should they communicate their desire to have someone backoff?
Do we expect them to always resort to flee?
I think LIABILITY forces us to do this to our dogs? Ike didn't like strangers. As he got older, if he felt they were going to be "pushy" - he'd growl softly and turn away from them. I'd tell him "no growling" - because I was afraid of people thinking I had a vicious dog. BUT - once I had warned him to not growl - IMO, it was up to me to protect him from the intruder, and I would.
