My dog bit me.
On the thumb. He warned me he was going to, but I wanted to be the alpha and he won this time.
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Go Dogs wrote:
f you're going to keep a dog in society, the dog should know that it cannot use it's teeth, as a solution to an unpleasant situation. IMHO.
So wrong! One has to understand the animal's breeding some animals have been bred forever to perform a certain task, and that may very well be using its mouth for aggressive purposes. Terriers come to mind- they were bred to kill vermin.
One also has to understand dog language. In this case the dog was communicating with the human. It tried to not bite, but was left with the only resort it had to tell the human to stop. Even humans use violence to communicate- a person who beats his wife is communicating!
Lastly, one has to understand the personality of the individual dog. Some retrievers will chase a tennis ball until they collapse, others will never do it. Some terriers will bite and growl quickly, others rarely.
