re: #13 silverdolphin

We had a dog like that. You never knew when it would turn and bite. Took it to a dog behaviorist. Found out that the dog never gave any signals of submissive behavior (drop head, licking, etc.) It simply could not respond properly to a human, even its owners. It also had a couple of other behavior problems (circling) We had a young child and simply could not keep it.

It was tough.

That is so sad. A dog which doesn’t understand how to work with humans.

I guess I will say the quiet part out loud…

Unless that dog was amazingly lucky, it likely did not have much of a chance to survive. And it almost sounds cruel to demand that such a dog try to interact with humans.