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Originally posted by Mick Trainer
aggression towards another dog or a small prey type animal is on no way related to aggression towards a human.
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OK - now I'm curious about this. While a dog who is aggressive towards small prey type animals, including small dogs might be perfectly mannerly and good with large humans, wouldn't small fast moving toddlers be more of a "prey" animal than an adult human?
I know if Dutch sees kids running and shrieking in a playground, his body posture sure indicates that were he off leash, he would give chase and then I don't know what-all. He's not like this when he sees adult joggers or cyclists.
I'm just guessing that little bitty kids might trigger that chase and bite instinct too, am I wrong? This is a dog I acquired as an adult so I have no clue how steady he is with small children.
I know I'm piggybacking a question of mine onto the OPs thread, but I think it's related...