[cryjay]

I do not think that you can prove that dog aggression has nothing to do with dog. Why? Because it has everything to do with the dog. Once the human owner has handled, raised and not trained their dog responsibly, the dog acts accordingly. The dog behaves the way it was trained to behave. If it was not trained to to go after other dogs it wouldn't. If it was trained to ignore other dogs it would. If it has been neglected in ways it will take out it's frustration and pain in the only way it knows how and that is to be aggressive because obviously the dog believes that being sweet isn't working, the dog gets frustrated and needs to vent too. Just like us humans except we have a higher level of communication. When we are feeling neglected, unwanted, emotionally distraught we are going to act out. In some cases worse than others, thus sad cases like domestic violence. Where does domestic violence usually stem back too? The way the human was raised, and taught as a child. the human was taught to take aggression out in other ways than normal. Some badly treated humans just like dogs can overcome their past and make better of themselves, some dogs and humans feel so helpless they take it out in a manner that is not necessary but to the person or dog almost feels like a good relief. They have finally been able to let some emotionally, or physically damaging things out. So yes, it does stem back to whomever the owner of the dog is but can you prove it to people by what I said above? Hopefully, but their have been so many 'bad' owners you could probably only convince a few.
Trish I think this is an interesting topic and I hope you get a lot of replies as I am curious to know what other people think.

Crystal