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Old 06-06-2004, 01:06 AM
FredAl FredAl is offline
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Re: Explaining Dog:Dog Aggression Vs. Dog:Human Aggression

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Originally Posted by German Vanegas
OK. There it goes. I disagree with you. You see, pit bull terriers are usually very high prey driven dogs. If those two packed up pit bulls in question were so aggressive as to attack a small dog and ripped him apart, then it is quite possible that those two particular pit bulls, incited by their high prey drive, could attack children (the smaller the child the higher the chance) seeing them as prey. So there! It could happen
Yes, I agree with German's statement. Prey drive can be triggered by a small child running away from the high prey dog. This is the reason why we have to socialize our dogs early with young children so they do not perceive children as prey.
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