Some dogs, for whatever reason (breed, disposition, who knows) just do not get along with other dogs. My brother had a female Malamut. She was treated well, liked people, kids, even cats...but for some reason, other female dogs...she would attack and kill. He had to make sure he kept her locked up tight.
I think it just stands to reason that, just as there are some people who are mean, there are some dogs who are just mean by nature. On 7/24/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > to hijack this thread off into a tangent a bit -- does this mean that > if two dogs are fighting and they have NOT been trained to dogfight -- > they are just having a territorial dispute oe whatever -- that they > won't hurt each other probably? > > Just curious because my otherwise gentle dog (a probably pyrenees mix) > attacked a couple of our foster dogs. She did tolerate them kinda > afterwards, but we intervened both times. In both cases she probably > considered herself provoked. In one case my son was playing rather > roughly with the other dog, who growled. I saw this and would have > considered it a play growl -- anyway the pyrenees took offense and > attacked the other dog. I just found it rather disconcerting and > wondered....if it makes a difference both dogs this happened with were > pits. > > thanks for any thoughts > Dana > > On 7/23/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 11:21 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: A pic to make ya cringe > > > > > > So my question is, what makes dog fights so wrong compared with other > > > forms of entertainment. (I myself believe them to be wrong, but I > > > don't like violence in general) ? A dogs true nature is to be > > > territorial, protective, leader of the pack. In nature, these same > > > fights would occur. Just watch your national geographic channel to > > > catch this same kind of behavior in wild animals. > > > > That's a false analogy. > > > > Wild dogs do NOT fight like this. Wild dogs fight for reasons - these > > fights rarely end in serious injury or death. The purpose of combat, in > > nature, doesn't require it: once the female is wooed, the food eaten, > > submission obtained, whatever - the need for fighting is over. > > > > When training dogs for combat their natural instinct to temper > themselves > > are suppressed. They are trained to be ruthless, cruel and deadly - to > rip > > and tear and bite until they're forced to stop. > > > > That's not "natural". > > > > Jim Davis > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238893 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
