>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?
No, definitely does not mean that...dogs in the wild won't but the dogs we raise often just don't have the same pack skills. Generally they won't seriously hurt each other either, but that's not something you can count on, particularly if you don't know a dog's previous history. >I just found it rather disconcerting and >wondered....if it makes a difference both dogs this happened with were >pits. The breed doesn't make much difference other than the fact that some may be more likely to try and be dominant in a new location, but it's pretty much impossible to say what happened without being able to see the incident and how the foster dogs were behaving before it, if they had dominant behaviors that may have already put her on alert. It's always good as well to keep in mind what a breed's instincts are. A Pyr is a guarding dog and if the foster dogs had been acting at all in a rough manner, particularly if their body language was projecting dominance, she may have seen this as an attack and jumped in to protect your son. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238899 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
