[nagdu] Dog vocalizations, was: what do you consider an attack?

[Cindy Ray]

Oh, no, I would do what you are doing. He has always been like this; TSE has tried to help, but I think that after a while, when you have been using a dog for 25 years or so, you just know that you won't change it. I don't retire him because I won't get anymore dogs after him, and his work is good. Often, he starts out by whining, so it is clear to me that he really would like to get acquainted, and once he does, which doesn't take long, it's all good.

CL

On May 9, 2013, at 11:30 AM, Meghan Whalen <mewhalen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I completely understand where you are coming from Cindy. Dayton was that way after he had been attacked. He was all talk, but I didn't expect people to believe me. I am around other people with guide, service and pet dogs so much that I couldn't work around it. His was fear based, too, so I knew in some ways, it was more dangerous to try to work through it. Poor guy was getting sick most times he worked, too. One of the most difficult decisions I have made in a long time, but I know I did the safe thing. This is in no way to say I think you should retire your boy, I am just trying to explain my experience and say I empathize.
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> Meghan
> On 5/9/2013 11:23 AM, Cindy Ray wrote:
>> For me an attack is if a dog comes barking, snarling, and growling and jumps on my dog unbidden. They get entertwined and the other seems to be doing damage. I would say that sometimes when my own dogs are growling at one another and lunging at one another, I start to wonder if they have crossed the line, but though sometimes they may be having a tiff, it doesn't get to the danger stage with them. It is a little fearful for me when the dogs would be snarling and I don't know what the other dog is capable of, and I don't know what I would do about it. I can understand, then, why people think that Fisher is going to attack. Not sure this makes any sense.
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>> Cindy Lou
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