Quote:Armin Winkler will tell you that ALL \"aggression\" is fearful. Realizing that drive and aggression are two different things, I can see where he is coming from. Its an interesting thought.
Aggro dogs for the most part, are the first ones to quit. Fear is behind aggression, I will never believe otherwise. I hear people talk about the \"prey\" monsters in ring, I will take that for myself anyday over the aggro dogs. Yes, many of these dogs do bite really hard, but the stress of their fear is what causes them to do this. Ring points this out with the esquive. By taking away the dogs initial entry, and then threatening, it takes the dog out of prey drive. Dogs with limited prey, and lower defensive thresholds can be run.
I am not talking about a balanced dog, but one with greater tendancies towards defense. I have seen many dogs that can fake a new person out, they show defense in the face (they were taught) but are not in defense.
IF, I lost my mind, and lived in an area where I seriously needed a PP dog, I would not really deal with the petting. The dog I would choose would be rather sharp, and bite.
I do not have any need for this, so all my dogs can be petted, as long as you don't mind the Mal jumping up. The rest don't do this, they just enjoy getting rubbed. THe Mal enjoys it a bit too much, when you try to quit......well he makes sure you don't. He is such a dick. (yes I could fix this, but who cares? :twisted: )