Originally Posted by
tgapp
It's a universal law of dog ownership that your dog is always friendly and never aggressive, and any time there is a negative interaction, it is always the fault of the other dog/human. 100% of the time. For both of you.
I spent a lot of time (probably 20 hours or more) with a dog behaviorist watching dogs interact (both recordings and live interactions with our dogs) while working on our extremely reactive shepherd mix. After all that time I was probably only right when trying to identify who the aggressor was 2/3rds of the time - she would point out the smallest behaviors (imperceptible snarls, locked shoulders, aggressive boops, etc) that I was largely unaware of. A lot of dogs can be total dicks, and many of those are smart enough to get away with it without raising the awareness of their humans.
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