On my way to bed, but I'll throw this out now, and will be more than willing to post a detailed post later...
What about certain dogs that "jump on' dogs that show overt fear?
We had a not so good experience with dar at Puppy Camp this weekend,
and It seems he did the same thing to a dog THERE that he does with Macy----see a cowering, fearful dog and then RUN AND JUMP ON IT.
Luckily the trainer was able to 'get dar off' before any damage was done, but she did so 'by throwing herself over him"....and holding Dar down while her Husband came out and grabbed the Wiemenahamerage-dog>...(sorry. too tired to look up spelling))...
so.
Our great place for Dar to go has 'gone bye bye', which, by the way, I was really worried about once she told me on Wed. that she didn't worry about Dar, and just let him out and play with the other dogs.
I told her then that i had real concerns with that, because even if Dar had never shown ANY DA at her place, all it would take would be ONE time of a snarky dog jumping on him, and there'd be a tragedy.
Well, unfortunately
, there was a problem but not from a snarky dog.
But a scared Dog.
When he first got there, Dar was being pushed around by this HUGE St. Benard, so I'm wondering if that could have worked him up???
Or.............did he just sense weakness in the W. and 'go for it'.
I'll check back tomorrow...........I've had a rough few days with the victims' vigil, the interview and tonight we heard the first 50 pages of the play ------------sigh.
so.
I'm a little sensitive right now....
My dog is a bully.
“Hope has two beautiful daughters: their names are Anger and Courage.
Anger that things are the way they are.
Courage to make them the way they ought to be.”----Augustine