XPost: rec.pets.dogs.behavior, alt.animals.dog, alt.pets.dogs.labrador   
   XPost: alt.pets.dogs.pitbull   
   From: robinjn@mchsi.com   
      
   TomH wrote:   
   > On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:49:57 GMT, Robin Nuttall   
   >  wrote:   
      
   >>   
   >>I just SO would never subject my dog to this. I have a very dog   
   >>appropriate dog and I just can't imagine making her be "dog bait" for an   
   >>aggressive dog to teach it a lesson. What an awful thing to do to the   
   >>dog who isn't aggressive! Yes, the muzzle means the dog won't actually   
   >>get hurt, but I can't imagine being a target for the aggressive moves of   
   >>a strange dog is exactly fun. Ugh.   
   >   
   >   
   > I agree. No average or even above average dog should face   
   > this task. In the show, the point was that the dog used by   
   > the trainer was naturally a very socially aware dog. He was   
   > a kind of canine Mother Theresa.  And the students were more   
   > or less lost causes. I believe it is this dog from   
   > http://www.dogswithjobs.com/dwj_tv/TV_episodes/ep3.html   
      
   I don't care. I have a "Mother Theresa" dog. Viva is extremely socially   
   aware and appropriate but also strong. But I would never, ever do that   
   to her. You don't use MY dog as a training tool for YOUR dog. You fix   
   your dog yourself.   
      
   Besides, I'm not sure that interacting with one single dog that the   
   aggressive dog can get along with means diddly squat in the real world.   
   All dogs are different. So, for instance, one of our local   
   dog-aggressive dogs is totally safe with Viva--he simply leaves her   
   alone--she has a quietly confident presence that flummoxes him. Yet he's   
   still unsafe with most other dogs.   
      
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