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Old 08-24-2010, 08:39 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by rik20101 View Post
I'm sorry this happened, and I'm sorry for your scary stories.....but, you should see my 105 pound Great Dane and my 4 pound 'Morkie' play. They are the best of friends.
I didn't post this to malign big dogs, I really didn't. Dogs are predators. Our little ones want to kill things too. It's a natural instinct - just one we don't want our pets to be on the wrong side of.

Generally, I look around to see if any large dogs are "alerting" on Thor, but this woman is an ASPCA certified trainer. She knows dogs backwards and forwards. If this can happen to her, it can happen to anyone.

I am still mulling over this because as I've mentioned here before, Thor has fear-aggression issues with other dogs, particularly larger ones. I don't want to feed into his fear by picking him up every time we see a big dog. But I don't want him to become a snack either.
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