[gracielove]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Truly, almost any alpha-acting new person who is self-confident, unemotional, and has ways new and novel to the dog can walk into a situation and get a dog's attention and usually their respect, getting them to behave and submit better than usually-tense, worried owners who are less than strong leaders, despite what the trainers' methods are. Dogs are such great responders and "team players", most will almost gladly try to react appropriately and please accordingly, grateful for a different approach by anyone, as usually their situation is pretty tense and worrisome to them.

The majority of misbehaving dogs would love to find a way out of it their problem as long as the trainer keeps things positive & sets the dog up for success, even though the process of changing ways can be a bit unsettling to some dogs. But even those dogs that feel tense & unsure as the new training beings usually don't react as Holly did unless the trainer is using only the harshest and most overbearing of training methods.

I agree. It looked like she was waiting to be hit or kicked. She just decided to get the first bite in this time since she was unsure of this guy that was challenging her. Someone should rescue that poor dog.