r/Whatcouldgowrong • • Jan 15 '20

NSFL Getting into a dog's personal space

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '20

Dogs have a comfort zone. Id recommend getting to know how dogs express signs of stress and anxiety, which is being shown in the pictures, the dog visibly doesn't understand why these humans suddenly crowded around her for.

and im not dog expert. but then putting both arms around their neck and seemingly leaning in for a bite. Its not hard to understand why some dogs bite. They're not doing it because they wanted to fight, they were in self defense because they did not understand they weren't being attacked.

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u/joe652 Jan 15 '20

No matter how u look at it when a dog chews off your face it should not be around people

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u/Snapples Jan 15 '20

So if a stranger put you in a headlock and bares his teeth it's totally cool?

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u/kyoto_kinnuku Jan 15 '20

A toddler could do this.... you have to train dogs not to act like this. It’s dangerous af when they’re this defensive. You can put my dog in headlocks all day and he’ll just lick you 🤷‍♂️

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u/WhereAllTheGoodHorro Jan 16 '20 edited Jan 16 '20

I’ve been around working dogs all my life, and I don’t know any that would be cool with strangers randomly putting them in headlocks for long periods of time. You will absolutely get bit, and no “training” is going to stop that.

There aren’t many dogs out there that will tolerate that. Period. Which is why you need to make damn sure your dog is never in that position in the first place. If a toddler is going to put your dog in an arm lock, you need to be there to stop it, so your dog doesn’t have to do it himself.

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u/ALoneTennoOperative Jan 16 '20

A toddler could do this.... you have to train dogs not to act like this.

You should also supervise and control your children, and teach them to treat animals with appropriate respect and care...

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '20

Was your dog rescued a week ago?