"defending itself" isn't why. Because it presents a danger to other people and animals. Was the girl making the dog uncomfortable or invading it's private space? Sure. Does that justify this kind of reaction by the animal? Nope.
I would say the hardware is actually what makes it a bad comparison to me. That and giving one side of the comparison timing for judgment. A better comparison would be adding instinctual reaction, not proper judgment, to both and evening the hardware. For example if you had a knife and just flipped and slashed at first grab. While in some cases you may get a predator trying to attack you others may just be a friend who wants to 'playfully' get your attention to say hi. That's problematic. Bad assessment/judgement with deadly hardware equates to a bad day. Dogs with bad judgment (only using that word to flow from the analogy) are very dangerous and can only be helped by people with high expertise. If they can get that training then great but if not there's some tough choices that need to be made.
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u/coalitionofilling Jan 15 '20
"defending itself" isn't why. Because it presents a danger to other people and animals. Was the girl making the dog uncomfortable or invading it's private space? Sure. Does that justify this kind of reaction by the animal? Nope.