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Thanks guys, I'm a virgin to this whole pedigree show dog thing so it's great to have feedback from people who know. I'll be picking your brains for years to come I'm sure as I plan to try my hand at showing.I have only been to 1 local show for a quick squizz at what goes on so I am pretty clueless .

G'day all, I want to fly an 8 week old bull terrier from Melbourne to Adelaide and was wondering what it'll cost me. Anyone know? Who should I use?

I hope you are aware that triggering dogs to bite lowers their bite thresholds more often than not. I"d be mightily unimpressed by anyone who wanted to test themselves on my HA dog. All actions have consequences.. for the owners of those dogs, your actions may very well have negative ones. Your absolutely right. I never really thought that deeply about it. I have thought it fun to show people the reality of their dogs natures and nobody gains anything. Infact they probabley now think less of their dogs and may not be as nice to them. I will be more thoughtful in future.

So a dog that is never allowed to exercise leadership over a person is expected to take the lead in defensive situation? Dogs that have been socialised from puppyhood never to put teeth on a human are expected to "naturally" take a person on? Unlike past times, we generally socialise our dogs to greet strangers positively, not tear strips off them. We've had plenty of discussion on alpha wolf theory on this forum. Most of those discussions note that the original research that developed the theory was conducted on captive wolves and was fundamentally flawed. None of that theory has ever been tested in an inter species context. Dogs know we ain't dogs. If they do protect us, are we a resource to them? Professional protection dog trainers have said time and again on this forum that people are deluding themselves if they genuinely expect an untrained dog, even of a guarding/protection breed, to step up when required. Those views have been poo pooed by many owners. I'd say this thread proves the pros right. You may get lucky.. but then again.. why put your safety down to luck? spot on

I wouldn't call that a cleaver practice to believe that you can dominate every cranky dog and remain uninjured. Try out a police K9 GSD next time you see the squad. Ask the officer if you can give his dog a yell and run to see if it backs down. Most dog handlers would be glad to oblige and let us know what happens. Well your right ,I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, I just enjoy the challange and like testing the spine of agressive dogs. I've been bitten a few times by dogs so I have no great fear of being bitten. I just love the primalness of facing off with agressive dogs to see if they are all show and no go or not.

I just laugh when I see people with usually large aggressive looking dogs say to me just watch out my dog will protect me to the death and yea there they are on the end of a lead or behind a fence going ape at me like they would just love to kill me. I've had 90 percent of these dogs either eating out of my hand or running scared with a yell and a run at them or a stern command .With the owner still near me most will ususally not run too far before turning back for another bark. Even the ones with balls don't attack straight out. They stand their ground and let you know you'll have a fight on your hands if you continue your dominant display. I've had a shepherd and a shepherd cross who were both runners. Smart loving dogs who I'm sure would assist me in a fight if I was winning but run and bark from a distance if the going got tough. The only dog I have known that I really believe would fight to the death to protect his owner or even his stuff when his owner was out of the room or house was a bully cross blue heeler my uncle owned. Never barked or made a fuss and was friendly as hell when out with his owner but just move wrong when my uncle wasn't there or get my uncle upset and he would rush you and stand there growling. I got a couple of warning nips in the time I knew him and he was almost shot by a couple of coppers who he had bailed up out the back of my uncles home. The cops were chasing a crook over back fences and the crook was too quick for the dog but the cops were not allowed to leave. Jeez I loved that dog. I still have a fang mark on my neck and every time I shave I smile when I see it.