Guardian Angels: A Dog Story

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Hi all,
Today, I would like to share A Dog Story.

Guardian Angels: A Dog Story

Dogs have been used as guards throughout recorded history. Ancient Romans often kept some fairly aggressive dogs chained near their doors. (Keeping a dog chained or tethered to a small area tends to increase its aggressiveness markedly.) It should come as no surprise that many Roman homes sported “Beware of the Dog” signs in the form of mosaics showing a chained snarling dog along with the words cave canem, "beware of dog".

In addition to the basic territorial defense response, wolves and other wild canids will also rally to the defense of the pack or to the summons of a pack leader who perceives an intruder as a threat. These are the instincts prized in the so-called attack dogs, guard dogs that will respond spontaneously or on command by pursuing and attacking any person entering their territory or indicated by a handler.

A police dog, for example, is trained to attack under two conditions: when it perceives its master being threatened or upon a learned signal. According to protection dog trainers, natural guard dogs need very little training to trigger the aggressive response; rather, they require training to ensure that they can be called off reliably. In addition, they also require training to direct their aggression to appropriate targets. Thus, while the abilities associated with guarding are part of the dog's instinctive intelligence, controlling the abilities requires some working and obedience intelligence as well.

To be continued ..................... :o)

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