05-02-2018, 06:00 AM
(05-01-2018, 06:06 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Nature is red in blood. The human-canine partnership is effectively one bear, Big Cat, or hyena.
No. A dog and the possibility of an armed defender potentially reverses the simpler predator - prey relationship. One analyzes the situation much differently, or at least I would.
(05-01-2018, 06:06 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: The dog that the crook knows about and for which he has a firearm ready is going to lose. But remember that if the crook does not know about the dog, then the advantage goes to the dog. A dog is usually strong enough to overpower a man three times the dog's mass. of the crook is knocked down, then the dog may have effectively separated the crook from his weapons. He will be be defending himself from bites, and not very well. Crooks often act at night, but dogs have better night vision, let alone scent and hearing. The fog knows about a crook, all too often, before the crook knows about the dog. Whoever attacks first wins.
A dog that attacks without first giving warning would be rare. If it does happen, I would expect it only when an trained, equipped and ready handler gives the dog permission. You just don't expect a dog to know the nuances of a potentially deadly situation. Instinctively, the dog's part in the relationship is to warn the crook, alert the owner, and thus defend territory.
At least in the suburbs, I would expect the dog to bark. The usual response is not incompatible with the human owner throwing a shoe. The normal response is not for the blue representative in the gun debate to stick with Truth and Reality.
For example, the fog is usually an innocent bystander. ;
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