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Old November 12th 03, 11:47 PM
Chris
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Default reliable vs. 99% reliable

A retired protection-dog trainer comes in evenings and spends hours
working with our PBs. (He's interesting; 5 years ago, underwent a
'conversion' to 100% positive.) We only have 2 PBs left, btw, but he
won't release them for adoption, yet. 3 months is his goal.
Last night, he said something about Gus about whom I posted ad nauseum
a few days ago. Smiling Gus responds instantly to 'sit', 'stay', and
'down.' "Shouldn't have trained him," he said. "A trained biter is
more dangerous than an untrained biter."
I keep turning that comment over in my mind. He's laconic, so I
didn't ask him to elaborate. I almost see what he means. An obviously
out of control dog sends signals that warn people to avoid it. A trained
(semi-trained? trained, but not socialized?) dog doesn't. I've turned
the implications of that over in my mind until it froze.
Comment, so I can start thinking again.
(Glancing up, I see I titled this about 'reliability'. Not sure where
that fits in, now. Not sure, at this moment, what 'training' means.)



















 




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