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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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