Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: FPP Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: InstaCart Delivery Guy Shoots and Kills One of Angie Harmon's Dogs Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 09:19:53 -0400 Organization: Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgah'nagl Fhtagn. Lines: 69 Message-ID: References: <1bvu0jl90je2vev5j8ea7bkfoiegneeeri@4ax.com> <17c37bff7e798993$4759$3037545$10d55a65@news.newsdemon.com> Reply-To: fredp1571@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 13:19:53 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4769cffffa517bc3c96c716870b8763b"; logging-data="265985"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+VfRNijyQvIFkCQNKINBih" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.10.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:bIsSa6QcGshqneJM4twJtqzY0Y0= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <17c37bff7e798993$4759$3037545$10d55a65@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 4345 On 4/5/24 4:23 PM, moviePig wrote: > On 4/5/2024 2:05 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote: >> Dimensional Traveler wrote: >>> On 4/4/2024 10:29 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote: >>>> shawn wrote: >> >>>>>> . . . >> >>>>> The sad thing is you can't always tell what the dog is going to do. >> >>>> You pay attention to the dog's ears, his head position, and his tail. >>>> They make it quite clear. Also, dogs pay attention TO YOU, so show >>>> leadership by standing tall with a proper stride. Don't approach the >>>> dog >>>> in a way he might feel threatened, like with your from above trying to >>>> pet the top of his head. If he's willing to be petted, he'll let you >>>> but >>>> do it from below eye level on his chest. >> >>>> Some dogs, like herding dogs, might be aggressive with their mouths, >>>> like grabbing wrists or ankles, but that's trying to dominate and not >>>> trying to kill. A dog that attacks the neck or face is quite dangerous. >> >>>>> I run into dogs being walked by their owners all the time and most >>>>> dogs >>>>> are just happy to see anyone but I've run into a few who seemed like >>>>> they wanted some attention as they came over to me as I was walking by >>>>> but clearly didn't actually want to be touched. That's taught me to >>>>> always be cautious when going to pet a dog even though the owner is >>>>> right there so I'll keep my fingers closed in my hand just in case the >>>>> dog wants to take a nip. >> >>>> Right. NEVER offer dog a finger. >> >>> Generally you want to put your hand out, back of the hand towards the >>> dog so it can smell you and let it come to you if it wants to be >>> friendly.  Don't make a fist, dogs are smart enough to recognize that as >>> being aggressive. >> >> Yes. >> >> Barbara Woodhouse was against letting the dog sniff the back of the hand >> approaching from the front, as that's not enough for the dog not to >> perceive a threat. She recommended approaching from the side as the dog >> can get a better look at you. As their eyes are on either side of their >> snouts, they never look straight ahead with both eyes, something people >> fail to understand. >> >>>>> . . . > > If they don't look straight ahead with both eyes, then they don't see > parallax 3D ...which I'm not prepared to accept, particularly since my > dog watches me intently with both eyes, face-on. > > You always let the dog come to the stranger, never the other way around. You always let the dog do the sniffing, you don't offer your hand. That's a great way to get bit. The dog has to be comfortable first before you approach it. -- "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man’s mind." - OC Bible 25B.G. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ek8kap93bmk0q5w/D%20U%20N%20E%20Part%20II.jpg?dl=0 Gracie, age 6. https://www.dropbox.com/s/0es3xolxka455iw/BetterThingsToDo.jpg?dl=0