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These dogs just don't carry the gene for protection work. dogs for adoption Leather dog collars. The most that can be expected from these dogs is that it will bark at strangers. But when threatened, they will go into avoidance and run. Even though a dog may inherit the defensive gene, a dog's defensive drive does not start to appear until it reaches puberty. dogs for adoption Dog-training. For some dogs this can be 1 year of age - defense does not fully develop until a dog reaches mental maturity - this can be as late as 3 years of age, depending on the bloodline. The picture we see of an untrained dog in defense is a different picture than what we have seen in prey work. Initially, defense is a picture of insecurity. dogs for adoption Akc-dogs. That dog's bark will be deeper and more serious. The hair may be up on his back, and he will be showing a lot more teeth in the form of a snarl. The hair up is a natural reaction to make himself look bigger and more serious. This is a common reaction for animals - we see it with Australian lizards, they have a flap of skin on their neck that flares up to make themselves look more ferocious. Hopefully this will scare predators away. The defensive bark is a deeper guttural bark. Once you identify it, there is a definite difference in the prey bark and the defensive bark. In defense, dogs will often carry their tail different than in prey.
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