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This is something I would never ever never never ever do with any pit bull dog, not even one I believed I knew well. Frankly this isn’t a wise thing to do with most dogs, unless you really really really really know the dog’s temperament over a very long time. That said I do it will my border collie mix who I recently learned is part APBT, but even though she’s incredibly sweet tempered and mostly led by her border collie genes, I recognize this is a risky behavior.

It troubles me to see a photo like this attached to a story about rehabilitation of rescued previously abused pit bull fighting dogs. This pose is high risk in general (anyone know enough about canine behavior and[b] body language to articulate why?[/b]) and it’s alarming to see it normalized with a pit bull of sketchy origin/background. Yikes.[/quote]

The dog's body language doesn't look aggressive to me[/quote]

Ears back on a dog means fearful submissive or fearful aggressive. Just shows how few people truly understand canine body language despite there being years of study of canine behavior and guides available that show what various indicators are. This pose of man and dog is one that leads to thousands of facial maimings and lethal attacks by dogs every single year in America alone - that is the data I’ve tracked for over a decade now. The man’s pose is dominant over and is perceived by a dog as a potential threat. It is never wise to put your face up to a dog’s face like that unless you know the dog very very very well and even then it is assuming a high risk of serious injury because all dogs are unpredictable and even good dogs can snap and bite. My point is that publicizing a photo like this is dangerous because a great many people ignorant of dog behavior and canine body language will think it’s something cute to do with dogs they know or meet - and it really isn’t. I’m sure all the overconfident self-assessed experts here will counter with arguments that I’m wrong - but as I said, I’ve studied hundreds and hundreds of dog attacks for over a decade. So I know of what I speak.[/quote]

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