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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Totally high jacking this thread.  We are at the dog park 5 days a week and our 80lb pup has only had one fight there.  It was with a pit bull but we broke it up quickly.

About 10 minutes later the pit picked a fight with a Newfoundland.  [b]I never knew newfs to fight but it took three people to get it off the pit.[/b]
The pit was put down due to its injuries.  Newf is still at the park all the time and sweet as can be.[/quote]

This is always surprising to me, but it does happen! I think it is the dog fight/flight/freeze response. My sweet Golden who never picks a fight with other dogs was attacked by a Pit completely out of the blue and holy shit...he didn't see it coming, but he fought back pretty hard! It was absolutely terrifying to witness. One difference I did notice though was when we were able to pry the dogs apart (also terrifying and dangerous) my dog "dropped it" and couldn't care less about the other dog besides wanting to walk away with us while the other dog was still lunging and barking to continue the fight. Sometimes I think these sweet nice dogs that also have size on their side can just hit like a, "I am DONE with this behavior!" point and go for it with dogs they've already assessed as "bad." My dog wants to lay down and then say hi to 95% of dogs on our walks, but occasionally doesn't with that 5%. They always end up being a dog that goes nuts and becomes super aggressive. They know something we don't ha. [/quote]

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