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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also we don't know if before they started taping the trainer said something to the anchor like: "This dog doesn't like sudden movements or feels threatened by X,Y,Z" and the women didn't pay close enough attention. [/quote]

If that was the case, and it was known that this dog easily felt threatened, then they should never have put him in this situation!  The owner should have just come on without the dog, or with photos/videos of the dog instead of the actual dog.  [b]If there were any known behavioral issues[/b], the owner was really acting irresponsibly.[/quote]

I'm not defending the owner (he was irresponsible in many ways--letting dog off leash to start with when the initial incident occured, not keeping up on vaccinations, etc.).  However, there is a big misconception that many, many people have and it's that bites occur when dogs have a history of "behavior issues".  I haven't watched the video so I won't speculate but I'll say that many if not most of dog bites are preventable and are the unfortunate result of the dog being put into a bad position.  I've volunteered for years and in every case I dealt with or heard of, bites occured in dogs who were "sweet" and the owners thought were not capable of biting.  However, EVERY dog is capable of biting, just as I truly think that every person is capable of murder under the right circumstance (defense of self or child or others).  It may be hard to understand how such a large dog could have felt threatened but it's a woman petting him and "hugging" him--but the dog in this case had gone through recent trauma, both the upset of the incident as well as then being out of its normal environment (going into a studio with lights and noise and people getting in his face).  Lots of foolish decisions let to this bite.  It's tragic for everyone, including the dog.[/quote]

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