belluca,
I am equally shocked that you would think between his food would mean any food. By your logic and reasoning that would imply that it would be acceptable for him to steal anybosies picnic or BBQ with no intevention? I am afrid the pinicers would not have had the memo ad would obviously go between him ad their food with dire consequences. And imagine if a child walkig past with a pasty or ice cream etc.> No,he had been ttraied not to go after any food that was ot his. The owner had trained him well and he had never once goe for the other dogs food in the week I nwas there prior to the attack. He would always eat his food in a matter of secods but the ever went anywhere ear her and just left her to eat hers very slowwly. Alwasy a couple of mpouthfuls ad then a pause before continuing. He had shown no signs of aggression towards me whatsoever, not even a growl, so I could in no way have predicted what occurred. This was the very first time I had seen him watching her itently. She had barely eaten half. I had no rreans of knowing that he would suddenly turn into an aggressive snarling monster. It was just like the flick of a switch the moment I said no. I had never been so scared as it wasn’t just the bites but also baring his teeth in an extremely savage way. Looked like one of these rabies posters. As he had been snuggled up o the sofa with me every evening in an affectinate way I had no reason to beleive I would encounter this nasdty, violent reraction. I did later hear that he was almost put down when he came to the rescue centre, as so badly damaged but as only a year old they were reluctant to do so. And the present owner did almost hand him back. But obviously if I had known I was likely to be attacked I would in no way have intervened. He would then have believed he could always steal any food he wanted, which could have led to more traqgic consequences if with an unsuspecting member of the public.
And I believe the older dog must have felt intimidated by him as she seemed to keep her distance. When he snuggled up with me in the evenings she had stayed in her favourite armchair in aother room. She never came where we were. The moment he was off the scene she came in where I was sat on the sofa, clambered up beside me and looked at me with doleful eyes, as if to say she understood and then rested her head on my lap, as if to comfort me, and she did that every evening afterwards and did not go back to her favourite armchair.
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