Jen wrote:I havn't mentioned agression towards humans.
I understand that there is an awful lot to food based aggression but in pet dogs it is simply not relevant to treat them like wolves. Yes a number of dogs living together will act like a pack but certainly not to the extent that wild dogs/wolves would, and the whole issue with them smelling what meat you've eaten is something that just doesnt apply to the average pet dog.
Granted you didn't mention aggression towards humans but Wendy did, see below quote.
wendy wrote:I have 4 children, 7 grandchildren, about to have a great grandchild and never, ever once have I had an aggressive dog. With them or anyone else.
I have to agree that with pet dogs we don't have to treat them like wolves, it's the whole point of not feeding them raw meat as part of a "natural evolutionary" diet that's quoted by raw diet advocates. Dogs will quickly become feral given the chance. One accepted theory about dogs aggression is not to play tug of war because it's said to trigger innate aggression ALL dogs have, all it takes are the right triggers, pack type conditions and raw meat are big triggers. Even though dogs have gone through 5 thousand years of domestication they can still revert back to the wild state.
Ever watched dogs together? They use their noses because smell tells them everything, it's another innate ability that dogs haven't lost. It's a basic instinct.
When I referred to packs in my last post I meant hounds, hunting beagles, not wolves.