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MAINLYMAX

by MAINLYMAX on 20 October 2010 - 19:10

Bob,
           This is a very good question....For years I thought that
people had a very unreal expectation of dogs. Especially as
far as courage goes.... Than I saw a dog that was so incredible
I thought it was me interpreting the behavior wrong. This was a
German Shepherd son of Seigo vom Angerholzs. .... I watched him
work for about  three months,...he was not my dog.  Than I came to
the conclusion that these type of dogs are like metal of honor winners
few and far between. But the good news was
they do exists and live up to all the hype that I had heard.

Dog courage is a little different than people courage, but not much.


MaggieMae

by MaggieMae on 20 October 2010 - 19:10

Max -- You stated you believe it is very similar to a human being courageous....but you didn't say why.  Please explain.

by Ibrahim on 20 October 2010 - 19:10

 Bob,

Actually it means there is nothing as courage in dogs, do not compare them to man. Dog has no courage he either fights and attacks to protect his position in pack or to please his master man, that is what the saying means.

Ibrahim

MaggieMae

by MaggieMae on 20 October 2010 - 19:10

Ibrahim stated -- he either fights and attacks to protect his position in pack.   Are you saying that the dog doesn't fight to protect HIS PACK (family) members?

MAINLYMAX

by MAINLYMAX on 20 October 2010 - 19:10

Maggs,
Over coming fear, and completing the task under pressure.
Would be my explanation.....But to a Hundsman or woman, it
is the bond of the dog to his owner that brings out much of it.
His trust in you.....Humans are not that way, unless it come to
their children...... It is similar, but the dog would be like a child
fighting for his parents,....or a pack type behavior.

by Ibrahim on 20 October 2010 - 19:10

 Actually I am explaining what the saying is, and no he does protect pack members but he does not understands it as protection he does it to save his own rank in the pack.

Ibrahim

by Bob McKown on 20 October 2010 - 19:10

Okay good views,

I was reading a story of a Army k-9 in Vietnam. (short version) handler downs his dog and moves forward, Dog takes 2 hits from enemy fire, hander moves forward and is hit with fire about 50 feet from dog. troops behind and enemy exchanging fire. Dog (being thought of as dead starts crawling to handler makes it and attempts to pull handler to safety takes 3 rd round and dies on top of wound handler... Handler latter wrights that the dog was the bravest being he had ever met.

Courage?,Bravery,Well trained dog?.    


by tarekallam on 20 October 2010 - 19:10

All together. all of them varies from one dog to another.

darylehret

by darylehret on 20 October 2010 - 20:10

Gopher 1 sees gopher 2 take a hit under heavy fire in Prairie Dog Town.  Gopher 1 scurries out to drag gopher 2 and dives back down into the trenches.  Was it courage under fire, bravery, or just a hungry gopher 1 looking out for its own self interests?

by Bob McKown on 20 October 2010 - 20:10

Darylehret:

HAHAAHAHAAAAH

Praire doggin in Nebreska, Priaire dogs all standing on the mound, you pick out the lagest one(normally close to the center of the group). Pop it like a ballon(normally it,s the lead female) all the rest will stand and wait for there bullet with the look "where is everyone going?"  they deserve to get what they stand for....HAHAHAHAAHAAH Praire dogs all take the lead from lead female. 






 


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