sport vs. Real life - Page 1

How do you all feel about many of the dogs out there right now that are titled but yet they will not cut it in a real life situation.  I have heard other people refer to some of the dogs as just learning routines and that they wouldn't have the nerves to work in real life situations.

I agree Jim!!

No, Jim. That's his WIFE, silly. 

I'd say try living with and/or working with a dog long enough and you will see. It also helps to have the dog in your possession prior to selling it. Doing that will increase your exposure to dogs exponentially. 

My dogs Cupcake and cuddles.. they barely bite anything. As long as I am selective in breeding and am not obscurred by kennel blindness it does not cause any problems

People need to have the proper dog for their abiliities as a trainer, living situation etc

The majority of people who say they want a real dog would'nt know what to do if they had one.

I agree with  Jim and Gustav

What is your definition of a "real life situation" since that would be different for everyone. 

It seems in this case a real life situation is getting caught trying to sell dogs you don't own.
                        

LMAO

Well going back to what I was getting at, it depends on what the threat is.  If someone walks up to you and tells you to F off in the street is that a "real life" street encounter?  If so what level of a dog do you need to deal with that?

Or is a definition of threat someone being carjacked by 12 skinheads carrying baseball bats?

In the second senario everyone might say it's an obvious threat, but the thing is that might not be so if the person being carjacked happens to be in a national sized gang themselves and has a cell phone and is only half a block from their own clubhouse.  And as a result what appeared to be the "victim" is now about to become part of his own predatorial pack and is now ready to play ball with those bats.

Everyone has a different perception of threat depending on who they are and the various time, place, situation, mood, and other relativities of the moment. 

Siccing a dog on an ornery teenager is different than dealing with an abusive former spouse that has been stalking you for a month. 

Now many people who read the above sentence likely assumed instantly in their mind that I was talking about a petite woman being stalked by a large man.  Yet read the sentence again and you will see that I could have been refering to a large man being stalked by his crazy whale sized ex wife. 

So there are a million different situations a human being could encounter.  And who knows which dog could or would meet each different challenge.