• ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    What more could there possibly be? And what makes you think a dog wouldn’t kill something for fun? Have you ever even owned a dog?

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        1 year ago

        And your dog has never acted on its prey drive? Never chased a squirrel or a rabbit even? If a big dog decides you’re prey, this is what happens. Not sure why you think pretending otherwise is a good idea.

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            1 year ago

            All domestic dogs still have a prey drive. Its why they shake toys etc.

            They did after all decend from an ancestor in common with wolve s. But approx 11k years of breeding has diminished the drive in some breeds. Ment to be companion dogs etc. Amd increased in in others. Mainly fighting dogs.

            But while much of that breeding is intentional. You cannot garrentee a breed has a set level. Breeding is just not that accurate.

            But as a genral rule of thumb. Some breeds take more work to keep that drive under control then others. Add the effort to breed large muscular dogs for fighting or sales. And some dogs can be as risky as any other carnivore species.