[DeTomaso] NPC- Dogs and UPS Trucks

[Jar]

Dogs have an instinct that tells them that people in uniforms are not  
to be trusted.

Humans are not as smart about this.




On Apr 7, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Garth Rodericks wrote:

> FWIW, I have a totally timid teddy bear of a Golden Retriever.  
> However, whenever the mail
> carrier comes into the front yard she gets ferociously viscous and  
> has broken her collar while
> charging him when she was tied up. Even if she's in the back yard  
> when he comes, she'll run
> to the fence to bark and growl as soon as she hears him.
>
> I was discussing this with a good friend who used to train guard  
> dogs and he told me that it
> was a learned response. The dog's job is to protect her family/home;  
> someone approached
> the house, she barked and growled, and he left - she did her job!   
> And it's become a daily
> routine that's been repeated every day since she was just over 8  
> weeks old.
>
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