In most cases dogs are thought to be aggressive when actually it is simply the lack of communication between handler and dog. True aggression is far more violent. It is very much misunderstood in dogs as it is in man.

We, as a society have forgotten the simplest things in life as we have permitted our heads to be filled with fear and misinformation. One dog growls at another to communicate and this communication may lead to mouthing or even to what we may term, a bite. It is however, not true aggression, it is necessary communication. We have denied our natural world and in its place we have adopted the teachings of those ignorant but "Aggressive" fools known as "Experts".

If we look at a bitch with her pups, we will see that she not only growls but even appears to often snap out and bite at the pups. This is not aggression, it is communication. Unfortunately we fail to see this because we are on a witch hunt for anything deemed "Aggressive" or outside of what is acceptable by those who mislead us upon our journey. If a dog is doing what is "Natural" then it can not be unnatural.

Far too often we fall under the pressures of those who attack our person for asking "Why", when they present their rules and regulations to our one "Gift" the "Gift of freedom and of life". Make no mistake, if you ask "Why" loud enough you will soon get to see true aggression in their twisted faces and verbal attacks. They know the fire within your soul must be quenched because the truth as the pursuit of freedom is contagious and must therefore not be permitted to spark that fire which will leave the true answers in its wake. This truth is what they fear the most and it first appears much as a smile or the giggling laughter of a child. As time passes and restrictions are placed upon feelings and emotions, our thoughts will soon be monitored and what have we then?

The destruction of dogs said to be dangerous and aggressive, are no less than a control button on us as a people. Aggression as stress is not a bad thing, it is a misunderstood thing. We cannot ban, nor drug that which is natural or we will become as twisted as those who would lead us to believe otherwise. Geese honk, cats hiss, frogs croak, dogs growl and bark and yes even bite, just as life is natural, man can make it unnatural if we fail to read the aggression in his communication.

©Mike McConnery/Baden K9 Incorporated, 02/20/07

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