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Originally Posted by European Lee
Lets hope you feel the same way when you hear, 'it was him or the 3 year old pulling on his ear. What would you do?' 
Regards,
Lee |
Way to not understand even basic dog psychology. I'll give you a basic lesson.
Dogs are motivated primarly by three drives. Prey, Defense and Pack.
The prey drive refers to the hunting, killing and feeding behavior that dogs have inherited from their wolf ancestry.
The defense drive has to do with fight or flight instincts, self preservation and survival.
The pack drive is a group behavior and this is the one that trainers key in on.
The pulling of ears by children could possible trigger a defense drive reaction in a dog but that's quite a different thing than chasing an animal which is clearly prey drive.
The simple act of chasing a ball is prey driven behavior. By your conclusions, playing ball with the family lab is actually training it to be a child killer.
Now you know and knowing is half the battle.