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Originally Posted by masraum
TThe dog usually loves everyone, and the old guy is a dog guy. I'm not sure what happened, but I agree, it's odd that she bit him. She's met hundreds of folks.
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Dog language is strange. It can be opposite of human:
I used to be over-giving to my ex gf's dog.
I gave it time and treats and trying to bond with it.
But the more I did good things, the more he tried to bite me. I was punished for being nice.
(same with his female human owner...it turned out later)
In the dog's mind I was acting like a weak beta in the pack, and I needed to be put in place behind him.
When I ignored him and treated him like crap he became normal again.
That messed with my value system for a while.
Good=Bad and Bad=Good.