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My dog once lost a few drops of blood to a larger dog, back when he was more possessive of his tennis ball. I didn't see it but there was no-harm-no-foul afterwards. Both dogs were separated and the other owner left. That dog was later aggressive towards another one.
I've seen a few scraps at our park, but most were just the gradual ramping-up situations where neither would give way.
The owners there are very good and will separate or "time out" their pups before this even starts to happen.
And that's the key.
You watch them closely and correct bad behavior immediately.
I suspect in that Tx incident there was a good 10 minutes beforehand where neither owner did anything to prevent a fight.
There are plenty of dogs who start out with really bad manners and later turn into lushes.
Big or small, they all have the same mix in their brains.
That socialization/play instinct is much stronger than the fight instinct in 99% of canines.
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