Eh prey drive (the desire to hunt and kill smaller animals) is different than intra animal aggression. All owners of large powerful dogs have a responsibility to train and manage them appropriately. I wouldn't worry.
That's true, but the scenario where a dog would go after a toy breed is called predatory drift. People are also much less likely to leave their toy breeds roaming around into other people's yards.
Yeah, in some senses it worries me. My original comment may have misrepresented the dog a bit. She interacts with dogs and cats fairly regularly, without fighting. But when she and feral cats fight, it's pretty violent.
I'm not sure if bloodlust would really be the correct word for it, but she certainly has a capacity for violence. Guess every animal does.
Well, yeah, but my rescue doesn't have the biteforce to do much harm. He's just a Lhasa, but even then, when he really had a go at my new dog I didn't want to leave them alone together.
Doesn't it worry you that your pitbull has gotten a bit of a bloodlust? Who's to see he doesn't maul someone pet some day?
Eh prey drive (the desire to hunt and kill smaller animals) is different than intra animal aggression. All owners of large powerful dogs have a responsibility to train and manage them appropriately. I wouldn't worry.
A cat is no smaller than a toy dog.
That's true, but the scenario where a dog would go after a toy breed is called predatory drift. People are also much less likely to leave their toy breeds roaming around into other people's yards.
Yeah, in some senses it worries me. My original comment may have misrepresented the dog a bit. She interacts with dogs and cats fairly regularly, without fighting. But when she and feral cats fight, it's pretty violent.
I'm not sure if bloodlust would really be the correct word for it, but she certainly has a capacity for violence. Guess every animal does.
Mutual combat is mutual combat. Let them fight.
Have you ever owned a rescue?
A rescued dog? Yeah. Why?
Then you know how neurotic they can be , and that folks go into it prepared for that.
Well, yeah, but my rescue doesn't have the biteforce to do much harm. He's just a Lhasa, but even then, when he really had a go at my new dog I didn't want to leave them alone together.