For the record Mouse wasn't trained as an attack dog. Not in the text. Mouse is smart. He can read and understand English.
Mouse is an effective guard dog, trust me, he knows how to attack, that is what makes him an effective guard dog... Yes, he is smart and can read and understand English, he also knows how to
attack when he needs to... Attack to kill if need be.
There would probably be fewer fatalities and bites if people like your dog handler friend remembered that dogs are animals. Your friend would benefit from reading this.
I didn't say she was my friend, I did say she
is a dog handler, which means she knows very well what dogs are, what they capable of and can do.. She works a dog, to find human remains in all kinds of nasty situations.. Also to search for and save live people in all kinds of nasty situations and weathers... Have you ever tried to train dog to do such work? Have you actually worked a dog?
I am sensitive to this subject currently since I have two great grandchildren under 18 months whose parents don't really understand dogs. My wife was bitten because she ignored the first rule. Do not approach strange dogs. Carry on.
Do you really understand dogs?
Then let me educate you so it turns out well for your great grandchildren and their parents....
True, one shouldn't approach a strange dog.. That is good if you see a dog off by itself, if someone is with the strange dog, always ask first if it is okay to pet the dog? If the owner says, "no." Don't try to pet... If the owner says,"Yes." Here are some good rules... Never look a strange dog directly in the eye, it could see it as a challenge.. Next, let the dog smell your hand coming from underneath the dog's chin... Never pat the top of it's head or reach over the top of it's nose, it could feel threatened by that.. Follow those rules and everyone should be pretty safe... I could go into paying attention to a dog's body language, but that is a little more complicated you can look it up..