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<blockquote data-quote="HaoZi" data-source="post: 399876"><p>Eye contact and tapping on the TOP of the nose are both alpha behaviors in canines (alphas will bite the others on top of the nose, subs will nibble the alpha under the chin), so whether or not to maintain eye contact with the dog will depend on the situation. If you can assert yourself as a dominant, then keeping your nose high (again an alpha trait is in keeping the nose higher than the others) and maintaining eye contact is critical and breaking it signifies you are subordinate. There are dogs in which this is a bad idea to challenge them and others that you can make back down by getting that level of authority over them, but it's a case-by-case basis that also requires attention to where you are, the dog itself, other body language it is exhibiting, and why the dog is doing it (territory, fear, feral, trained for it, etc). It would NOT work with a dog trained to attack, like those used in fights, well-trained guard dogs, police dogs, etc., but I have used it against feral dogs (again not always the best method but it worked on that occasion) and scared dogs that got loose.</p><p></p><p>Just like you see lots of conflicting advice on dealing with bears, a lot of it depends on the species, how the encounter happened, where, and (in the case of bears), what time of day it is. What works to scare off a surprised black bear during daylight hours (making yourself look big and loud) is useless at night, because after dark you have to treat it as a predatory attack and fight for your life, doing as much damage to the bear as possible. With a grizzly or other brown bear, it's different, because their behaviors and hunting patterns are different and not as limited to nighttime hours. They're also bigger and more aggressive than black bears.</p><p></p><p>Animals are as individual as humans, and even expert handlers get hurt and killed sometimes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HaoZi, post: 399876"] Eye contact and tapping on the TOP of the nose are both alpha behaviors in canines (alphas will bite the others on top of the nose, subs will nibble the alpha under the chin), so whether or not to maintain eye contact with the dog will depend on the situation. If you can assert yourself as a dominant, then keeping your nose high (again an alpha trait is in keeping the nose higher than the others) and maintaining eye contact is critical and breaking it signifies you are subordinate. There are dogs in which this is a bad idea to challenge them and others that you can make back down by getting that level of authority over them, but it's a case-by-case basis that also requires attention to where you are, the dog itself, other body language it is exhibiting, and why the dog is doing it (territory, fear, feral, trained for it, etc). It would NOT work with a dog trained to attack, like those used in fights, well-trained guard dogs, police dogs, etc., but I have used it against feral dogs (again not always the best method but it worked on that occasion) and scared dogs that got loose. Just like you see lots of conflicting advice on dealing with bears, a lot of it depends on the species, how the encounter happened, where, and (in the case of bears), what time of day it is. What works to scare off a surprised black bear during daylight hours (making yourself look big and loud) is useless at night, because after dark you have to treat it as a predatory attack and fight for your life, doing as much damage to the bear as possible. With a grizzly or other brown bear, it's different, because their behaviors and hunting patterns are different and not as limited to nighttime hours. They're also bigger and more aggressive than black bears. Animals are as individual as humans, and even expert handlers get hurt and killed sometimes. [/QUOTE]
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