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Originally Posted by pac liter
I think that if you were to watch the video again with sound you would clearly see that Rabbit's barking is in response to the leaf blower and land scapers. It is not a response to my commands.
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Obviously the barking is not a response to your commands. As I said it appears to be territorial behavior combined with barrier frustration.
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Originally Posted by pac liter
Haha we don't let her charge the front door. That is the guest house door and there are land scapers in the backyard working. We always take precautions.
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I was responding to your comment that your landscapers have had to fend your dog off with their tools. That is not taking precautions.
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Originally Posted by pac liter
We are not worried about our yellow lab butters, attacking Rabbit. He submits to her everytime.
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Redirected aggression has nothing to do with dominance or submission. It is a pretty common behavior in high arousal settings. It is hard to see what the Lab is doing but it looks as though he grabbed at her at around 30 seconds. Maybe he didn't. There is always a risk of redirected aggression when there is barrier frustration and/or guarding behavior involving something the dogs can never get to. I actually know of a smaller mixed breed dog (35 lbs) who killed an older, much larger Greyhound because of redirected aggression.
This video shows a bit of redirected aggression: