It's so true. It's next to impossible to know without lots of information, even in the best of times (as in....not on the Internet) So, here, as Sam says, there isn't even enough information, but even if there were, I doubt we could say. So, just to humor you (you little sneak) I'll take a stab at this guessing game.
The only kind of aggression I can even have a hope to tackle over the Internet is food or toy guarding. And even then, it is not a true "experiement" or conclusion because there still could be other factors which coincidentally are occuring at the same time. It could look like one thing, but something else is actually driving the aggression or may be driving it in addition to the handler error.
But these examples are IMO impossible to be accurate about. I guessed but can see very well how I could easily be wrong. What looks like one thing can be something else. And that's why I particularily HATE this jumping to conclusions about things like "dominance." There can be most definitely medical reasons, genetic or the regulator gene of seretonin which prediposes aggression etc which can be defective. A lot of aggression, I've certainly read is caused by physiological causes and owner handling of course too.
So I'll guess and I'll even put in my reasoning behind my guesses. Now, if THAT isn't being brave. Get ready...opcorn:
I'm itchin' to say chemical imbalance on this one too, but I've already used that one up on a following guess so I'll have to say owner handling error. lol.
Too many conscious things going on to be in a seizure such as eating a hole thru the bottom of the door, pulling up carpet, frantic, bit tongue. An accute occurance. The levels of some hormone must have reached a tipping point and he went berserk.
severe chemical imbalance
My reasoning, as faulty as it probably is:
(long term and gradual brain damage caused by repeated seizures. Can't focus, is aimless.)
seizures
This one could definitely resemble owner handling error. But since you asked us to guess, I figured that it couldn't be so obvious. So, if you used reverse psychology on us, I'm gonna have to getcha back!
The only kind of aggression I can even have a hope to tackle over the Internet is food or toy guarding. And even then, it is not a true "experiement" or conclusion because there still could be other factors which coincidentally are occuring at the same time. It could look like one thing, but something else is actually driving the aggression or may be driving it in addition to the handler error.
But these examples are IMO impossible to be accurate about. I guessed but can see very well how I could easily be wrong. What looks like one thing can be something else. And that's why I particularily HATE this jumping to conclusions about things like "dominance." There can be most definitely medical reasons, genetic or the regulator gene of seretonin which prediposes aggression etc which can be defective. A lot of aggression, I've certainly read is caused by physiological causes and owner handling of course too.
So I'll guess and I'll even put in my reasoning behind my guesses. Now, if THAT isn't being brave. Get ready...opcorn:
A gentleman with several well trained dogs. After a day at he park, he went to load one in the back of his truck and when he turned to the side, she lunged off the tail gate and attacked him. Severe punctures on his back, then stomach and arm and a broken thumb.
Another dog, a Rhodesian Rhidgeback, who for years was an active family pet. Put in the bedroom when the owners went to lunch, one Saturday, the room the dog had been going to for years "as his space". They came home to what looked like a crime scene. The door had a hole eaten thru the bottom, splintered wood everywhere, carpet and pad peeled up, blood everywhere, even splattered on the ceiling. The dogs muzzle and tongue needing stitches. A well trained pet, then unable for the owners to get his leash on and put him in a crate in the car to go to the vet without him turning on them.
severe chemical imbalance
The third, a 6 mo. old female sheltie. Excessive barking, pacing, not responsive during training, destructive in the house, some growling. A beautiful pup on her 3rd home, when brought to me!!
(long term and gradual brain damage caused by repeated seizures. Can't focus, is aimless.)
seizures
This one could definitely resemble owner handling error. But since you asked us to guess, I figured that it couldn't be so obvious. So, if you used reverse psychology on us, I'm gonna have to getcha back!
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