Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 at 11:00
Gday,
Dingos are generally pack animals and usually attack from behind, in packs and more often than not attack
young or weak animals. They aren't like lions which have balls like elephants and attack straight on knowing they have the power to do say they pull things down on the run or wait until they cant run.
Therefore keeping eye contact keeps them at bay for longer while they look for a better avenue for attack. The minute you turn and run your free game.
This is the reason for "maintaining eye contact".
What Penchy is saying is looking into a Male dogs eyes is threatening his
Alpha male Status, which is true and if you haven't got the balls to take him on head on you may picking a fight you don't need.
Dingos don't come with operating manuals and dogs, bitches and pups will all react differently at different times and situations so any advice from "professionals" is generic and written for all sorts of different people.
I think all Penchy was saying is he would react a bit differently than the QP&WS guide lines and pointing out that direct eye contact may not be a good idea?
"I would therefore consider the advice given by the QP&WS and other experienced groups to be a valid and safe response." Yeah.....possibly is in most cases........
Cheers
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