[quote=gsicard]No Des - if you can't read him it does not mean that he has weak nerve. I means that you can't read him. Lets stop all the nerve talk because I think people are being led to believe that if a dog displays any dominance behavior it is a nervebag and that is silly at best and misleading at worst. Lets talk about the behavior and the triggers and not assume that we can bisect a dogs nervous system by looking at it. Some of our members can but most of us are not that skilled.[/quote]

Excellent points. ALL animal behaviors are a result of stimulus & response. Aggression or passiveness are results of triggers, either external or internal. There is no "Bad" behavior, however not all behaviors are appropriate in all situations.