Reply #44: Any dog can be a dick at any time. The sweetest dog in the world bit me when I was a kid, and the

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meanest, ugliest, dumbest dog would lie down next to me and guard me when I was a baby (he would also chase my dad off when he tried to pick me up). I like dogs, and have two, but I accept that any dog can feel threatened and react unexpectedly at any time. I think a lot of people personify their dogs so much they forget they're animals.