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Sunlei

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12. sometimes food aggression is catalyst. Dog could have put its head in the trash & he pushed it away.

Reply to Rex (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 18, 2015, 12:54 PM

Nov 2015

or he could have fed it and got to close to the food bowl.

Anyway, an older full adult unneutered male of the 'guard type breeds' should only go to an experienced breed rescue group. Not general adoption.

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