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[quote author=Sweetypye link=topic=13697.msg260890#msg260890 date=1234964074]
1 Hackles going up are a sign of the 4 Fs, flight, fight, freeze or fart about in other words hackles are the visual sign of anticipation. The dog is getting ready for trouble; hence my statement that a confident assertive dog of does NOT raise his hackles, he is not anticipating problems.
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Okay sorry if i get this wrong but what I’m understanding is that dodger raises his hackles in the ‘fight’ sign because he is getting ready for the approaching dog (cause he feels insecure.) So does that mean that in general dodger would be the confident assertive dog of (A) but because of all the other issues it has left him an insecure assertive dog who feels the need to ‘bully’ other dogs to…. something? Don’t know why now? :embarrass: