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**nAKMzyBN** · 07-01-2010, 09:29 PM

Simple dog psychology says if they are out of their territory they are not brave at all. They are normally easily run off by a much smaller dog. Couple this to the fact typical dog behaviour is to present a lot of threat displays and generally try to avoid confrontation. Suddenly it starts to make sense. Then factor in that larger dogs just can't match the speed and agility of a small dog and this explains why in 15 years of chihuahuas I didn't come across one big dog that ever backed some of them down. Of course the risks were huge and all altercations were avoided if possible.

07-01-2010, 09:29 PM	#17
nAKMzyBN Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 496 Senior Member	Simple dog psychology says if they are out of their territory they are not brave at all. They are normally easily run off by a much smaller dog. Couple this to the fact typical dog behaviour is to present a lot of threat displays and generally try to avoid confrontation. Suddenly it starts to make sense. Then factor in that larger dogs just can't match the speed and agility of a small dog and this explains why in 15 years of chihuahuas I didn't come across one big dog that ever backed some of them down. Of course the risks were huge and all altercations were avoided if possible.
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