[DevaRextusidis]

So today is July 4 and it is 96 degrees outside and we have a family bbq. One of our dogs decides to eat one of the hotdogs that has just fallen down on the floor, but I reprimanded him by giving a sharp "leave it" and he just dropped it. For doing so, I petted him and gave him some water from the hose, but walking pedestrians began to say that I should let him eat the hotdog because by yanking food away from him, it causes him to become HA due to the "reinforcement of humans being competitors." I just laughed and told them that all our dogs are given commands for eating as well as drinking and that we do this as a form of discipline and reinforcing wanted behaviors. However, the two assures me that they have raised their pitbulls (both were mixes, one a pit/lab and the other a pit/shepherd) by letting them be dogs and that they have turned out to be excellent protectors. However, both dogs were extremely shy and the "protection" is probably due to poor nerves as the dogs hackles would raise up as I walk towards my fence to talk to them. I just told them that my dog husbandry works for me so I'm sticking with it. They walked off and looked at me like I am an unknowledgeable owner LOL. Btw, this just happened literally 20 mins. ago LOL.