If I were to bump a dog it would be to know were he stands maturity wise. You don't even need contact to be honest. Just face him and you'll most often know. If not A quick bump will let you.
If I were to bump a dog it would be to know were he stands maturity wise. You don't even need contact to be honest. Just face him and you'll most often know. If not A quick bump will let you.
Of course you need contact, it's all about the contact.
Allowing your dogs a back yard barkoff is telling you nothing about those dogs, other than they'll show aggression when faced with other dogs; although usually a good indication, it's not a clear indication that he's on, actually going over and taking hold is, and that's why you need contact because you'd be a fool to judge a dog on how it acts.
I agree contact is needed ive had a few dogs who showed no care for other dogs until they were in the box, you could walk a pissed off dog up to them on the chain and they could care less and when they were across from the same dog in the box it was a totally diff story.