Owners are often in denial and frankly, full of shat about some of the dogs instincts and traits. Its amazing how often they..well...LIE about a pet "He's never had fleas"..."He's only been acting like this for a day"..."He doesn't bite"...BULLSHIT I find the most iffy and prone time to see a dog act the ass is in the company of -some- owners when trying to work with or examine etc. Its about enviroment and they retreat to protect or comfort and get nothing but mixed signals, get scattered. Way too many newbies get tagged trying to reach into a owners 'zone' and bring a pet out .