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Jamesy
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07 Feb 2013, 1:44 pm

One of my friends asked me yesterday "if a golden retriever was lying with its litter of puppies would the mother get aggressive if you started abusing its litter"

What do u think? Would the mother start barking and bite you?



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07 Feb 2013, 1:52 pm

A lot of animals get aggresive when something tries to hurt their young ones, I don't think that'd be very different with a dog.



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07 Feb 2013, 1:56 pm

Retrievers are not aggressive dogs though are they?



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07 Feb 2013, 2:16 pm

I would if I was the retriever, that's for sure. There's a mother tiger in me as regards animal welfare.



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07 Feb 2013, 11:52 pm

Jamesy wrote:
Retrievers are not aggressive dogs though are they?


I imagine they would be if you started hurting their children, though.


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07 Feb 2013, 11:54 pm

I would hope so....otherwise she'd be a bad mommy. :)



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08 Feb 2013, 3:59 am

Jamesy wrote:
Retrievers are not aggressive dogs though are they?


No. Unless they've been mistreated they tend to be very friendly. But even the friendliest dog can get very aggressive very quickly if she perceives a threat to her pups.