Quote Originally Posted by Burns View Post
Well obviously I don't have a specific example, but these dogs can assess a dangerous situation and predict what the "bad guy" may do, and therefore act accordingly. Like I said in my post above, there have been stories about dogs acting in such a way in an emergency-type situation that they weren't trained to do, which can mean they truly do understand what is going on in the situation and has the consciousness to act accordingly, without being trained to do so.


Ok.. I sort of understand this.. however examples really are key to working it out..

They will act minorly different to how they have been trained, but i guarantee it is essentially always an act of protecting themselves or someone else, this is hardwired into their instincts. It doesn't require conscious foresight, although it would be nice to think it did.