It is loyal to other home pets but can be aggressive towards other
dominant type dogs.
Not exact matches
This can be an autosomal
dominant trait, but Bernese Mountain
Dogs have
Type I, which is an autosomal recessive trait.
They typically prefer to be on home turf, aren't super food motivated, aren't much into fetching, are typically pretty
dominant dogs (meaning don't get one if you are a wimp or are the
type to baby / spoil a
dog... do that, and breeds like this will be unmanageable... the last thing you need is a protection
dog that will challenge you in your own home) and mostly just love those that they know.
Another category of
dogs that don't fit well into our environment are the
dominant, «bully»
types.
In doing so these
type of classes are one of the leading causes of
dominant dog problems.
They are bred from many different
types of
dogs to have certain
dominant characteristics, but physically, there are no locking jaws or innate viciousness.
It is mostly associated with male
dogs that are
dominant, but can also occur with the opposite
type of
dog, an insecure
dog.
Staffies can live with any
dog but having another
dog aggressive,
dominant, strong - willed breed of the same sex such as a Mastiff
type can be a recipe for disaster and if a fight did ensue I wouldn't like to try and break it up.
Dogs that have
dominant type aggression are very confident in new situations.
I've also seen very
dominant or leader
type dogs aggressively guard a position taken on the family couch but are perfectly fine with family members near their food bowl while they are eating.