When i went for a visit of our new neighbor, he has a dog, a "muensterlaender", with a muzzle on.
Not all dogs are naturally trustworthy. Normally dogs are showing signs of escalation: Visual fixation, taking an upright and stiff posture, barking, growling, snatching, biting - in this particular order.
This one went right trying to bite my balls, as soon as he saw me getting out of the car and realizing me as a stranger. I was quite "surprised" in a negative way. So quick, without signs of warning.
Not all dogs are mentally "right", and i forbid my kids (they were inside the car) to get near this one. The holder almost lives like an eremite, the dog seems to take care of preserving and protecting the "family constellation", and it does it very seriously. In the world of dogs, he was acting plausible.
Most dog bites are "scare-bites", though, for example when accidentally stepped on the tail by a stranger. I actually had two cases of scare-biting with one of my dogs. The waitress he bit was panicking, rushed to the hospital and this means the doctors have to inform the police about the incident. As the dog was registered, they gave a warning, because the dog would be put down after a second bite. ...which occurred a year later. The renter of the flat i was living in, also scared of dogs, was talking to me through the half opened door, the dog was watching from my side. Then she suddenly stepped forward, my dog rushed to her leg and bit. It was a hostile move, from his point of view, because she was always avoiding to get near him, he must have recognized her like some stranger. It wasn't a hard bite, no blood at all, but she rushed to the hospital as well. I could save his life only because the local police chief was a relative of the renter and no serious injuries were caused (skin haematoma) by the bite, but i had to give him to the boarding kennels where i originally got him from. It's a good place, no cages, just a pack of dogs living almost naturally in a fenced area. It was a five hour drive, but i visited him as often as i could, until he died at the age of seven. It was a custom breed, and the (idiot) breeder incorporated incest into the breeding line, which made all the dogs genetically weak. As far as i know, my dog had the longest life of all dogs of his line. I came to see three other ones, all impaired. Mine was just overly suspicious, took me quite some time to earn his trust as well. The breeder's license got revoked later, too. I also continued to pay the monthly fee for the dog's home, like a recurring donation. They really got a heart for dogs there and the owner was a friend, otherwise he would not have given the dog away.
Gotta look for a pic now...
EDIT: He was also a real beauty, but he always had this worried look.
R.I.P.
Everybody has two families... the one they're born into and the one they choose and that chooses them.
Hopefully both are happy families.
this.
or Dog today hehe 
does it involve a coin?
