Steve Dale

You mentioned Dr. Karen Overall.

She is a veterinary behaviorist who is the best teacher I've ever had, incidentally.

And you also mentioned John Paul Scott and John Paul Scott.

I got to interview him once when he was at the University of Chicago.

Janice, every day, you know, a child, maybe the child the dog lives with, goes to pet the ear, and suddenly, according to the adults in the family, the dog bites.

Is it all that suddenly?

I would say, as with most things, and my students, when I was a full-time teacher, used to hate me for this, for my standard answer being, it depends.

So, Let's say in the example that you gave to begin with, the dog's ear is sore, and so it hurts when somebody touches the dog's ear.