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IAmBroomlast Friday at 11:46 PM0 repliesview on HN

Mostly, if not entirely, due to poor raising.

I've gotten "BEWARE OF DOG!" pitbulls and rottweilers to befriend me simply by speaking kindly to them, and then over a period of days raising that to handsniffs, then petting.

Misanthropic dogs are taught that behavior, which contradicts 10,000+ years of training. They don't enjoy being assholes.

This is not to say dogs aren't naturally barky and suspicious of strangers; that is also part of their millenia of training. Lots of nice people are also suspicious of strangers. But aggressively attacking people is basically psychotic behavior for a social animal that considers humans part of its society.