"Mean" Dog responds to love

[Catherine]

The dog is beautiful and she looks so intelligent. I would love to have a dog like that.

You are so right about how many dogs are killed because they "fail" an assessment given to them under terrible conditions.
Animal shelters, even good ones are still frightening places for a dog that was a pet. The dog doesn't understand why it has been rejected. There are lots of reasons why dogs end up at shelters. It is usually nothing to do with the dog.

I think  "resource guarding" behaviour (food aggression) is normal. I don't like people touching my food. Any creature protects its food. Misty was right to stand up for her food rights. I would worry about a creature that doesn't defend its food.

I think that dog was so stressed out it couldn't respond. Someone had to reach out with love to connect with her.

We need more people like that who see the good in a frightened animal.