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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Barking is a performative aggression. It's meant to intimidate. Predatory attacks frequently don't have warning barks. It's quiet staring then a lunge.

The behavior you described sounds dangerous, but it's a known thing (that doesn't make it less dangerous, but does give opportunity to blame the owner that they should have known they had an aggressive dog). Terrible owners don't correct this behavior and have dogs that are dangerous to people. But there are many dogs that show zero aggression before attacking. There's a bunch of biased sources but I think there is some truth to it, nearly half of dogs that kill have not shown aggression towards humans before.

Side note: Rottweilers are the #2 killer dog breed in America. They average about 10% of all fatal attacks. Pits are the #1 killer dog breed. The past couple of years they've been 65%+ of fatal attacks.