subby .. correctamundo !!!! I'm cool like the Fonz. The Fonz was only a little guy and used the bluff technique. I had a very small Thaltan bear dog a long time ago that did that. Almost every dog that he bristled up to would back down .. I kid you not. The only dog I saw that took him up on his bristling involved both of them being around a female that was amorous. Love and its pursuit prevailed in the mind of the bigger dog. LOL.