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Well fuck. Apparently the reason people don't pet puppies sometimes is that they're training them to be fighting dogs or guard dogs. I was going to say "WTF? A lab-shepherd mix as a fighting dog?" but then I realized that even pit bulls, which are a typical fighting dog, can be fantastically sweet if you pet them. Er, and properly socialize them. And besides, no dog should be a fighting dog. It's bad enough that they race greyhounds.