Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
No, I believe you are wrong. That's horses, not dogs. Dog's need to be stared down. They sense a mile away and attack it to reinforce their dominance. You have to let them know you see them are not afraid.
Its not the eye contact that enforces the dominance its standing your ground. If you look at submissive dogs, they avoid any eye contact, & lay on their backs to submit.
Eye contact is almost always viewed as a threat in any animal,mammal,etc.
Horses are a bad example, they are very skittish in nature, & usally counter attack in self defence.
Sometimes dogs will initiate an attack, or attack in self defence