It's basic dog psychology, if you scare them and get them peeing…

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It's basic dog psychology, if you scare them and get them peeing down their leg, they submit. But if you project weakness, you draw aggression, that's how people get hurt.

Bodhi

Point Break · 1991

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Man and animals Dogs Submission Power dynamics

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Action (film)Crime (film)Action Crime

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Time

1991

Person

Bodhi

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Citation

Point Break. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Johnny Utah Productions/Largo Entertainment, 1991.

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