Simple... the gait of the dog. The run is a playful bouncy run, not an aggressive approach. If that dog was being aggressive, it would have lowered it’s profile and set for a lunge... it didn’t, not even close. That dog was coming over to say hi and died for it for no reason.
Mike
The gait was also what I based my conclusion on.
That, and the fact that a REALLY aggressive dog would not have given the officer that much reaction time. (My little GSD can reach any point in the yard in under 2 seconds.)
It looks to me like the dog is running in fast. The bounciness of the run looks to me to be the result of a low frame rate in the video more than anything else.
If that dog was being aggressive, it would have lowered it’s profile and set for a lunge... it didn’t, not even close.
I have to disagree with that. If a dog is going to run in and then jump up to lick someone it usually jumps up towards the face. If it is going to tear into someone it usually goes after a leg or the hands. The dog would lower it's profile more in a overly friendly approach than in an aggressive one because it has to shift it's weight down before jumping up. To attack down low, it just lowers mostly it's head at the last minute. To go after hands or leg it might jump but not as high, so it doesn't have to shift down low as much first.
I like dogs. I used to help out at agility competitions. However, I've also been bit a few times as well, and never above the waist. I did however have a friend who's standard poodle would launch itself from nearly ten feet away and try and lick my nose while just just bouncing off my side with it's shoulder as it flew by.