| Too many people just don't understand the alpha roll, they hold the dog down until it "gives up" and not until the dog just looks away - which sends the dog into a defensive state where he struggles more and in his mind may be fighting for his life - hence getting bit.
The dog will mostly just quickly avert his eyes or glance away quickly and people don't look for that or miss it - it happens in just a second - that is the time to let him up and act as if nothing happened. Their body language is so much more fine tuned than ours.
All in all, I think it's over used and misused. In your situation, I certainly would be against using it.
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