Table 3.

Agreement with components of a definition gathered from survey stage 1 and presented in stage 2.

Definition Components		# Participants
Component presented for comment	“Display of threatening or aggressive postures”	28/29 (97%)
	Dog is “in control or perceived control of the object or item”	27/29 (93%)
	“The maintenance or defense of control of the resource”	20/29 (69%)
	“Object or item has some value to the dog”	11/29 (38%)
Participant suggestions	Make description of behaviors or postures more specific	3/29 (10%)
	Include defensive or fearful postures in addition to aggression and threats	1/29 (3%)
	Eliminate term ‘aggression’	1/29 (3%)