Dogs Not Recognising Members Of Their Own Species

[wuffles]

Hmmm my Britt is almost completely white and I have yet to have an antisocial experience with her.... Fingers crossed it does not happen.

I think it might be the white face rather than body... my girl's body is black but her face is white.

Ava has a lovely 9 month old Brittany buddy at dog school and they go crazy together :p

[The Spotted Devil]

RV - also look at the body language, not just colour. I imagine a Britt would be a bit like an ESS in terms of "soft" body language.

Ziggy's normal stance is very straight and upright (head high) even when he is just standing quietly - I suspect the combination is what triggers the intense dislike. He is only bouncy towards pretty girly dogs (tart!) who just love him but he would rather ignore most dogs and just do his own thing.

[raineth]

I find too some dogs are just targets for other dogs because of their behaviour, especially those that a lot of people consider 'happy go lucky'... if you look at some of these dog's they're actually quite obnoxious as they just la la la around the other dogs, bump them, get involved and don't back off when told off ... then usually just derp there or roll over and flail.

If you find you have a targeted dog watch closely what it seems to be that sets off the other dogs. It could be a natural breed trait, movement or simply the facial expressions which some breeds cannot help (eg mastiffs, novelly coloured breeds etc) A dog will recognise the smell of a dog, the confusion will come from the fact that the look associated with the smell doesnt fit what dog considers a 'dog'. Thats usually where the flinching and backing off like Kaos does comes in.

She also has really pale blue eyes which could add to the problem.

We don't have any issues at club, all the dogs there are fine with her, and because of this she is relaxed.

I'm thinking it must be something to do with her appearance that is then exacerbated by her stress.

She is not a rude dog in that way, and she rarley gets the chance to say hello anyway because the dogs are usually anti-scoial toward her from the moment they see her unfortunately.

[Nekhbet]

if it's off the cuff then I would hazard a guess the other dogs are not socialised to her types of movements and look. Your main thing will be to teach your dog to ignore them and come back to you as long term it can be confusing for her as well.

[raineth]

if it's off the cuff then I would hazard a guess the other dogs are not socialised to her types of movements and look. Your main thing will be to teach your dog to ignore them and come back to you as long term it can be confusing for her as well.

yeah we have been doing Look At That