nawnim Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Padraic, I think some dogs have a problem with my dog (in avatar) because she is just unusual to them. She is very large, covered in patches and has very pale blue eyes. I think basically it just freaks some dogs out if they haven't seen anything like that before. YOur dog sounds sort of cute if that's the right word for a big dog. I don't think we've ever met a dog with blue eyes. I wonder what dogs see. Off topic I had a horse (cremello) with blue eyes and the sun was a major issue for her. Her eyes used to water a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheena Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Padraic, I think some dogs have a problem with my dog (in avatar) because she is just unusual to them. She is very large, covered in patches and has very pale blue eyes. I think basically it just freaks some dogs out if they haven't seen anything like that before. YOur dog sounds sort of cute if that's the right word for a big dog. I don't think we've ever met a dog with blue eyes. I wonder what dogs see. Off topic I had a horse (cremello) with blue eyes and the sun was a major issue for her. Her eyes used to water a lot. We had a new dog at training last night...probably some sort of b/collie x. He was jet black with the most piercing, staring light blue eyes. My girl gave him a wide berth :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbie_tabbie Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Letting your dog run amock with kids, adults, other dogs, whoever - is rude. Encouraging your dog to run up to children playing is downright wrong. Everyone has already commented on why. In addition a child could have a bad allergy, asthma..... My dogs are very good with children and one of them looks like a teddy bear, but it never fails to surprise me how many parents send their kids off to grab at my dogs. I always make sure I tell the children they should ask before approaching and then show them how to stroke nicely and where. I have to protect my dogs from the children! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazyWal Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I'm sure greyhounds know greyhounds. We have quite a few rescue greyhounds in my suburb now and my two can walk down the boardwalk with all types of different dogs passing but see a greyhound up ahead and the tails start wagging madly :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 my dogs definitely have bias towards certain breeds and certain colours! one doesn't like black staffies after one attacked him. He's fine with other well behaved dogs but won't tolerate any staffy. My feisty Weimaraner doesnt seem to like any breeds that are heavy breathing (so braccy, or just pulling on their collars and making choking noises!) Interested to know when in your dog's eyes a black staffy crossbreed becomes a black staffy. Where did it say anything about a cross breed? What I am trying to say (perhaps clumsily) is that I don't think dogs can tell one breed of dog from another. A negative reaction from the dog is the result of the handler tensing up No I disagree. I have had my Whippet in an offlead situation with young puppies and he ignored all bar the young Whippet. He has only ever actively wanted to say hello to Whippets and Greyhounds. I presume it is what he has seen most of and is comfortable with them. I have handled male Dobes who would roar at other male Dobes even from a distance but not care less about other males of other breeds even Rotti's, Mals and otehr more "dominant" breeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salukifan Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 in my opinion, dogs recognise body language that is like theirs and will gravitate to dogs whose body language mirrors their own. Conformation affects body language. Some purebred dogs are definitely 'breed snobs' and prefer the company of their own breed. My guess is that's part genetics and part socialisation... after all they spend their first weeks with dogs that look like them. I agree with those posters who say that their dogs have formed a dislike for breeds based on experience. I also think some dogs will not like breeds they can't 'read' well. Boxers tend to be a case in point - a lot of dogs just don't know what to do with a dog they think is staring at them when that's just how they look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkyTansy Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I agree with those posters who say that their dogs have formed a dislike for breeds based on experience. I also think some dogs will not like breeds they can't 'read' well. Boxers tend to be a case in point - a lot of dogs just don't know what to do with a dog they think is staring at them when that's just how they look. This - Charlie the OES was also a dog that many dogs take a dislike to (or fear) as he is big, fluffy and can't always see his eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mita Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 (edited) Yes, dogs do seem to 'read' other dogs, both on the basis of their current body language....and also on some breed recognition perhaps? I've seen so many examples with our dogs interacting with others. Like once I found our tibbies playing at the fenceline with a lost female pitbull. My first reaction....yipes!!! But then I looked at the dogs....tails wagging, big 'smiles' all round... and the pitbull was accompanied by a pretty, daffy spaniel that she seemed to be looking out for. So taking the cue from the little dogs, I had confidence in going over to the fence, talking to the pitbull girl and eventually securing her by the collar. And the tibs....and her spaniel mate...were right. They could read the body language better than me. The pitbull was a lovely, biddable, well-socialised dog. As to breed, the tibs happily accept new greyhounds coming in and out of the property at the back. But I heard them taking exception, at the weekend, when 2 non-greyhounds were visiting....and who weren't doing anything different (to my non-dog eyes!). My dogs are breedist! :) Edited August 15, 2012 by mita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffyluv Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 in my opinion, dogs recognise body language that is like theirs and will gravitate to dogs whose body language mirrors their own. Conformation affects body language. Some purebred dogs are definitely 'breed snobs' and prefer the company of their own breed. My guess is that's part genetics and part socialisation... after all they spend their first weeks with dogs that look like them. I agree with those posters who say that their dogs have formed a dislike for breeds based on experience. I also think some dogs will not like breeds they can't 'read' well. Boxers tend to be a case in point - a lot of dogs just don't know what to do with a dog they think is staring at them when that's just how they look. I agree with HW... I think they gravitate towards similar body language and often react accordingly. I know when I took Ziggy to dog parks, he would make a bee line for all the pups and little dogs at first but once his confidence kicked in he would go to all the boof heads who wanted to run and chase balls and play in the mud and shoulder each other... I also think most Staffords have a certain confidence and I do think this puts some dogs on edge, hence the reaction to Staffords by a lot of other dogs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nawnim Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 in my opinion, dogs recognise body language that is like theirs and will gravitate to dogs whose body language mirrors their own. Conformation affects body language. Some purebred dogs are definitely 'breed snobs' and prefer the company of their own breed. My guess is that's part genetics and part socialisation... after all they spend their first weeks with dogs that look like them. I agree with those posters who say that their dogs have formed a dislike for breeds based on experience. I also think some dogs will not like breeds they can't 'read' well. Boxers tend to be a case in point - a lot of dogs just don't know what to do with a dog they think is staring at them when that's just how they look. My point is that dogs don't know breed names. Going back to the earlier post about black staffies you can't say my dog doesn't like black staffies. It would be more accurate to say "My dog doesn't like medium sized short haired dogs who strut with their tails and heads held high" and staffies aren't the only dogs that do this. How do the 'breed snobs' react when they meet cross breed dogs, one of the crosses being their own breed. In a dog's eyes when is a staffy (whippet) not a staffy (whippet)? I think it depends more on body language than anything else and the dog is also picking up on cues from its owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinabean Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 in my opinion, dogs recognise body language that is like theirs and will gravitate to dogs whose body language mirrors their own. Conformation affects body language. Some purebred dogs are definitely 'breed snobs' and prefer the company of their own breed. My guess is that's part genetics and part socialisation... after all they spend their first weeks with dogs that look like them. I agree with those posters who say that their dogs have formed a dislike for breeds based on experience. I also think some dogs will not like breeds they can't 'read' well. Boxers tend to be a case in point - a lot of dogs just don't know what to do with a dog they think is staring at them when that's just how they look. I agree especially about boxers. Mine gets a bad response from many dogs out in public (particularly BC's) He even play-bowed a loose dog yesterday who initially rushed us and pinned my dog (owner was weeding front yard and not watching his dog). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salukifan Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 in my opinion, dogs recognise body language that is like theirs and will gravitate to dogs whose body language mirrors their own. Conformation affects body language. Some purebred dogs are definitely 'breed snobs' and prefer the company of their own breed. My guess is that's part genetics and part socialisation... after all they spend their first weeks with dogs that look like them. I agree with those posters who say that their dogs have formed a dislike for breeds based on experience. I also think some dogs will not like breeds they can't 'read' well. Boxers tend to be a case in point - a lot of dogs just don't know what to do with a dog they think is staring at them when that's just how they look. I agree especially about boxers. Mine gets a bad response from many dogs out in public (particularly BC's) He even play-bowed a loose dog yesterday who initially rushed us and pinned my dog (owner was weeding front yard and not watching his dog). The Boxer/BC dynamic is one known to quite a few owners of those breeds. GSDs and Poodles don't tend to be a good mix either. GSDs and Spitzs can also be a challenging mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffyluv Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 in my opinion, dogs recognise body language that is like theirs and will gravitate to dogs whose body language mirrors their own. Conformation affects body language. Some purebred dogs are definitely 'breed snobs' and prefer the company of their own breed. My guess is that's part genetics and part socialisation... after all they spend their first weeks with dogs that look like them. I agree with those posters who say that their dogs have formed a dislike for breeds based on experience. I also think some dogs will not like breeds they can't 'read' well. Boxers tend to be a case in point - a lot of dogs just don't know what to do with a dog they think is staring at them when that's just how they look. I agree especially about boxers. Mine gets a bad response from many dogs out in public (particularly BC's) He even play-bowed a loose dog yesterday who initially rushed us and pinned my dog (owner was weeding front yard and not watching his dog). Ziggy loves boxers.. Every one we have encountered has been as big a loon as he is.. It's one big game... Because he had a really big boxer boy as a mate when he first went to the dog park, he would make a bee line for them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennan's Mum Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 yep I am sick of it too! My little boy got chased by three off lead dogs yesterday. He saw that it was time to leave the park and began to run home and the three dogs that people had offlead (in an onlead area) chased him. The owners didn't even bother calling them back I am grateful that he wasn't scared and just knew to stop and be still. But still he said to me that he couldn't tell if they were friendly or not Also yesterday my daughter was playing with her friend at adiffernt playground and a guy stopped with his dog, took its collar off and told it 'go say hello to those kids over there'! The dog then proceeded to jump all pver them both and scratched my daughter's stomach doing so!!! Oh dear a child was jumped upon and scratched by a dog!!!! Gosh, better call an ambulance and contact the media. Sheeesh, really? Is she that much of a princess that it was an issue? This post is disgusting...absolutely disgusting :mad :mad No other word for it IMO Agree . For all this dog owner knew the child/ren playing may be scared of dogs. I always try and give space between my dog and other dogs. Having worked hard with her on her fear reactivity- and having seen such great changes in her I am not about to risk a set-back. I also do it out of courtesy of the other dog/ owner. I don't know their dog(s) story and how they are likely to react. With people (particularly elderly and those with children) I will stand to the furthest possible point away from them and place my dog in a sit until they pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nawnim Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 in my opinion, dogs recognise body language that is like theirs and will gravitate to dogs whose body language mirrors their own. Conformation affects body language. Some purebred dogs are definitely 'breed snobs' and prefer the company of their own breed. My guess is that's part genetics and part socialisation... after all they spend their first weeks with dogs that look like them. I agree with those posters who say that their dogs have formed a dislike for breeds based on experience. I also think some dogs will not like breeds they can't 'read' well. Boxers tend to be a case in point - a lot of dogs just don't know what to do with a dog they think is staring at them when that's just how they look. I agree especially about boxers. Mine gets a bad response from many dogs out in public (particularly BC's) He even play-bowed a loose dog yesterday who initially rushed us and pinned my dog (owner was weeding front yard and not watching his dog). The Boxer/BC dynamic is one known to quite a few owners of those breeds. GSDs and Poodles don't tend to be a good mix either. GSDs and Spitzs can also be a challenging mix. This is just CDC instructor speak. Not saying any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salukifan Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 (edited) Padraic: This is just CDC instructor speak. Not saying any more. Someone got a beef with CDC perhaps? It's not a cult you know.... Edited August 14, 2012 by Haredown Whippets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I found My Dobes and Staffords went together well, similar playing styles. Luckily when the WHippets came along he changed his playing style to suit, so they still got along well :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W Sibs Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I own Spitz breeds and they get along with GSD really well. They also get along with bull breeds too. Emmy has a fondness for Border collies and Kelpies. She is very good at changing her style in playing with other dogs, and matching their energy level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrietta Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 (edited) While we are on the topic of breeds that complement or mesh well together, anyone with Staffords or experience with them want to give their insight into breeds that potentially mix well. Without knowing the personalities/temp of the dogs in question. I'm not going to be adding to my current pack unless it's my grandmother's whippet, bless him. But just thinking down the road. Edit spelling Edited August 14, 2012 by Henrietta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melzawelza Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I find labs go well with bull breeds. They like a rougher style of play and are happy to do so with a bull breed. Herding breeds seem to be the worst match, they dont tend to like body combat and some bull breeds are unnerved by their stare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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