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My dog, a Westie, is quite friendly with other dogs. Sometimes he will go out of his way to go and sniff butts and other dog stuff. Sometimes he just ignores other dogs and does his own thing.
However, if he sees another Westie, he will always approach them and will also spend a lot more time greeting them. He definitely has a stronger connection with his own breed.
Anyone else noticed similar in their dogs?
Our old boxer used to lose his sh*t when he saw other boxers and would bark (he never barked) and his bum shook so much he nearly hit himself in the face with it. He wouldn't do it with any other breed, just other boxers.
He did seem to really like labs too, but not to the extent he did with other boxer dogs.
Out dogs dislike all other dogs but they definitely dislike some more than others. Labradors are probably the most disliked but they also don't like their own breed much more.
Yes. Lurcher. Nothing runs quite like another lurcher runs.
She's also especially fond of Golden retrievers, because we used to have one.
My Bedlington is fond of other terriers and whippets/lurchers.
More about how the other dog behaves IME. We all have working cocker spaniels in our family, they'll get along with anything that's up for a runabout, but are quite submissive, and quickly back off and ignore a dog who shows any grumpiness at all. Mine hates Boxers as she was bitten by one as a pup.
Our dog, a chocolate Lab, doesn't just like other labs above all other dogs, she especially like other chocolate ones. Hates ginger spaniels, but other colours are OK!
My old GSP (gawdresthersoulanallthat) definitely used to be more friendly with other Pointers.
Staffies too, but I think that was because she grew up with one, so I reckon they can recognise breeds.
Weird thing was, she seemed to hate small, white dogs and had to be on a lead if any approached.
Disappointingly our Border Terrier seems oblivious to other Border Terriers despite the fact that the rest of us get quite excited, she bloody loves Labs though, goes nuts when she sees one and tries to lick their faces
Kind of - our collie cross definately has a preference for collies over other breeds. I think a lot though is how early encounters with other breeds went (e.g. bad encounters with staffies when she was a pup) as well as a general nervousness over large/boistrous males
Yep definitely. Dachshund owner, is giddy with all other dogs but sees another dachshund and goes completely nuts. Every time.
She's such a random mix I'm not sure she could, she has a thing for some breeds though when not on drugs, she loves a cocker and light coloured labs, doesn't like dark labs or German shepherds though.
Does this apply to other animals?
We've had chickens of many breeds and they would usually hang around with the same kind, all the silkies over there, all the marrans over there, despite being free to mix. Although the chickens would sometimes interact with other chickens and ducks with other ducks, ducks and chickens were all very separate, lived in the same hutch in the same run ate the same food from the same troughs but kept themselves very separate when just doing their thing
Our dog, a chocolate Lab, doesn’t just like other labs above all other dogs, she especially like other chocolate ones. Hates ginger spaniels, but other colours are OK!
Definitely - our whippets go all silly and playful when they see any other sighthounds
Anything greyhound like is good with our two. They do like to run (but only for a little bit).
Another greyhound that loves other greyhounds here. Well, anything close, galgos and salukis seem to be counted as the same. He gets on well with my folks wolfhounds but doesn't understand why they dont play the same.
Dogs are awesome eh? 😆
I'm pretty sure that God himself couldn't determine the breed of my dog.
She does seem to be suspicious if German Shepherds, though.
Our pug loved meeting pugs (when she could see) and to a lesser extent other flat-nosed breeds like Frenchies, English bulldogs and Boston Terriers. Used to hate Boxers though
Yes. Lurcher. Nothing runs quite like another lurcher runs.
Yep our lurcher likes to meet other lurchers and sighthounds in general. Got bitten by a GSD once, has never gone near another.
My GSP loved lurchers and anything that would run with her really (just an excuse to post this pic)
Yup, another whippet owner here. They do seem more relaxed in the company of other sighthounds and do spot their weird 'sack of triangles' shape from afar.
Our two thought they were fast until some friends let their greyhound off the lead at the beach and totally outgunned them.
Our Bassett hound used to love meeting and playing with other scent hounds. He's 14 and nearly blind now, so any dog encounter these day tends to be a bit of a surprise. He was attacked by a GSD when he was a puppy and always had a beef with any he met.
Our black Labrador however practically ignores every other dog and would rather play ball with a human.
My lab/shepherd/maybe collie cross (rescue and I've never had the dna thing done) loves other labs and retrievers. Black labs in particular (she's black and lab is the dominant breed). She also likes Shepherds. A strutting, confident male collie makes her go weak at the knees. But female collies are a complete no no and it's walk to heel until the danger has passed.
Give her a ball though and all the other dogs, regardless of breed, can **** off!
Our Karelian Bear Dog is indifferent to all other dogs.
As a breed they are silent and very rarely bark but he howl's if you play him YouTube clips of KBD pups.
We're planning a road trip to Finland just so he can meet his brethren
Our Karelian Bear Dog
Can i ask you to pay some dog tax?
my border terrier will ignore most dogs he doesnt know but upon meeting other terriers they have a great time blocking the bridleway together
I have a Vizsla/GSP cross & a GSP, both behave differently around their own breeds, I think it's because they like to chase & play more than other breeds we meet.
Our old boxer used to lose his sh*t when he saw
other boxersanything
Our old Boxer, who was def as a post, loved any other animals. Just wanted to play all the time. She was ace.
My Lab loved meeting other dogs and would bounce about like a demented kangaroo. As soon as the other dog reciprocated he’d run and hide behind me. The daft oaf.
My Newfoundland didn’t like small dogs much. They’d run up to her and start yapping at her and she’d look at me like WTF is going on? Comical when a friend brought puppies around. They started playing by batting at Bella (the Newfie) with their front paws. She joined in and clocked one of them clean across the room (wooden floor) then looked at me as if to say Ooops! She genuinely had no clue how big and strong she was.
Our two thought they were fast until some friends let their greyhound off the lead at the beach and totally outgunned them.
Our lurcher used to play with a greyhound a lot when younger she had to change her usual tactics for such games, she'd visibly run slower with her ears up and wait for the greyhound to close in and then drop her shoulders one way and turn the other. The greyhound always used to just fly past unable to turn. It crashed once doing this in the snow, slid about 20m on its back!!
Yep, my collies can spot a collie from a silly distance (they love most collies).
They can also spot labs from a silly distance (they don't like labs) .
Does this apply to other animals?
Sheep will, they'll stay together as a flock of their breed with other breeds forming their own flocks in another corner of the field. Part of that might be down to their eating habits as different breeds will prefer different grass so they'll tend to rotate round the field eating patches of it.
Haven't really noticed if cows do it though.
Fish in schools are another obvious one though.
My Red Fell Terier is still searching for his best mate who submitted to cancer 3 years ago. Every Jack Russell he meets gets a right old sniff! Proof that he's blind! none are quite so fat!
They can also spot labs from a silly distance (they don’t like labs) .
I used to know a working Collie who knocked off work and ran 20 odd miles to go see his girlfriend (a rather overweight black lab) and son (the product of the two) then run back to his girlfriends cross country and beat the car.
Our black German Shepherd just loves meeting up with another fellow dog walker's male black German Sheppard but ignores their Great Dane mix dog. She's not nearly as happy to meet other regular German Shepherds!
We have a brindle colour Kokoni. she looks like a small fox. she's pretty inquisitive around dogs her size, tends to ignore bigger dogs but is fascinated by foxes.
foxes too are fascinated by her, don't see her as a threat and tend to approach, get close, realise she's not a fox but a dog, and run off!