Comments on: Listen Carefully To Anyone Different From You – Good for the Dog; Good for You https://www.somethingwagging.com/listen-carefully-to-anyone-different-from-you-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Wed, 12 Dec 2018 03:16:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Greyhounds CAN Sit https://www.somethingwagging.com/listen-carefully-to-anyone-different-from-you-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-92776 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 10:45:52 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10847#comment-92776 Frankie doesn’t like male Boxers and I have read that a lot of dogs don’t like the short nosed breeds. Beryl is OK with Boxers but doesn’t like enthusiastic greetings from any dog and she loves being with other Greyhounds.

I don’t meet many people of different cultures, I lead a very sheltered life!

]]> By: Pup Fan https://www.somethingwagging.com/listen-carefully-to-anyone-different-from-you-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-92608 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:12:57 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10847#comment-92608 If it makes you feel better, you’re not the only couple who ends up arguing even when they’re in agreement! I have the same problem sometimes.

]]> By: Dawn https://www.somethingwagging.com/listen-carefully-to-anyone-different-from-you-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-92583 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 18:19:36 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10847#comment-92583 My dog, Cody is the only husky around, so nobody really looks like him. We live in a pet friendly apartment building so he has become well socialized with many different breeds.

Most of his doggy friends are close to his size and they get along very well. He is curious when he meets tiny breeds, as if he’s not quite sure if they are really dogs. Tiny dogs tend to get quite aggressive towards him (who can blame them? He looks like a wolf!) which confuses him even more. So I tend to only let him play with Labs or other dogs that are close to his size.

]]> By: Jessica@YouDidWhatWithYourWeiner https://www.somethingwagging.com/listen-carefully-to-anyone-different-from-you-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-92517 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:35:26 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10847#comment-92517 I am not sure Chester and Gretel “communicate” better with dogs like them. However, I will say that normally reactive Dachshunds in our Adventureweiner Club get along way better with other Doxies. I never thought that it had to do with a shared body language or “hey, you look and act like me” feeling. Interesting point.

My Dad took care of a baby Teacup Yorkie for a friend a few years ago. That small, fluffy thing looked like a hamster….and sounded more like a rabid one than a dog. It tried to do the play bow with Chester (imagine the scene…Chester is short but this thing was “beneath him”) but he just looked at it like “what is this thing”? He didn’t know it was a dog I think. Luckily, he didn’t think it was a hamster either and try to eat it 🙂 I think he was just confused.

]]> By: Donna https://www.somethingwagging.com/listen-carefully-to-anyone-different-from-you-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-92509 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:26:09 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10847#comment-92509 Interesting post…I’ve read things like this about dogs that carry their tails high, like Akitas. Other dogs see that as dominance, but it’s really, just how WE made them.

Makes it much harder for them, I’m sure. Just another way us humans make life difficult for our dogs. Glad Honey is able to work with all that, and manages to make friends along the way. And of course, like the terrier, she doesn’t have to love everyone she meets. 🙂

]]> By: Human Rescues Dog https://www.somethingwagging.com/listen-carefully-to-anyone-different-from-you-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-92451 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:01:58 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10847#comment-92451 Hannah too used to greet dogs in a very ‘in-your-face’ kind of way . Needless to say, some dogs don’t take kindly to that. Luckily, after being told off by a couple of dogs, she’s learnt to greet dogs gently and approach carefully. By the way, a chocolate lab is the perfect companion to a golden retriever, I should know! 🙂

]]> By: Jackie Bouchard https://www.somethingwagging.com/listen-carefully-to-anyone-different-from-you-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-92358 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 04:02:01 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10847#comment-92358 Great post. I haven’t noticed Rita being particularly okay/not okay with certain breeds (she’s more “okay off leash”/”not okay on”). But our beagle didn’t like little fluffy dogs. Don’t know why.

It’s definitely hard to communicate when you don’t speak the same language. My MiL speaks pretty good English, but she doesn’t understand as well as she speaks – which leads to some miscommunication quite often when she comes to visit. It’s even worse on the phone when you can’t “talk” with your hands.

At least dogs don’t have to try to talk over the phone!

]]> By: Dawn https://www.somethingwagging.com/listen-carefully-to-anyone-different-from-you-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-92309 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 00:07:12 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10847#comment-92309 Dogs just don’t get Maya. She tries so hard to make friends at the dog park but no one wants to play with her. I think it is her over-exuberance, but haven’t really figured it out. My husband is Chinese so you’d think we have a lot of cultural misunderstandings. Surprisingly, we don’t. I was talking to a woman from England last month and she is married to an American. She said that she and her husband had misunderstandings for years regarding the phrase, “I’m fed up”. To her it means, “I’m bored”. To us Americans it means, “I’m tired of this crap”.

]]> By: themisadventuresofmisaki https://www.somethingwagging.com/listen-carefully-to-anyone-different-from-you-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-92241 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 19:07:53 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10847#comment-92241 Completely agree, I want to be friends with most dogs, but always make a beeline for sibes and mallies 🙂

]]> By: Molly The Wally https://www.somethingwagging.com/listen-carefully-to-anyone-different-from-you-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-92226 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 18:27:22 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10847#comment-92226 We agree we think dog breeds gravitate to their own kind. The Vietnam story was interesting. Have a marvellous Monday.
Best wishes Molly

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