• determinist@kbin.earth
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    13 days ago

    This dude never met my dog - rescued from a fighting ring, serious mistrust of all other dogs. I spent years getting him at least to the point where he would only bark at them, rather than try to attack them on sight.

    Lovely dog though, if you were a person. And not a dog.

  • Eternal192@anarchist.nexus
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    13 days ago

    Dogs can have ridiculous friendships, i have seen it on YT in some funny videos and have experienced it with my dog, if there is a fence or a gate between them you would think they want to kill each other but as soon as they have direct contact they are best friends, it’s funny to watch them go at each other sometimes but when it’s 02:00 and you are trying to sleep then it can be annoying and as a bonus complaining neighbours.

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      13 days ago

      IIRC that is some sort of anxiety induced phenomenon caused by the barrier, which is why they are immediately normal when the gate is opened. I don’t remember the details but the inability to get to the other side kinda fucks with their behavior in those situations.

    • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      Yes, actually. One theory is that the process involved taking in wolf pups and keeping the ones that maintained pup like traits, because they were more agreeable to humans.

      Adult wolves do not wag their tails or bark, but pups do. Behavioral traits in dogs have strong genetic components and can be bred in and out in a few generations.

  • wraekscadu@vargar.org
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    13 days ago

    Cute. And then there are those ugly little rat sized “dogs” that bark and charge at anything that fkin moves. I’ve no idea how folks even find them REMOTELY cute. It’s like having a pet land pirhana.

    The bigger dogs tend to be the goodest boys. The rats though? I hope the bigger dogs eat them.