Can dogs dislike a certain breed?
Lavonne Hand
2025-06-21 02:43:24
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She usually dislikes very excitable dogs, particularly if they're on a leash, and she warns males bigger than her who try to be dominant. However, I've been noticing some pattern behavior towards certain breeds. She just can't stand dogs with flat snouts. Boxers, French bulldogs, English bulldogs, you name it, she just goes mental. She is totally aggressive towards those breeds, doesn't matter if they're calm, excited, it's just go time for her. Could it be something in the way they breathe?
Tracey Quigley
2025-06-13 07:06:55
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Dogs are a lot like us humans, some of us are very open to socializing with everyone we meet while others are more introverted, indifferent or maybe even defensive around others. But just like dogs, most of us fall somewhere in between. Some dogs seem to love all other dogs and will play and be social with each one they meet. At the other end of the spectrum are reactive dogs that seem to be aggressive with almost all other dogs. But most of us have dogs that are somewhere in the middle, they like some dogs but not others. Your dog may notice something about another dog’s body language that he doesn’t like. If your dog had a bad experience with another dog, they may avoid or react to other dogs that look or smell the same. Haley had a bad experience with an aggressive Goldendoodle in our neighborhood so sometimes she gets tense when seeing other Goldendoodles. Just like we humans don’t like every person we meet, there’s no reason to be worried or feel you haven’t socialized your dog enough if he snubs an occasional dog.
Francisco Fisher
2025-05-31 05:59:40
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Not all dogs like all other dogs. It’s the same for canines: Not all dogs like all other dogs. We have dogs who if they see another dog in the distance, they’ll react aggressively and other dogs who if they see just about any dog up close, they react friendly. And in between, there is a middle ground — dogs who like some dogs while disliking others. A dog will see something in another dog’s body language or pick up olfactory clues that signal something the first dog either likes or doesn’t like. Another possible reason that a dog may take an immediate dislike to another is that dog’s historical experience. If, for example, your dog was attacked by a large white dog, he may exhibit timidity and intense fear aggression toward big white dogs. Other dogs that either look similar or move in a similar fashion or smell similar to a much-liked canine friend, can affect one dog’s response to another.
Jammie Ankunding
2025-05-31 02:13:53
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Your dog might not like certain breeds, sexes, or ages of dog. But one common challenge for many dogs is getting on with black dogs. While to us they just look like another potential friend, to our dogs they can be a bit more difficult to read. Dogs are red-green colour blind. Their range of colour vision is limited to blues, yellows, white, black, and grey. However, compared to us, they have better low light vision and peripheral vision. Whilst we can see the expression on a black dog’s face, it is more difficult for our dogs.
Sometimes we see dogs that have had issues in the past with one black dog, that they generalise this dislike to other similar looking dogs. For instance, if your dog was bounced on by an exuberant black puppy, they may have developed an emotional response to all black puppies. Does it appear to hate every black dog or just specific ones? Do they have a problem with a certain breed? It may also be worth considering your own dog’s breed. Some breeds were chosen for an independent character trait - the ability of the dog to work with one the person or on their own to complete their task.
Caleigh Brakus
2025-05-31 01:41:18
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Dogs can dislike some of their own kind for various reasons. Just like dogs, who dislike some of their own kind for various reasons, self-proclaimed dog lovers also have their own petty peccadillos. Some are more understandable than others: a German Shepherd bit you in the face and now you have a “thing.” As most dog lovers can tell you, one of the most divisive debates is size, as in, big dog versus small dog. Those who love St. Bernards and Great Danes often find pint-sized pups “yappy” and “spoiled.” Among those with breed-specific aversions is an admittedly fickle dog person, Candace, who compares Scotties to old angry men, and Amelia, a former vet tech who claims she has tried to overcome her Puggle problem, but simply cannot. The explanations we heard from their owners were equally colorful — She doesn’t like smushed snout dogs, He’s afraid of his limp, and the most common, It’s because he can’t read your dog’s expression.
Horace Daniel
2025-05-31 01:21:41
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It's not uncommon for a dog to take a dislike to a whole breed or type of dog for seemingly no reason. Dogs are the masters of body language and non-verbal communication, but with the wide range different shapes and sizes in the dog world, each has their own unique accent. If a dog doesn't have a wide variety of doggy friends when they are young, they may struggle to understand some of the more unusual accents, and this can lead to conflict. For example in dogs with flat noses, curly hair or dark faces, their facial expressions are much harder to read, so a fellow pooch might take that playful glance as a threatening stare. Some dogs such as bull breeds or elderly dogs have naturally stiffer body language, which some dogs look at and wonder why that dog over there is so tense and posturing at them. Dogs with very short noses have restricted airways which leads to unusual snorting and grunting noises, which a dog may misunderstand and think they're being growled at. Not only do dogs have their own accents, but different breeds favour different play styles depending on what they are originally bred for. Dogs naturally tend to favour other dogs that like to play the same game as them and speak in a similar accent.
Gaetano Botsford
2025-05-31 00:45:14
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Breed Dogs can certainly tell if other dogs are like them...and scientists have proved that breeds naturally gravitate to other dogs of their kind. As far as liking other dogs outside of their breed, scientists have said certain circumstantial evidence may make a dog more or less likely to like certain breeds. In other words, if a pug is attacked by a Siberian Husky, he might forever have a distaste towards huskies...he might even assimilate any dog with husky features like a German Shepherd and apply that same sort of distain. It could be the way the dog walks or how tall the dog is relative to another dog...it could be their how vocal they are, their energy level, a particular odor, an arrogant stance, or the dog may be too submissive/aggressive to tolerate. Dogs use their instinctive judgement, make the decision, and move on. Sometimes they just don't particularly love a certain dog, which again doesn't mean he doesn't want to be aggressive or confrontational, but simply that he doesn't want to go frolic through the dog park with that dog.
On the contrary, if your dog has a Notebook moment with another dog at a young age and falls in love with a random Poodle at a dog park...he may forever love Poodles.
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