Dogs' Self Awareness?

[Beelzebaby666]

Dogs are smarter than people.

I take my dog out on dates. He don't cost much, and the conversation is usually better

 

[migtig]

So even dogs are bigots.

No, only their owners. Or you are saying that the Heinz 57 dogs out there can tell that some other Heinz 57 dog has the exact same ratio of mixed breed in them as the other dog? Maybe you should ask Congress to fund that study.

 

[Beelzebaby666]

at Migtig.

I do believe that dogs sniff each other out and judge them based on something like pheromones and possible threat. Two dogs meet, sniff, one wags, the other wags, they play nice.
Add another dog who isn't so friendly and all three could wind up scrapping.

Wow, that's a lot like people.. Two males sniff each other out and become :buds: until a b*itch is put in the pen.. Then all hell breaks loose.

 

[vraiblonde]

No, only their owners. Or you are saying that the Heinz 57 dogs out there can tell that some other Heinz 57 dog has the exact same ratio of mixed breed in them as the other dog? Maybe you should ask Congress to fund that study.

BZZT! Try again.

 

[SouthernMdRocks]

So you don't think they recognize others of the same breed?

I don't know about dogs, but my horses hang with their own kind!!

 

[Cowgirl]

Just an observation....

At the parade Saturday, the place was crawlling with dogs. Every kind of dog you could think of was there, amongst the sea of people staging for the parade. I noticed that Basil behaved differently when he saw a greyhound, than when he saw other dogs.

He would just look and sniff at most as they walked by, but when he saw a greyhound, his ears would perk up and he'd become very alert and still.

I absolutely think greys react to other greys. That's how they were raised. :shrug:

 

[Lexib_]

My beagle sniffs everyone's butt with the same enthusiasm. I don't think dogs care.

 

[czygvtwkr]

I saw an article that said that dogs bark with regional accents.