I'm really grasping straws here but have seen something I find interesting and wondering if it is just a fluke.
Has anybody had a dog that prefered a certain breed companion over another, or even the scent of a certain breed?
My dog, Summer has always been raised with dobermans. She had puppy rotties as a puppy but one was stollen, the other died after her second parvo shot. Since then she has had two dobermans as companions, first male and then female. She took a while to become real sisters with the female but once they bonded, they were never apart. Since Cleo died she has been lost without her and after 5 weeks is still mourning her hard.
Around the neighborhood I've realized that there is only one dog that she seems to tolerate playing with and the others she either ignores or simply doesn't like at all. Then, comes a doberman who you would have thought she grew up with for her entire life. I thought it was very unusual for her to have this reaction and wondered if it is possible for dogs to be prejudice of things such as breed preferance.
Today I went to the grocery store and met a beautiful little girl there that I befriended and played with while I had the chance, another female dobie. Coming home Summer was very interested into my scent and excited to smell this dog on me compared her usual indifferent "what's that smell". Again an unusual reaction where her but actually wiggled.
Is this just plain silly for me to think like this, especially the scent thing? I've never noticed certain breeds having a certain smell but I guess it is possible.
Has anybody had a dog that prefered a certain breed companion over another, or even the scent of a certain breed?
My dog, Summer has always been raised with dobermans. She had puppy rotties as a puppy but one was stollen, the other died after her second parvo shot. Since then she has had two dobermans as companions, first male and then female. She took a while to become real sisters with the female but once they bonded, they were never apart. Since Cleo died she has been lost without her and after 5 weeks is still mourning her hard.
Around the neighborhood I've realized that there is only one dog that she seems to tolerate playing with and the others she either ignores or simply doesn't like at all. Then, comes a doberman who you would have thought she grew up with for her entire life. I thought it was very unusual for her to have this reaction and wondered if it is possible for dogs to be prejudice of things such as breed preferance.
Today I went to the grocery store and met a beautiful little girl there that I befriended and played with while I had the chance, another female dobie. Coming home Summer was very interested into my scent and excited to smell this dog on me compared her usual indifferent "what's that smell". Again an unusual reaction where her but actually wiggled.
Is this just plain silly for me to think like this, especially the scent thing? I've never noticed certain breeds having a certain smell but I guess it is possible.