• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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    2 days ago

    Our seven pound Pomchi chased a German Shepherd across an entire park once. She was tearing after it like a bat out of hell, and it was running with its tail tucked under its legs as if the baddest dog on the block was chasing it. I guess it was right, our Pomchi was a badass.

    • @LaunchesKayaks
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      32 days ago

      Had a Maltipoo as a kid and a dalmatian went after my mom once and my lil 5lb fluff ball went after that dalmatian with a FURY. He chased the dalmatian into a ditch and broke its leg in like 3 places. The owner of the dalmatian tried to get my mom to pay for vet bills and my mom told them to fuck off because their dog tried attacking her.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        22 days ago

        Ah, that’s a shame about the injury. It was a funny story until that part. Thankfully your mom walked away uninjured though. Hopefully that dalmatian recovered and got some training. It’s kind of crazy what a good reputation dalmatians have considering that they’re fairly aggressive dogs. Maltipoos are adorable little dogs. I didn’t know they had a fearlessness to match their sass.

        • @LaunchesKayaks
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          22 days ago

          My mom was fine and the family with the dalmatian moved shortly after. My dog was the cutest lil guy and loved everything except other dogs. He despised them all aside from 2 specific dogs. His fave thing was interacting with human babies. He broke out of the yard more than once to go visit the neighbors after they had a baby.

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            2 days ago

            Our last two dogs also hated every other dog. Now we have a Doberman puppy whose father is 90 pounds, and the vet said he’ll be 100 pounds, so the idea of him hating other dogs was quite unacceptable. We enrolled him in puppy socialization classes, and spent a lot of time at Lowe’s, pet stores, Goodwill, and other places where he can see other dogs in public. Now he loves other dogs. He gets so excited every time he sees another dog, and always does his play bow with his little tail going a mile a minute. Unfortunately most people don’t socialize their dogs, so he’s not usually greeted very happily by the other dogs. We need to find him some playmates in the area, because he absolutely loves playing with other dogs.

            • @LaunchesKayaks
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              31 day ago

              My dogs love other dogs, but other dogs tend not to like them because my beagle screams really loud when excited and my mini goldendoodle tries to make beagle noises and it comes out kinda scary sounding lol

              • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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                11 day ago

                Haha, that’s funny about your golden doodle. They’re very smart dogs, so it’s not surprising that it’s trying to copy the beagle. One of our last dogs was a springer spaniel mix and he would roo roo all day long. He was by far the most vocal dog I’ve ever met.

                I think the other dogs don’t like your dogs because people just don’t socialize their dogs properly, so they’re uncomfortable with other dogs. I know that the two I told you about were not socialized properly at a young age because we didn’t know any better. Once they hit a certain age their personalities are pretty set, and it gets very difficult to socialize them.

                • @LaunchesKayaks
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                  21 day ago

                  My parents got a dog in 2020 and she is incredibly wary of people and other dogs because she couldn’t get socialized. My parents can’t have guests the dog doesn’t already know. She’s a great dog, just anxious because she didn’t get the exposure she needed as a puppy because of the pandemic.