Sentences with phrase «unfamiliar humans and other dogs»

Many spitz breeds, like the Akita and Chow Chow, retain wolf - like characteristics like independence, suspiciousness, and aggression towards unfamiliar humans and other dogs, and they require much training and socialization when they are puppies before they become manageable in an urban environment.

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If you're unfamiliar with the concept, it's essentially what it sounds like: A daycare center for canines, where they get to hang out with other dogs and a handful of humans to supervise them.

He was sweet to humans, our other dog, and our two cats; but he would lunge and attack other unfamiliar dogs.

They had significantly greater aggression toward human family members, unfamiliar people, and other dogs; greater fear if other dogs; greater fear of other dogs and non-social stimuli; and greater separation - related problems and house soiling.»

In one experiment, while lying in the scanner, dogs were exposed to smells of humans (their owners as well as strangers) and of other dogs (either dogs they lived with or unfamiliar dogs).

When dogs aren't properly socialized, interactions with humans and other dogs are an unfamiliar territory which leads to an anxious and sometimes aggressive behavior.

They then dumped the dog at a shelter, had it taken away by animal control or abandoned in the streets untrained, unsocialized and suddenly surrounded by unfamiliar smells and humans; shoved into a clangy kennel surrounded by an overload of scents from other dogs, barking, howling and slamming kennel doors.

Compared with dogs obtained as puppies from noncommerical breeders, dogs from pet stores had significantly greater aggression toward human family members, unfamiliar people, and other dogs; greater fear of other dogs and typical life events; and greater separation - related problems and house soiling.

Puppyhood is the best time to teach your puppy to be calm and brave around potentially scary things and situations it can encounter in our human world, e.g. strangers, other dogs and animals, unfamiliar objects, loud noises, being handled for a nail trim, ear cleaning, etc..