Questions tagged [socializing]
For use with questions regarding the interaction of pets with other animals or humans
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My dog doesn't read playmates social cues and when the other dog growls or nips at her my dog will start a dog fight, how do I help her get over this?
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Some back story, my 1.5 year old lab mix is a super sweet girl. She has never been aggressive towards humans and just loves life. She is a super high energy dog, we take her for long walks ...
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Why can 3 or more dogs fight to death so easily? What makes them different, in this respect, from wolves? Or do wolves behave the same way?
I've recently assisted to 3 dogs (not blood borthers, but they live, eat and play together everyday) fighting in a way that in my opinion was clearly leading to one of them being killed by the other ...
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Adopt a puppy after socialization period
I'm going to welcome a puppy in my home for the first time but he will already be 14 weeks old (3 months and 2 weeks) and it will be the end of the socialization period. From what I understand, the ...
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How can I improve relations with my skittish feral cat?
My family recently (~3 months ago) took in a feral cat. They are fine with having an aloof cat that doesn't play or let you pet them, but they would like to do everything they can to make the cat ...
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Do dogs/cats understand physical size in their hierarchy?
One might think that the biggest dog or cat would be the "alpha" (I understand that this term as applied to wolves is controversial and observers did not at the time understand that the ...
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Why does my puppy like to lick my older dog's mouth (inside!)?
I have two female stray dogs, one is 5 yo, and the other one (the puppy) is almost 2 yo, and my puppy likes to lick my older dog's mouth.
And when I say mouth, I mean INSIDE the mouth, like the teeth ...
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How do i get my cat to stop being deathly afraid of my mother whom he now lives with?
When he was a baby I held him and gave him to my mom to hold, to which he promptly freaked out and ran away. She didn't do anything or hurt him, just probably held him a bit to tightly but let him go ...
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Help socializing a 5-month old rescued feral street cat [duplicate]
Some kittens were born at the start of the year near my wife's workplace. One of her coworkers brings them cat food and rescued all kittens from the litter except one. He captured the remaining one ...
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Dog hasn't had friends; how to make new friends?
My 9 year old greyhound-terrier mix has not really ever had long term dog friends that didn't live in the house. We had two dogs for several years, but the other dog wasn't so active, so they didn't ...
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Is it normal for a cat to bunny kick a new kitten?
My six months cat has been recently introduced to a new one month kitten in my apartment. Since the apartment is small, I was unable to go through the process of putting them into different rooms. It'...
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My dog has a big personal bubble, how do we make her more comfortable around other dogs?
We brought our dog home from the shelter around 3 years old, she had been a stray for about 2.5 years previously. She's 6 now.
We like to say she has a big personal bubble. Sometimes she'll sniff ...
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Bernese Mountain Dog That is Skittish and Scared of Everything
My friend's dog is a 1 year old Bernese Mountain dog that they got from a breeder when she was 8 weeks old. They are very loving with her and give her a TON of attention. She is very skittish of new ...
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My cat is licking my hair, how can I get him to stop?
I have a 4-month-old DSH who is the sweetest, friendliest, cuddliest boy. He has started licking my hair and waking me up early in the morning to lick my hair. I think he also wants to play but the ...
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Over excited border collie
We got a pure border collie last year and he is turning 10 months old. We had him since he was a 8 week old puppy. The problem is that it seems he can't get tired when there are dogs around. He also ...
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How can I get my 15 month old Dachshund to quit licking my other dog's pee?
My older female Dachshund goes out to pee and the male Dachshund, whose name is Buster, licks her per and he's constantly in there faces; the two don't like it and I am at wits' end about it.
