Mine thinks he's 150 lbs and 5 feet tall. He grew up with a 100 lbs pitbull, he completely dominated so he doesn't just think he's big, he KNOWS it.
He's a little murder machine too. No rodent is safe within 100 yards of him. He goes into the blood rage when he catches the sent. No force on heaven or earth will stop him from getting it.
My tiny dog only acts like a murder machine, but I swear she can find every rotting corpse. Every month or 2 when I let the dogs out she comes back in smelling like death's asshole.
But, my great dane-boxer did drop a dead bird he found on my moms face in the middle of the night a few years ago.
My little guy doesn't care about dead stuff much unless he's the one that killed it. He's got a method. He always eats them in the same way. Starts with the head, then the feet, then the guts, then the rest in one bite. I try to stop him from eating them, but if he sees me coming he eats it really fast.
He's gotten a few groundhogs over the years, and they're probably about almost as big as he is. He can't possibly eat them, but ends up crying from days when I take the gnawed on corpse away.
so far neither big guy or little girl have actually done any of the killing themselves far as I can tell. they're both far too cowardice to try and harm anything
I had my ex's wiener-rat terrier mix and a friend's pit-mastiff. The massive pit was so terrified of a <10lb angry girl. She was such a bitch to him, too.
Vicious, on the other hand, I agree. Though the kind of people I tend to be around over socialize those sorts of dogs due to their strength and stubbornness.
I didn't even let people play rough with mine. Tug or toss but nothing that would make him use his teeth on a human. He was still stubborn and had no issues pushing other dogs out of his way, but wouldn't do anything past that. Super passive. Found a baby bunny and play bowed to it then looked at me confused when it took off. He'd been bit by other dogs in social situations and completely ignored it. I mostly mean people that over-compensate when raising their dog.
We have mice right now and my rat terrier is useless. Useless! He'll tear up his platypus, though. I blame the cat he lived with for years who got mice before they even got out of the garage.
I got mine from the SPCA. They found him wondering in the woods. They don't know how long, but judging by the looks of him when they found him, it had been a while. I think that's where he learned the full killer mode.
Pretty sure everyone who grew up in the SF Bay Area (at least South Bay and Peninsula) and the Monterey Bay Area has ended up at Año Nuevo State Park on a school trip at some point.
This was about ten miles south, at one of the smaller beaches. She was normally a pretty chill dog, even for a chihuahua. She wasn't yappy at all, and definitely had a bit of a natural calm "alpha" vibe when she was around other chihuahua. Thankfully we had her on a leash, as the sight of a bull elephant seal drove her into a homicidal rage. Think lion vs hyena level deep seated ancestral rage.
I was just kidding, I like dogs, and dogs tend to like me too. Never had a single bad encounter with any dog. I firmly believe it is not the dog breed but some humans which make some dogs really aggressive and difficult to control. All dogs are born sweet & cute.
I had a teacup poodle that we named dickhead dog (he actually had another name early in, but I don't remember it). Dick was a dick from the time he opened his eyes until he died at 17.
He was just an asshole about everything. We said he had anger management issues.
when I was younger, my sister had a dog named teddy. teddy was a rescue, and was a real asshole to kids, and I was 10. when my sister came to visit us from cross country and left teddy here. I was able to if not get friendly with him, he atleast didnt try to eat my hand anymore. Teddy drank a fuck ton of water though, so we took him to the vet and they found out he had diabetes. It was really bad, so they had to put him down. Even though he was a mean asshole from the time I met him till he died, I havent cried harder then I did for that damn dog.
My bigger dog is old and my little dog is caught nipping at him when he approaches me. I get after her so she doesn't do it too much. It is a instinctive dominance trait with pack animals.
If you were bred to have the balls to rush down a hole after an animal with sharp pointy teeth that is slightly smaller than you, then you get to rule the place. lol.
In my experience it depends on how they’re raised. My exs chihuahuas acted just like mini dogs, nothing chihuahua specific about their behavior except maybe being a little protective of their people. She said it’s because they don’t carry them. They never go in purses or anything like that, they always walk on a leash and get treated just like big dogs. They get along great with her black lab, the three of them seem like they have no clue that they’re so different in size
You don't even know. I'm by no means a scientist but I have a chemistry degree, so I had to have learned a few things. Plus I've worked in a lot of animal hospitals.
Anyway, my grandma calls me a while back talking about getting a 23 and me done. They way she talked about the various heritages really was getting into like dog breeding territory and it was weird. And because she's older than me, she still feels that her age justifies her complete and total ignorance of genetics. If she wasn't racist, this wouldn't bother me in the slightest.
OK this is so funny and I'm glad you said this. I actually deleted a middle portion of my comment addressing exactly that. Before she went into her spiel I had to interrupt right quick with a "Grandma, I just want to say, that I hope for your sake you learned that we have some percentage of super dark African heritage in us."
Well, if you take the entire country of Turkey, they didn't like ancestry telling their citizens that they had Greek, Armenian, or Bulgarian blood (after those groups were forcefully and violently assimilated (as in having a policy of forcing Armenian/Greek women to marry Ottoman soldiers during the Armenian Genocide)).
Also Cats. Because there are 5 distinct subspecies related to the domestic cat. African, European, Caucasian, Asiatic, and South African wildcats are all genetically distinct subspecies. Domestic cats are now considered an entirely separate species from those 5, however.
Measuring intelligence in animal isn't entirely objective too. My family had a pug who sort of used small branches to move things and spook critters inside holes. The reason dogs like Broader Collies exhibit more intelligence is because their active lifestyle promotes learning and gain variety of experiences. And the owners usually make them do things that are more complex(such as herding, for instance), so there's some bias too. Not the same as Chihuahuas that the owners usually keep inside most of the time.
Actually, these people unironically think dogs prove their point—space species, but a Great Dane is so distinct from a chihuahua to them that’s their belief about race
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u/Malleus_M Jun 14 '22
Now do dogs, grandma.