Blaise Bullimore
How do dogs recognise that another animal is also a dog when there is such a vast array of canine shapes and sizes? (continued)
John Dobson
Allendale, Northumberland, UK
Both my current and most recent previous dogs were labradors and both behave(d) in the same way when meeting a chihuahua. The initial response was sniffing. In both cases, my dogs immediately lost interest, as if to say: “Looks like a dog, but doesn’t smell like a dog, so it’s not a dog.”
So, smell probably has a lot to do with mutual recognition.
Blaise Bullimore
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, UK
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