r/Awww • u/StraightDistrict8681 • 4d ago
Dog(s) Mom, I was just joking😄....am only stronger when am in your arms 😃 🐶🐶
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u/Eastern_Rip7018 4d ago
I love how the big one just keeps wagging his tail! Some big dogs have endless patience with small ones...
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u/lemonprincess23 4d ago
I freaking love when big dogs encounter kittens and they have to basically act as the most gentle giants and try and be nice to them
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u/TheCraftyHermit 3d ago
Tail wagging is an indication of heightened emotion/excitement in dogs, which can mean a number of things including aggression. It's better to look at overall body language, posture, stiffness, whether their hackles are raised etc. Huskies and other more primal breeds can be harder to read as a rule because of their naturally pricked ears and raised tails.
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u/Eastern_Rip7018 3d ago
You're right of course, but at least to me he looked friendly throughout. I'm not a husky expert though, so I might be wrong...
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u/tru-self 3d ago
It’s really not that serious as long as the dog owners know what they’re doing. Sometimes they’re just reacting to the false bravado or annoying behavior but sometimes (again know your dog and be cautious of the other) when they “meet” and both sides are behaving, they’re actually fine! My super senior likes to “school” dogs now, but he’s still a gentle giant. He’s called the dog whisperer in our complex because the most nervous dogs or craziest dogs calm down around him.
My newer GSD looks JUST like this because she’s just trying to figure out the other dog but if the owner says the dog is friendly, they become instant besties. I’m still teaching her to become calmer. But what I mean to say it’s not always as black and white as you put it. Everyone just needs to understand “dog” and train their dogs, no exceptions.
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u/DeegyDoggy 3d ago
No need to hate on this assumption, why are people so wound up ?
wagging is not auto-friendly.
This husky is patient yes,
giving it a chance yes,
but is ready to rock and roll and checking with his pa about it …1
u/DeegyDoggy 3d ago
No need to hate on this assumption, why are people so wound up ?
wagging is not auto-friendly.
This husky is patient yes,
giving it a chance yes,
but is ready to rock and roll and checking with his pa about it …8
u/Quiescentmind3 3d ago
Have a Newfoundland. 125# dog. She's actually on the small end. Her favorite dogs to come across are the teacup size. Like half the size of a Chihuahua. And she is least tolerant of large dogs, but not giant dogs. Like if we see a Bernie or another Newf, she's instantly like that's my best friend. But she will mother the teacups and is super gentle with them. She once tried to adopt a baby opossum that came into our yard.
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u/Best_Talk_6853 3d ago
Newfs are lovely and gentle. Huskies are also cool, but they definitely do have a high prey drive and are often unsafe with smaller animals.
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u/InterestingSoup1252 3d ago
That’s not patience at all! And tail wagging does NOT mean friendliness!
Huskies have extremely high prey drive and will very often attack smaller animals, including small dogs, because of that prey drive. That husky doesn’t want to be friends, it thinks the Pomeranian is a chew toy.
Your type of mindset is SO dangerous. Please do better and educate yourself! This is why other dogs and people get attacked!
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u/Plus-Professional-84 3d ago
Do you have a husky?
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u/MajesticPossibility8 3d ago
My husky has gotten squirrels and I have saved a few opossums and snakes but yeah he looks friendly then bam he bites and shakes endlessly
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u/ricklewis314 4d ago
That dog needs to be socialized!
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u/CeeUNTy 4d ago
One of my foster dogs was a 6 pound chihuahua who was a fear biter so bad that I kept him. Over the next 12 years I had dogs in and out and up to 10 dogs at a time. His vet finally put him on Xanax and he needed it up until he died. Chihuahuas can just be like that sometimes.
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u/soulsnoober 3d ago
Breed level damage, humans did this.
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u/The-Spirit-of-76 2d ago
Technically we did all dogs.
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u/soulsnoober 2d ago
yeah, I disapprove of many other breeds besides. Eating probs, breathing probs, potty probs, joint probs, breeding probs, lowered expected lifespans, just terrible and unnecessary damage.
Mutt supremacy!
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u/KarmaticEvolution 4d ago edited 3d ago
While I agree somewhat, it could be that there is a deep seated (edited from seeded) fear that started during adolescence that was almost impossible to overcome with our current knowledge and techniques.
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u/WeinMe 3d ago
I think people are naive when they think they can culture everything out of a dog.
These dogs were a part of the litter. If you've ever had a litter, you'll see that the only way the smallest of the litter get their moms attention or get access to breastfeed from their siblings, is by being obnoxiously loud or by being overly aggressive. Also when they start fighting among themselves, they'll completely overreact in a fight to end it.
I severely doubt you can take those 12 weeks of identity and behaviour away from the dog. Their brains grew in and adapted to that environment.
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u/Icy_Negotiation_5929 3d ago
FYI it is “deep-seated”
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u/craterglass 3d ago
TBF, the way fear can grow makes seeds an easy metaphor, so the mistake is an easy one to make.
Also, Creepy Dave.
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u/KarmaticEvolution 3d ago
Thanks! And to u/craterglass for your comment. I was actually thinking, is it seated or seeded and cause seeded made sense in this context, I went with it! Should have Google'd!
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u/DoubleGoon 4d ago
There might just be something neurologically wrong with a lot of them due to all the inbreeding.
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u/ES_Legman 4d ago
So many irresponsible dog owners dont bother learning what their dogs need. Ive encountered people with smaller dogs who believe because they are small they dont need training
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u/TheCraftyHermit 4d ago
I mean, at least she has the lil guy leashed and out of way so they're not putting themselves and other pups at risk.
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u/jghaines 4d ago
The little dog is seriously unhappy. I don’t know why the owner wouldn’t walk away.
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u/TheCraftyHermit 3d ago
From the looks of it, they were trying to figure out if they could get the little guy to settle a bit and to turn the interaction into a more positive one, but they haven't got any training or understanding of dog training/behaviour management.
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u/vanzir 3d ago
Actually, that's the training. They did it right. A non reactive dog in the vicinity of the reactive one is how you help socialize them.
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u/TheCraftyHermit 3d ago
With exposure therapy you're meant to work in increments that take into account the reaction of the reactive dog while slowly getting them to become used to the trigger while praising when they're able to do so. Having them so close initially puts the smaller dog in a position where there's a real physical threat, which will cause a much stronger reaction. Additionally, the husky was actually not not reactive. Not only was its posture stiff, it was pulling, hard, against the lead, to the point where it was standing on its hind legs. Its attention was solidly fixed on the smaller dog, and while their tails are naturally upwards turned, you can see that at multiple points it was raised higher than a resting position, which also points to a heightened emotional state. A dog you want to use for this kind of training will entirely ignore the dog that you're trying to train.
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u/vanzir 3d ago
I don't know what school you went to or where you are reading your stuff.. But it's pretty impressive to say that they were essentially clueless based on 30 seconds. I tend not to over think it. And it's worked for me in the 20+ years i have been rescuing dogs. Looking at this situation, they were plenty enough apart, both owners had good control of their pets, and nobody got hurt. Were they successful? No, but then, most seasoned pros aren't that successful on the first try either. Not every person has a completely non reactive dog available. And it's hell when you have to find one to do BARC assessment on intakes and you don't have a cadre of regularly rotating non reactive dogs. I literally took a year off to train a non reactive dog I could use for barc assessments. She was my partner in rehabbing broken bullies for 12 years. I lost her two years ago. She was a very good dog.
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u/InterestingSoup1252 3d ago
Small dog syndrome.
Unfortunately, too many people treat their small dogs like babies instead of dogs that need structure. Small dogs become insecure (like this one) and aggressive to try and accommodate for that insecurity.
This would require a lot of time, patience, and management to really get this dog to a somewhat secure place, but it won’t guarantee a complete cure to it because it isn’t a puppy anymore (the most important stage to build structure and confidence).
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u/translucent_steeds 3d ago
exactly. this example right here is why I love almost all animals except for tiny dogs. they're almost always aggressive, untrained, LOUD ankle biters.
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u/Large-Hamster-199 4d ago
My friend had a tiny dog like this. Super annoying, yappy, poorly socialized, very aggressive. He wasn't as smart as this one though, and would actually try to attack bigger dogs.
A big dog he attacked in a dog park nearly killed him with a bite that broke his ribs. Luckily he survived and made a full recovery.
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u/malary1234 4d ago
My chihuahua was kicked out of multiple doggy day cares bc he was the fun police. He would even go after pitties, Danes, corsos, he never bit them but they were all afraid of him. He wouldn’t allow anyone to play. He the did the same crap at dog parks and we’d have to leave or go when there was only one or two dogs. I kept thinking he was gonna come across a dog someday that was just gonna end him in one bite. But no he lived 16.5 years and died of cancer.
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u/Large-Hamster-199 4d ago
Exactly. This dog was a chihuahua mix too, and it was the same situation. He never got bitten for many years since his owner (my friend) was very watchful. But one day, this happened in under 15 seconds.
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u/Responsible-Glass-56 4d ago
Did the dog learn the lesson or same as always
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u/Large-Hamster-199 4d ago edited 3d ago
I never found out because I am moving out of the city to another city for work right when this incident happened. I provided my friend with emotional and financial support to take care of the dog. I hated that dog, but my friend was a really great friend. Since I moved, I didn't hang out around that dog again.
That dog would literally yap at me and try to nip at me. Again, he was the tiniest dog ever, barely twice the size of the palm of my hand. Then when I was petting my friends other dog, he would get jealous, nip and push away the other dog and push under my hand for pets.
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u/Seanspeed 3d ago
Might have made the problem worse.
I don't think people understand that this sort of yappy aggression towards other dogs often comes from fear and insecurity. Which is part of why early socialisation is so important.
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u/geauxhausofafros 3d ago
He’s resource guarding and the lady is enabling his behavior by continuously picking him up and reinforcing it’s okay to act like that
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u/Additional_Meeting_2 3d ago
He is afraid. I he husky isn’t wagging tail in friendly way. They should have walked away
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u/lokketheboss 4d ago
That's not "aww" that's poor behavior induced by a human that lacks knowledge.
Treating your dog like an accessory instead of an living being may lead to accidents with others. And the ones getting blamed tend to be the others...
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u/WatchesandHuskies 3d ago
I met a chihuahua that was never treated as an accessory and it was a lovely dog.
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u/interiorghosts 4d ago
fr there is nothing cute about this behavior
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u/Umlunguboy420 3d ago edited 3d ago
But this is just how small dogs behave.
Redditards downvoting the truth lmao
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u/MMAbeLincoln 3d ago
This is not cute. That's just a poorly behaved dog that could easily bite a child. I hate that people think only big dogs need to behave
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u/I_2016 4d ago
All these breeds,lhasa apso too r same. Inside the house ,in the car , the r giants in their head. Otherwise they become blind n deaf.
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u/vanzir 4d ago
I would tend to agree, however, I did have a lhasa apso as a child, and she was fuckin fearless if she thought someone was messing with her kids. Had a Shepard run up on my little sister and this 6lb mop came flying off the porch and chased him off. Don't get me wrong, i am not optimistic that she would have won, if the shepard had fought her, but that wasn't stopping her.
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u/rtocelot 4d ago
I had a lhasa apso, he was the biggest of his litter and weighted 30 pounds and lived for 19 years. He wasn't fat, just a big boy. That being said he wasn't afraid of anything. He'd sit on the steps and not bother anyone walking by but a neighbor had a huge lab that would escape and wander around often. Anytime that guy came to our block my boy Buster would jump off the porch 3 steps down hit the ground running and barking chasing that lab back home and Buster would just come back and sun bathe again. When I moved we also chased a Saint Bernard a few times that also kept escaping. The only thing he feared was thunder or loud noises. Which.. he hated the beagle i got.
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u/I_2016 3d ago
Hmm,maybe it's the females who act blind or so. my boy, a black lhasa, always picked up fights ( just barking) to anything that walked on 4. I would always tell him..atleast look at ur Size n the other dog's. I miss my boy..he was 15 yrs old..my perfect boy!!! He was a bit fat too..he loved his food.
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u/rtocelot 3d ago
Yea mine was food motivated to hell. When I a kid he would watch my father eat and as soon at either the fork hit the plate or the words that's all happened then he'd sprint to my room to watch me. He figured out my father ate faster so he'd watch him first to maximize his scraps.
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u/I_2016 3d ago
Love to you n your boy. I hope our boys r happy up above.
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u/rtocelot 3d ago
As long as he has snacks and a porch to sit on in the sun then that's all that little dude ever needed.
I wish my beagle was as calm as him but he's like a Tornado.
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u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme 4d ago
I’m guessing the big dog looked smaller farther away, and the tiny one got a better sense of perspective once they were both on the ground.
“Bro, I thought you were my size!!”
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u/Additional_Meeting_2 3d ago
I doubt the interaction started with him being held. Probably the they walked there and filming began when he was held
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u/Chef2stars1414 3d ago
Yeah and my 45 lb dog thinks she is a 300 lb wolf and needs to protect me from things like leaves, birds or chipmunks and can't be around any other dog for now
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u/Expert_Garlic_2258 3d ago
stop picking up smaller dogs. it gives them the illusion that they are bigger than other dogs and the result is poorly socialized dogs
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u/MarioParty29 3d ago
A great warrior is unflinchingly confident in their strength.
The best warriors know their limits.
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u/ChronicSassyRedhead 3d ago
It’s over Anakin I have……. Wait no Muuuuuum pick me up!…. IT’S OVER ANAKIN I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND!
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u/Naanjikottai 3d ago
In Tamilnadu politics new CM vijay performance in Assembly and social media 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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u/Throwaway-IndLaw-159 3d ago
The husky looking back like: "you see the sheer audacity in this tiny thing?"
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u/JustARandomGuyReally 10h ago
My problem is my little dog isn’t like that. He actually thinks he can take on the bigger dogs and he WILL go after them. 🤦🏽
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u/PM_ME_UR_0_DAY 3d ago
I actually don't love this as a husky mix owner. They have very high prey drive and I just know that husky wanted to snatch that little yapper. It happened to me where an off leash dog ran up on us and my guy grabbed it up real quick. Luckily I got the little dog out, but that situation is a spit second from being a nightmare.
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u/Large-Hamster-199 4d ago
YOU BETTER HOLD ME BACK BRO
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Bro? What are you doing? I asked you to hold me back?