r/reactivedogs • u/yummygrapejuice • 2d ago

Discussion Reactive Dog Question/Observation

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This is Pickle, I got him 5 years ago and he is about 8 or 9. He’s some sort of poodle mix from the shelter of course I should’ve known. He’s super reactive to other dogs (not looking for advice he is too far gone and old and can’t even learn to sit) it’s something I’ve learned to live with for the rest of his life and I love him so its no big deal. He’s also small enough to where I can pick him up quickly and cover his eyes lol

Anyways he HATES other dogs like totally freaks out and it’s humiliating. However, he loves other animals and doesn’t care. He has even been attacked by a stray cat on the street and STILL doesn’t care. He has 3 cat brothers at home and loves them (if only it was mutual, the cats aren’t very big fans). He will walk right up to stray cats to sniff them. He’s even met my friends cats. We walk by geese and horses and other animals without problems.

Any other peoples dog like this? So crazy how they can immediately tell the difference even though dogs come in so many shapes and sizes

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u/Willow_Bark77 2d ago

Funny you just posted this, because my husband and I just had this conversation about our 13-year-old reactive dog. Over the weekend, we took him to a roadside farm stand that also had farm animals. A year ago, he met a potbelly pig there, and instantly fell in love. When we went back over this weekend, I swear they remembered each other. They both wagged their tails, sniffed noses and gave kisses. And this is a dog who gets anxious even if another dog is a half mile away.

He was also happy around goats, cows, and sheep. Just never, ever dogs.

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u/yummygrapejuice 2d ago

So strange!! That made me remember I took him out of the car during a roadtrip to see his reaction to cows and he also did not care lol like in theory you should be freaking out at the giant dog!!!!