I've seen lots of female dogs that were nervous about the sniff greeting and they attempted to either cover the area by putting their tail down or, at times, became aggressive.
Growing up, the neighbour's dog also used to run alongside our dogs as they chased the ball but never wanted the ball herself. She was very submissive, despite being a lot bigger.
My last dog had a habit of taking her ball to other people to throw. She was very insistent and her brow would furrow if they didn't get the hint, then she'd start nudging them and alternative between looking at the ball and looking at them until they got the hint.
I'm guessing your dog is acting the way she is partly because of where she feels hierarchically. The rest, who knows? As well as I know dogs, they still have the potential to surprise.
I'm half asleep reading this, so hopefully I'm not messing it all up :-S
She's not submissive so much. She's kinda in charge, which is the source of all her other behavioural problems. I'm interpreting what you said her behaviour would make sense, because she's dominant, so she decides who throws the damn ball or no one does...am I even close? I dunno. My brain is fuzzy.
She also rounds up other dogs that are fighting :) Not successfully, but she puts in a good effort. Then gets blamed by the other dog owners for starting the fight :(
Yeah, she's probably thinking that she only wants to fetch the ball for someone she could at any time consider dominant. So she only wants that person to throw the ball. How they respond to her is probably judged by her. If they don't react to the chance to be dominant she could feel she has to assert her own personality and push them into it.
Is this normal dog behaviour?
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I've seen lots of female dogs that were nervous about the sniff greeting and they attempted to either cover the area by putting their tail down or, at times, became aggressive.
Growing up, the neighbour's dog also used to run alongside our dogs as they chased the ball but never wanted the ball herself. She was very submissive, despite being a lot bigger.
My last dog had a habit of taking her ball to other people to throw. She was very insistent and her brow would furrow if they didn't get the hint, then she'd start nudging them and alternative between looking at the ball and looking at them until they got the hint.
I'm guessing your dog is acting the way she is partly because of where she feels hierarchically. The rest, who knows? As well as I know dogs, they still have the potential to surprise.
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I'm half asleep reading this, so hopefully I'm not messing it all up :-S
She's not submissive so much. She's kinda in charge, which is the source of all her other behavioural problems. I'm interpreting what you said her behaviour would make sense, because she's dominant, so she decides who throws the damn ball or no one does...am I even close? I dunno. My brain is fuzzy.
She also rounds up other dogs that are fighting :) Not successfully, but she puts in a good effort. Then gets blamed by the other dog owners for starting the fight :(
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P.S. She's a cutie.
It's not even 1am yet, you lightweight. :P
Yeah, she's probably thinking that she only wants to fetch the ball for someone she could at any time consider dominant. So she only wants that person to throw the ball. How they respond to her is probably judged by her. If they don't react to the chance to be dominant she could feel she has to assert her own personality and push them into it.
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Agree.