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I have been thinking of this for a little while and think it is probably a silly question but I would like to know the answer to it if anyone out there knows. Do dogs of the same breed recognise each other as being of the same breed? Or are they just all dogs ?

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I have been thinking of this for a little while and think it is probably a silly question but I would like to know the answer to it if anyone out there knows. Do dogs of the same breed recognise each other as being of the same breed? Or are they just all dogs ?

I think they recognize their own breed. There could be a large group of dogs at the park and in between one miniature schnauzer. My two will flush the schnauzer out and socialise with it before doing so with any of the others.

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I have been thinking of this for a little while and think it is probably a silly question but I would like to know the answer to it if anyone out there knows. Do dogs of the same breed recognise each other as being of the same breed? Or are they just all dogs ?

I think they recognize their own breed. There could be a large group of dogs at the park and in between one miniature schnauzer. My two will flush the schnauzer out and socialise with it before doing so with any of the others.

I honestly think they are attracted to dogs with similar energy levels to play with. Making their own breed more approachable from that aspect.

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I suspect they recognise their own breed and also other familiar breeds. Playing style seems to be important. I've seen a young, bold Border Collie go from rumble tumble with bigger, older BCs and other herding breeds to being completely freaked out by Em's submissive Spaniel play.

Ziggy has always been a flirt but goes completely silly with other Dallies. Lots of standing on hind legs and wrestling. Em is a funny one - she certainly appears to prefer running with other spaniels but also dragged me across an oval at the Agility Nationals to meet one of the only other Dalmatians present. It had a coat on so I'm not sure what she recognised. She must have thought it was Zig as she pulled up in a real hurry when she realised it wasn't! My old ACD was a bit fearful of other dogs but would sniff out and try to play with the nearest Beagle if prompted. She grew up with one.

When my dogs play together they adopt each other's playing styles - Zig does more play bowing and low down wrestling (especially when Em was a baby puppy) whilst Em bites and wrestles on her hind legs more. I could watch them all day.

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When I used to take my Rottie swimming at the Dogs in Motion pool she was interested in greeting other Rottweilers to the exclusion of other dogs there. There was no playing was so it wasn't that which interested her. I think they do recognise their own breed.

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I have been thinking of this for a little while and think it is probably a silly question but I would like to know the answer to it if anyone out there knows. Do dogs of the same breed recognise each other as being of the same breed? Or are they just all dogs ?

I am convinced my Vizslas recognise other Vizslas.

We've just baby sat a cute Chesapeake Bay Retriver puppy. Our Vizsla puppy ignored her. Friends dropped in with their older Vizsla which he had never meet. He went overboard trying to play with that dog.

Maybe I am Vizsla biased too

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I am another that thinks that dogs do recognise breeds. Not just their own. I think my dog has less affection for BC's. Having said that two had snapped aggressively at him prior to him disliking them.

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I'm sure they do, my whippets are particularly racist, or is it breedist. They get very excited to see another whippet. It was also very noticable at the whippet beach days. All the whippets would band together and exclude any other breed.

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No, it isn't a silly question at all. It is one that has been discussed with a great deal of interest over the years.

I'm pretty sure that many of us have experienced our breed heading straight for others of its kind, and other who don't seem to recognise them.

My first dogs as an adult were Maltese and whenever we went to a park or area where lots of different dogs walked or played, it would end up looking like a Maltese convention :laugh:

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Yes, perhaps it's physical shape and how they move?

I agree. There's some cues that they pick up.

We used to have tibbie breed meet-ups at a park that was popular with dog owners.

Few times, I got there first, with 3 tibbies. Cars would pull up on the road on the far side of the park. I couldn't make out the details of the drivers & dogs inside. The tibbies would ignore most cars ... & all sorts of other breeds would get out.

But now & again, they'd go into alert stance.... & then before anyone got out... their tails would start to wag. Sure enough, someone would get out with tibbies. The weirdest thing was that it didn't matter if it were tibs they'd met before or ones coming for the first time.

Even at the boarding kennels, the staff have mentioned this. They have a number of tibbies (whose owners don't know each other) who come to stay. The staff report that whenever there's tibbies staying, they'll automatically form a little 'family'.

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Yep, my greys recognise other greys, and my prey driven, leash reactive two are much better with whippets and Iggies than other breeds. Actually an elderly and frail Iggie is one of the only small dogs Paige never tried to eat. Even a wolfhound was fine, except Brandi hid behind me. Any other breed, all bets are off, or they ignore of react to energy level. I'd love them to meet other sighthounds and see.

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I knew a little pug that chased off all other dogs at pug meetups. She barked and carried on at them but only if they were another breed. She definitely recognised pugs and reacted differently to other breeds.

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I knew a little pug that chased off all other dogs at pug meetups. She barked and carried on at them but only if they were another breed. She definitely recognised pugs and reacted differently to other breeds.

I would love to see that on video or photos.....

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My 1st BC wasn't very dog friendly but she had the best fun playing with a big, male BC that came to our obedience club. She also liked to play with a Collie Rough on the way home from school.

For a few months, when Tilba was younger, her litter brother came to our obedience club & they also liked to play.

In a beginners class we had 2 West Highland White puppies & they spent a lot of the lesson playing with each other.

Yes I think they recognise their own breeds.

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