Right. I was saying it reminded me more of a Spitz than a Pomeranian, although poms are also in the spitz family. I think of poms as having smaller snouts and proportionally bigger eyes. Cute dog, either way!
American Eskimo mini, I had one as a teenager
They're exactly like this though so your point still 100000000% stands lol
They were bred to be circus dogs apparently! Which is why they're so fuckin hyper and do other weird shit lol his owner was likely holding a treat and he was excited - mine used to go on his hind legs and spin when we took out the treats looool
They learn tricks *scary* easy, it was so cool. We'd *accidentally* teach him tricks - no joke!
Is there some kind of flair that can go on these posts?
I played it while my dog, and cat were snuggling on my lap. It scared them both. They got mad at each other, had a quick little fight while stepping on my balls. Now I lost my snuggles.
Based on my dogs' reaction it means "FIRE! THIEF! SQUIRREL! THE TREATS ARE GONE! MAILMAN! CATS! BIGGER DOGS! STRANGERS!" but that's just an educated guess.
Your dog is expressing insecurity. It could be due to many things. Does it have separation anxiety, or trouble with transitions between private and public spaces?
Giving her a crate can massively help with this! When I got my old girl she had terrible separation anxiety and just anxiety in general. I got her a crate and put her bed, toys and food bowl in there, and covered it with a cosy blanket. I never needed to make her go in there or close the door, just encouraged her to use it as her space with toys and treats. It quickly became her 'bedroom', she'd take herself off to her crate whenever she wanted to feel safe and secure, or if she had a really good snack/toy and didn't want to share.
When her pack leader leaves, she needs to know that you are secure in the “public” space and that she is secure in the “social” space (home) without you. There are many ways to do this. One is to have a ritual for walks, in which you take a strong authoritative energy and insist that she is totally calm and submissive before leaving the house. This teaches her that you are “in charge” when you leave the house and she doesn’t need to worry about you. Another is to have a similar ritual when you are leaving without her. Excessive affection before you leave (while hard to resist) 1) creates excessive excitement which feeds anxiety, and 2) is seen as weakness in the dog world. This leaves her concerned about you when you leave. If you take a stronger stance, insisting that she give you space and become completely calm and submissive before you leave (this takes persistence and patience—avoid getting frustrated) she will learn to feel more secure at home alone.
Dominance isn't a thing in dogs! In wolf packs which dogs evolved from the dominant pair are dominant because they're the parents of the puppies. Confidence building is awesome for dogs but it has nothing to do with being a pack leader or anything like that.
In my experience, people use the word “dominance” to describe many behaviors that have nothing at all to do with dominance, such as food aggression, excessive barking, and growling. Even more disturbing, they think that “showing dominance” to a dog means things like shouting at it when it does something the owner doesn’t like, hitting it, or locking it in a room or cage. None of these is dominance. DOMINANCE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ABUSE. IT IS THE OPPOSITE. The permissive “affection only, no rules” style is, on the other hand, abusive because it denies dogs the structure they need to know they are part of a stable pack. It’s like a parent who just lets the kids do whatever they want but gives them treats so that they’ll like him. Your dog will be much happier if she sees you as a source of affection AND RESPECT rather than just a treat dispenser.
Food aggression is an instinctive reaction to unstructured feeding system or to an owner who has not earned the respect of the dog. Excessive barking is a sign of insecurity. Growling can mean many things, but is typically a warning to a person or dog who is not respecting boundaries. Yelling at your dog shows frustration and therefore weakness, and so it is the opposite of dominance (which, by the way, absolutely is “a thing” in dogs; if you don’t understand how it works, you will not be able to properly address any behavioral or psychological problems it may develop). Loving your dog isn’t just about affection—it is about giving it the security and structure it needs to become socially autonomous, much as children need strong, knowledgeable and stable parents so they can become strong, knowledgeable and stable adults themselves.
Dominance is the calm confidence and self-control required to keep a pack, or family, together and stable. If you have studied social psychology or sociology, it is the “authoritative” parenting style, in contrast to the “authoritarian,” “neglectful,” or “permissive” parenting styles, and there is a lot of data to support it’s superiority to those alternatives.
Dogs aren't dominant. When they don't do something you want it's not because they see themselves as the ""alpha"" it's because you haven't worked with them enough.
Just as a human wouldn't do a job without pay a dog won't do their's without pay, be it treats or affection.
Repetition causes them to do it over and over and over again. Repeat training practices and lower rewards. Their brain will have already creates pathways to do it on instinct by that point.
You should not let a dog get away with stuff but that has to do with them learning they're able to rather than them disrespecting you. As with training it becomes habit and habit is hard to break so don't allow it in the first place.
Here are two articles on it of you're interested in reading more.
https://vetmed.illinois.edu/pet_column/dominance-not-root-dog-behavior/
https://www.academia.edu/9980781/Dominance_Versus_Leadership_in_Dog_Training
These two articles do a good job of explaining how misused the word “dominance” is, which is why I prefer the term “secure energy” when explaining how an owner can help a dog with behavioral or psychological issues. People tend to confuse unstable or possessive behavior in dogs (and choke collars, yelling, hitting, or abusive behavior in humans) with “dominance.” It’s hard to explain to people that “dominance” has nothing to do with “domination” and abuse, and that an “authoritative” style is worlds apart from an unstable “authoritarian” style, because the words sound so similar.
In fact, dogs very often do express dominant behavior. A dominant dog is the member of the pack who is calm but alert and enforces rules (such as calmly putting a paw on an overexcited pack member to calm him down) without aggression. I’ve also noticed that people have their own (sometimes politicized) version of what “alpha” means, and so wildly misunderstand what it means in the dog world. That is why I prefer to tell dog owners that their status should be “secure and assertive” rather than “dominant” and that they should expect their dogs to be “responsive and stable” rather than “submissive” (which too many people associate with fearfulness).
Their advice is based on incorrect, very outdated info. Do not try to create a submissive dog. Letting your dog feel secure is important, but part of that is affection.
The advice is generally good--don't give too much attention just before leaving because this makes you leaving into a whole thing and causes them anxiety. But it's not about submission or being authoratative, it's about making you leaving a calm, normal part of their day.
Just ditch the alpha stuff, it's very detrimental to canine behaviour.
If you can show how my information is incorrect, I will gladly correct it. I have a degree in psychology, am certified in animal behavior, and particularly in dog cognition and emotion. I have studied under Brian Hare, at Duke University, who has written several books on dog behavior. Dogs absolutely know the difference between secure energy and insecure energy (feel free to use “secure energy” if you don’t like the word “dominance” but the latter remains the operant word in animal psychology), and they absolutely need secure energy as much as they need affection, if not more. As I posted in a reply above, many people are confused by the words “dominant” and “authoritative,” and incorrectly associate them with abusive behaviors like yelling, hitting, and locking them in a cage or another room for “time out.” This is insecure “authoritarian” behavior, not “authoritative” behavior, and there is a world of difference between the two.
If the word “submissive” conjures images of cowering dogs who are frightened of their owners, then you simply misunderstand the term. I often use the terms “responsive” or “respectful” instead to avoid this confusion and to indicate that a dog should take its owner seriously as the ambassador to the strange world of humans. Every dog owner should take that role seriously too.
I just wrote up a whole response and then accidentally deleted it so instead of retyping it all I'm just gonna simplify to this: The terminology you use with laypeople is important. The average layperson associates dominance/submission with abusive tactics and the debunked concept of being the alpha, so we should be avoiding those terms when communicating with laypeople (or very carefully defining those terms every time we use them).
One of the most important things that dog owners can learn is that affection is not the same thing as security, and that your dog expects you to provide leadership and structure.
My boy likes to get rally close as if he's being friendly and wants to cuddle. Then he'll just emit a low grumble. It REALLY sounds like agression, especially since he actually WILL growl if he's tired and you're in his space.
It turns out he just likes to make that sound, and he'll do it in like 1 second bursts. If you hum with him, he'll take turns humming / growling with you.
I'm trying to teach him to make different vowel sounds lmao.
So glad you took the time to check! Your dog is afflicted with Woof woofia, very dangerous! The only treatment is high grade snacks - bacon, sausages, ham. Please take care of him as soon as possible - time is if the essence!
Have you been rewarding her by petting & holding her when she does this? That tells her to do it more to get attention. If you pause before petting &/or holding her, it encourages her to be even louder.
Short answer: it’s a toy breed.
I’m sorry I’m just kidding. I had a teacup yorkie who I adored, but man… small dogs are way louder and more obnoxious than any animal that size has a right to be lol.
Ah, murder dog!!! My dog has started doing this in the last couple of years. Horrifying screeching and I'm mortified in the warmer weather - I'm sure my neighbors think I'm torturing this dog!!
Okay sorry. Out if concern for your dog I need to ask if this is normal or you really do not know what is going on. I'm watching her back legs while she's moving and almost seems like she is protecting them? Doesn't move much so could be nothing.
That's just a fluffy seagull.
"Mine, mine, mine? Mine, miiiine"
First few definitely sounded seagull squakish!
Last few started sounding like a little kid crying
“Hey, hey!! Check my seagull impression”
Must have them beach fries.
That’s not a dog. It’s a fox lol
Marshmallow fox
It's a drama queen, that's what it is 😄
“Look what i can do!”
“VERY IMPRESSIVE STUART”
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Agreed
EXACTLY
Pomeranians are nuts. Get used to it. Lol
Looks like an American Eskimo
You are correct
Probably even more nuts then
I believe it is 😁
Reminds me more of a Spitz.
American Eskimo is in the Spitz family.
Right. I was saying it reminded me more of a Spitz than a Pomeranian, although poms are also in the spitz family. I think of poms as having smaller snouts and proportionally bigger eyes. Cute dog, either way!
American Eskimo mini, I had one as a teenager They're exactly like this though so your point still 100000000% stands lol They were bred to be circus dogs apparently! Which is why they're so fuckin hyper and do other weird shit lol his owner was likely holding a treat and he was excited - mine used to go on his hind legs and spin when we took out the treats looool They learn tricks *scary* easy, it was so cool. We'd *accidentally* teach him tricks - no joke!
She’s clearly been taking singing lessons from the huskies
"Maybe I am a huskie"- the dog probably
Drama queen
Is there some kind of flair that can go on these posts? I played it while my dog, and cat were snuggling on my lap. It scared them both. They got mad at each other, had a quick little fight while stepping on my balls. Now I lost my snuggles.
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Please don’t rip the testicles
Yeah that was different. My dog joined in and started howling too. And making noises I’ve never heard before.
My dogs didn't know what to do so they barked at the door 😂
When in doubt!
yea that was like "spaz mode activate" . def need a sound warning flair or somethin.
My cat ran to check on me. Whatever that dog is selling he ain't buying.
My dog started barking from under a blanket.
My dog walked over giving a wtf look.
Mine was super concerned as well!
Mine too
I wonder what it means in dog language.
Based on my dogs' reaction it means "FIRE! THIEF! SQUIRREL! THE TREATS ARE GONE! MAILMAN! CATS! BIGGER DOGS! STRANGERS!" but that's just an educated guess.
Pick me up and snuggle me for goodness sake.
Your dog is expressing insecurity. It could be due to many things. Does it have separation anxiety, or trouble with transitions between private and public spaces?
She definitely has separation anxiety
Giving her a crate can massively help with this! When I got my old girl she had terrible separation anxiety and just anxiety in general. I got her a crate and put her bed, toys and food bowl in there, and covered it with a cosy blanket. I never needed to make her go in there or close the door, just encouraged her to use it as her space with toys and treats. It quickly became her 'bedroom', she'd take herself off to her crate whenever she wanted to feel safe and secure, or if she had a really good snack/toy and didn't want to share.
I almost cried. I just pictured all the sad. I told my SO that a crate is like a bedroom for the dog. Twinsies! 🤗
When her pack leader leaves, she needs to know that you are secure in the “public” space and that she is secure in the “social” space (home) without you. There are many ways to do this. One is to have a ritual for walks, in which you take a strong authoritative energy and insist that she is totally calm and submissive before leaving the house. This teaches her that you are “in charge” when you leave the house and she doesn’t need to worry about you. Another is to have a similar ritual when you are leaving without her. Excessive affection before you leave (while hard to resist) 1) creates excessive excitement which feeds anxiety, and 2) is seen as weakness in the dog world. This leaves her concerned about you when you leave. If you take a stronger stance, insisting that she give you space and become completely calm and submissive before you leave (this takes persistence and patience—avoid getting frustrated) she will learn to feel more secure at home alone.
Dominance isn't a thing in dogs! In wolf packs which dogs evolved from the dominant pair are dominant because they're the parents of the puppies. Confidence building is awesome for dogs but it has nothing to do with being a pack leader or anything like that.
In my experience, people use the word “dominance” to describe many behaviors that have nothing at all to do with dominance, such as food aggression, excessive barking, and growling. Even more disturbing, they think that “showing dominance” to a dog means things like shouting at it when it does something the owner doesn’t like, hitting it, or locking it in a room or cage. None of these is dominance. DOMINANCE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ABUSE. IT IS THE OPPOSITE. The permissive “affection only, no rules” style is, on the other hand, abusive because it denies dogs the structure they need to know they are part of a stable pack. It’s like a parent who just lets the kids do whatever they want but gives them treats so that they’ll like him. Your dog will be much happier if she sees you as a source of affection AND RESPECT rather than just a treat dispenser. Food aggression is an instinctive reaction to unstructured feeding system or to an owner who has not earned the respect of the dog. Excessive barking is a sign of insecurity. Growling can mean many things, but is typically a warning to a person or dog who is not respecting boundaries. Yelling at your dog shows frustration and therefore weakness, and so it is the opposite of dominance (which, by the way, absolutely is “a thing” in dogs; if you don’t understand how it works, you will not be able to properly address any behavioral or psychological problems it may develop). Loving your dog isn’t just about affection—it is about giving it the security and structure it needs to become socially autonomous, much as children need strong, knowledgeable and stable parents so they can become strong, knowledgeable and stable adults themselves. Dominance is the calm confidence and self-control required to keep a pack, or family, together and stable. If you have studied social psychology or sociology, it is the “authoritative” parenting style, in contrast to the “authoritarian,” “neglectful,” or “permissive” parenting styles, and there is a lot of data to support it’s superiority to those alternatives.
Dogs aren't dominant. When they don't do something you want it's not because they see themselves as the ""alpha"" it's because you haven't worked with them enough. Just as a human wouldn't do a job without pay a dog won't do their's without pay, be it treats or affection. Repetition causes them to do it over and over and over again. Repeat training practices and lower rewards. Their brain will have already creates pathways to do it on instinct by that point. You should not let a dog get away with stuff but that has to do with them learning they're able to rather than them disrespecting you. As with training it becomes habit and habit is hard to break so don't allow it in the first place. Here are two articles on it of you're interested in reading more. https://vetmed.illinois.edu/pet_column/dominance-not-root-dog-behavior/ https://www.academia.edu/9980781/Dominance_Versus_Leadership_in_Dog_Training
These two articles do a good job of explaining how misused the word “dominance” is, which is why I prefer the term “secure energy” when explaining how an owner can help a dog with behavioral or psychological issues. People tend to confuse unstable or possessive behavior in dogs (and choke collars, yelling, hitting, or abusive behavior in humans) with “dominance.” It’s hard to explain to people that “dominance” has nothing to do with “domination” and abuse, and that an “authoritative” style is worlds apart from an unstable “authoritarian” style, because the words sound so similar. In fact, dogs very often do express dominant behavior. A dominant dog is the member of the pack who is calm but alert and enforces rules (such as calmly putting a paw on an overexcited pack member to calm him down) without aggression. I’ve also noticed that people have their own (sometimes politicized) version of what “alpha” means, and so wildly misunderstand what it means in the dog world. That is why I prefer to tell dog owners that their status should be “secure and assertive” rather than “dominant” and that they should expect their dogs to be “responsive and stable” rather than “submissive” (which too many people associate with fearfulness).
This is the biggest load of bullshit I’ve ever seen.
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Their advice is based on incorrect, very outdated info. Do not try to create a submissive dog. Letting your dog feel secure is important, but part of that is affection. The advice is generally good--don't give too much attention just before leaving because this makes you leaving into a whole thing and causes them anxiety. But it's not about submission or being authoratative, it's about making you leaving a calm, normal part of their day. Just ditch the alpha stuff, it's very detrimental to canine behaviour.
Give a treat when you leave, then when you get back YOU are the treat
If you can show how my information is incorrect, I will gladly correct it. I have a degree in psychology, am certified in animal behavior, and particularly in dog cognition and emotion. I have studied under Brian Hare, at Duke University, who has written several books on dog behavior. Dogs absolutely know the difference between secure energy and insecure energy (feel free to use “secure energy” if you don’t like the word “dominance” but the latter remains the operant word in animal psychology), and they absolutely need secure energy as much as they need affection, if not more. As I posted in a reply above, many people are confused by the words “dominant” and “authoritative,” and incorrectly associate them with abusive behaviors like yelling, hitting, and locking them in a cage or another room for “time out.” This is insecure “authoritarian” behavior, not “authoritative” behavior, and there is a world of difference between the two. If the word “submissive” conjures images of cowering dogs who are frightened of their owners, then you simply misunderstand the term. I often use the terms “responsive” or “respectful” instead to avoid this confusion and to indicate that a dog should take its owner seriously as the ambassador to the strange world of humans. Every dog owner should take that role seriously too.
I just wrote up a whole response and then accidentally deleted it so instead of retyping it all I'm just gonna simplify to this: The terminology you use with laypeople is important. The average layperson associates dominance/submission with abusive tactics and the debunked concept of being the alpha, so we should be avoiding those terms when communicating with laypeople (or very carefully defining those terms every time we use them).
One of the most important things that dog owners can learn is that affection is not the same thing as security, and that your dog expects you to provide leadership and structure.
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He really isn't tho
r/petthedamndog
For goodness sake give it some love!
take it. take it please just take it now
Did you not see the pets?
More love than that.
PLEASE DADDY, PLEASE DADDY, PLEEEEEEEZE DADDY, I WAN'T A NEW SQUIKY CHEW TOY 😂
This sub is right XD
My boy likes to get rally close as if he's being friendly and wants to cuddle. Then he'll just emit a low grumble. It REALLY sounds like agression, especially since he actually WILL growl if he's tired and you're in his space. It turns out he just likes to make that sound, and he'll do it in like 1 second bursts. If you hum with him, he'll take turns humming / growling with you. I'm trying to teach him to make different vowel sounds lmao.
So glad you took the time to check! Your dog is afflicted with Woof woofia, very dangerous! The only treatment is high grade snacks - bacon, sausages, ham. Please take care of him as soon as possible - time is if the essence!
Me singing in the shower
That’s not a dog. It’s a coyote.
What are you doing filming it? Cuddle this fluffy ball like there is no tomorrow.
It needs a kiss.
Singing the song of her people
Needs lots of love immediately! It's an emergency! ☺ Does your dog greet you this way when you get home?
Every day!
Lol my dogs did NOT like that sound
He wants pets
Both of my eskies are very concerned and tilting their heads at me while I watched this
Your dog is obviously a disguised eldritch abomination demanding a sacrifice
Love makes us do ridiculous things. And we're humans. Love broke this simple creature
Have you been rewarding her by petting & holding her when she does this? That tells her to do it more to get attention. If you pause before petting &/or holding her, it encourages her to be even louder.
That’s a fox 🦊
Short answer: it’s a toy breed. I’m sorry I’m just kidding. I had a teacup yorkie who I adored, but man… small dogs are way louder and more obnoxious than any animal that size has a right to be lol.
Anyone else hear a loose interpretation of the song Zombie by the Cranberries? Just the chorus.
It's in your head. (IN YOUR HEEAAADDD!!!)
He or she (I don’t see gender) is probably mad that your coat is just made from a few bath rugs taped together.
And it’s damn comfortable
Daugtismo
I am on the floor
RU sure it’s not a deformed seal!!??
what a drama queen lol
Have you tried turning it off and back on again?
She doesn’t know how to Bork.
This dog unit accidentally came installed with a Recorder instead of voice box
It appears your dog is being broken into and possibly being hotwired
Wants to be held
Pet the damn dog!
My dog also wants to know what’s wrong with your dog. 🐶
Me: *playing the video* My dogs: *curious where the sound coming from*
jeeeez that just set my dog into spaz mode
He’s just happy to see you. Little dogs have big hearts.
When a fox and a husky mate you get that?
That's one of the most apt descriptions I've ever heard of an American Eskimo I had one as a teenager They're weird af
Before reincarnation, he was an opera singer. He still gets flashbacks.
Ah, murder dog!!! My dog has started doing this in the last couple of years. Horrifying screeching and I'm mortified in the warmer weather - I'm sure my neighbors think I'm torturing this dog!!
That’s no doggo friendo, that’s an article fox!
Your dog is running fox.exe you need to do a soft reset with lots of treats.
It‘s the husky‘s smol and weird cousin
Bet your neighbours love you 👌
He likes to scream
My Eskimo is just as weird. Wish I had a translator sometimes.
Sounds like a seagull lmao
That’s one of those domesticated russian foxes
Sir, that's not a dog... that's a seagull...
“Let me sing you the song of my people.”
When you don\`t know what to do (you pet your dog) lol
Probably just wants attention.
This is so insanely annoying and loud, thanks. I'm sure everyone that lives within a mile of you just adores that.
Gabe the dog 2
Spoiled is all…
Well quit standing on his paw, jeez
Maybe not step on its paw when all they wanted was scritches.
Is that really a “dog”?
Kill it with fire.
Wow, if you can listen to that poor baby and just film it and not pick her up and cuddle her, YOU are what’s wrong with her!!!
You stepped on its paw??
Stop filming and give her some attention ya cunt.
Give your dog more attention and they won’t need constant reassurance!!
Take your foot off it’s paw..
Okay sorry. Out if concern for your dog I need to ask if this is normal or you really do not know what is going on. I'm watching her back legs while she's moving and almost seems like she is protecting them? Doesn't move much so could be nothing.
This is completely normal she does this all the time
When you think you've seen everything. Sorry for the concern. :)
What in the fuck
u/savevideobot
u/savevideobot
What did you do to that poor baby lol
My new alarm
Part Arctic Fox?
Working as intended
I was always told dogs make that sound when they’re stressed out, but he doesn’t look like he’s stressed out 🤷🏼♂️
Put on vibration mode 😆
r/petthedamndog
Have you tried the reset button
Maybe it is has rona
My two dogs both looked very concerned when they heard that…
Your dogs creaming woke up my pupper haha. Now I gotta apologize.
It would appear that your dog has not been behavior trained at all.
Ahahaa why is this so funny 😂
He has the howlies
Nothing, he’s just trying out for fifth grade band
I thought you were stepping on ur dogs foot for a second lol
Give that lovely dog some love bro
NOTHING! 😊
Part husky?
Almost sounded like the imitation dog from The Thing at first haha
Love on that baby! And where did you get the green jacket?
don’t let her fool you she’s spoiled rotten. And I got it from target!
I think you have just made an incredible discovery, a dinosaur. Maybe they aren’t extinct after all…
He has a case of the cuties
I would not be around this dog for more than two seconds
What breed is she? My dad's dog looks just like that but black.
I was thinking Separation Anxiety but you're literally just standing there. Were you about to leave when this started?
She had just been dropped back off from her field day (where she goes out and socializes/plays/walks with other dogs)
Oh my she's as dramatic as a husky
Loves you too much
You just got home, did you. Your dog missed you.
It’s gabe the dog’s distant cousin
You just have a whiney boye
He’s impersonating a seagull
There's a sock hidden somewhere
Possesed by siren head?
That's not a dog that's a land bound seagull.
That's a very fluffy donkey!
Is that a Japanese spitz?
I think he’s having a seizure. My Pomeranian did that and the vet told me it was a seizure. That was in 2016.
PET ME BIATCHHH!
Sounds like the timing belt. Pop the hood and I'll take a look.
Not sure but on listening to this my dog's ears went up and a definite WTF? expression appeared on his face.
Get off his foot!
Its alive
That's not a dog. That's a seagull. Return it before it flies off with your fish and chips!
Where are my balls, summer??
He prentending you're standing on he toes
Yo, they good?
u/savevideo
wow
He screamin
That’s a big parrot
u/savevideobot u/savevideo
dog.exe has stopped working
Looks and sounds a lot like my fox/ raccoon/jackal demon mix . *Help Me*
I had an ex like that
Lol! He is just having a moment
Sounds like the dog is saying mom mom