Lately at the dog park owners of mature dogs playing with my puppy state "Oh, he can smell that he's a puppy, so he's playing nice with him". Is this true? Do puppies emit a smell unique to young dogs?
2007-02-20 02:53:37 · 3 answers · asked by symbo61 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Great question! As a survival mechanism, puppies display overtly submissive body language toward adult dogs ("don't kill me, I'm just a baby!")...smell is so important "in the dog world", it wouldn't suprise me at all to learn that puppies have special scent. After all, all dogs have their own, individual scent (as do people), and puppies will smell different than adults.
As for what people in the park tell you, it may not be purely some unknown "puppy smell" that is triggering the adult dogs' behavior, but the puppy's submissive body language -- possibly coupled with some scent hardwired to mean "do not hurt" in the adult dog's head -- that is causing the adult to react the way that they do.
Sorry I can't bring anything more conclusive -- I would love to see scientific info on this!
ADDED: "Puppy breath" (the greatest smell in the world) tends to disappear after the puppy is weaned -- usually gone by about 10 weeks.
2007-02-20 03:02:53 · answer #1 · answered by Loki Wolfchild 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get them bite toys and start punishing them once they bite something else or it's going to be a concern endlessly. I consider they begin to mature at 1 12 months plus. The only rationale I say this, i've a pal who raises searching dogs and he instructed me they coaching at 2-3 months however wont let the canine go on an specific hunt except as a minimum a 12 months historic on account that the canine is just too immature they most often get a pup on the opening or center of the season and training it at or close seasons end at one year the dog is allowed to head on hunts but now not particularly allowed to work with the opposite canine or dogs until either finish season or opening of season 2. So quite a canine is not real mature except about 2 years historical
2016-08-10 16:37:16 · answer #2 · answered by lujan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried smelling your puppy, they have puppy breath. So now that you have done that do you smell a difference between a puppy and a mature dog????? Helloooo
2007-02-20 03:10:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋