Messages between RuralPug and MalamuteMom
Thank you! Happy Chair doesn't even have a page anymore, (sad sad) so was surprised to see it get there. That one wrote itself (even if it was a birch, not an elm). I don't make many LOL's. That is my very first FP (possibly last as well!) and I am awed by the votes and # who favourited it. I didn't realise I would be this excited and awed by making FP.
I think you hit the nail on the head. It's definitely a different language. Lakota is pure dog, but manages to communicate with us humans pretty well most days. He just doesn't understand Pug. He does make some pretty funny conclusions at times. When we lived in New York City, he met a lovely female greyhound, and my boy fell in love. As soon as he would see her, he would "pose" himself just so and try to have a conversation. Being a greyhound, she just ignored him. But somehow he got it into his head that all greyhounds are girls. And he was quite surprised when we moved to PA and one of our neighbors had two BOY greyhounds. Lakota was thrilled to meet them until he realized their gender. I've never seen him look so dejected as when he made that discovery!
Yes, lots of lovely Mals and other spitz breeds cannot read the body languauge of flat-faced, drop-eared, curly tailed dogs. Pugs also have their eyes in the front of their heads and not on the sides so sometimes other breeds interpret a Pug just looking at them as a challenge stare - I always say that Pugs just don't speak Dog! The spitz breeds tend to speak quite pure Dog and so there is room for a lot of misunderstanding.We humans must interpret carefully between them!
Thanks for the collectible. I sent you one for your collection. I have to admit, I almost feel guilty about friending a pug enthusiast. I think pugs are adorable, but for some reason, my malamute does not like pugs and pomeranians. He's never had a bad interaction with either breed, but he is really quite obvious about his likes & dislikes when it comes to other dogs. It's really quite funny at times. Lakota (my goggie) is not agressive towards pugs and poms, but he starts "talking" and trying to go in the opposite direction when we encounter them on our walks.
