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#1 ·
to someone you personally dislike??

My husband has a business acquaintance who occasionally stops by our house for a meeting or to drop something off. This man is a loud, arrogant know-it-all and he annoys me to no end. I usually excuse myself as quickly as possible and go to another room for fear that my true feelings will show :eek:.

Chumlee reacts the same way. He really doesn't want to be around this guy, doesn't want the guy to pet him and is velcro'd to my side when I leave the room. It makes me wonder if Chum is reacting to my behavior or is he just an impeccable judge of character like his mom :D?

Does your dog do this?
 
#5 ·
Dogs can sense when you are afraid or apprehensive and have a dislike towards somebody. But they also sense danger, I am convinced of that.
My previous old Gold did not like the manager of the place we rented years ago in Michigan. When he approached, Sam did not want to be petted by him, which was very unusual for him. He would pull away. I found out later, that the guy was suspected in sexual abuse of his step daughter.

When we were stationed in Germany, I walked Sam on a road going outside of town also in the dark. Once a group of men were heading towards us, Sam pulled me literally across the street before the men ever got close to us. Nothing happened, but still, he must have sensed something about them.
 
#6 ·
It's amazing how a dog reacts to our moods, even if they are hidden. We once had a party and Sagebrush, who loved literally everybody reacted very strongly to an uninvited guest who showed up. There was nothing "wrong" with the guest, but I was annoyed that he crashed the party. Even though I smiled and pretended to welcome him I couldn't fool Sagebrush!
 
#7 ·
Ginger always ignores this one neighbor we occasionally pass by on walks. Doesn't stop to say hi, no tail wagging, nothing. She even barks at the lady's dog. Her and her dog have caused a lot of chaos and stress for me. The dog has almost attacked my cat. What was awesome was Ginger and Diego came running out, barking at the dog. They saved my kitty's life. It's funny because my cat and dogs don't even get along, but in that instance, they were being really protective of him. The woman has threatened me, told me she had a gun, yelled, and is just overall creepy. Oh, and this was all over me telling her to put a leash on her dog. Crazy! I think my dogs for sure can tell when I get stressed because they usually would want to be petted, wiggle up to the person, lick them, etc.
 
#8 ·
I am very quick t judge people. I listen to my gut rather than my head when I met new people. Mikado my APBT was a very good judge of people. I can tell you he only disliked 2 people that I knew really well and I didnt like either of them. Mikado was a therapy dog and loved everyone in fact he would readily go with anyone.

BaWaaJige is way to friendly I have not met anyone that he didnt love.
 
#9 ·
Not yet anyway, my dogs have only been afraid of one person who came over dressed in that bright orange hunting gear. I would be thrilled if they detested hunting and murder of animals as much as I do, but I doubt this is a real indicator. My dogs nearly wag their tails off when they meet anyone. They love attention.
 
#10 ·
Years ago when I was single I had an English Setter I had adopted from a shelter. Soon after I began dating a guy and was together with him for a couple of years. I was so "in love" with this guy that I hadn't noticed the subtle signs from my dog Spencer that he didn't really like my boyfriend. He didn't HATE him, just didn't like him much.

When one of my friends pointed it out to me (they didn't like my boyfriend much either) I was surprised I had missed these signs for so long. It turns out Spencer was a great judge of people. The boyfriend and I broke up not long after and I was determined not to be so blind again.

On the second date with a guy, I brought him by my apartment on the pretense that I had to let the dog out before we could go to the movies. In truth I wanted to see what Spencer thought of him ;). The response was instant: it was love at first sight for both of them. In minutes this guy was laying on the floor playing with Spencer. I took this as a good sign and married the guy. Twenty years later I still joke with my husband that if Spencer hadn't liked him, he would've been history.:D
 
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