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because of the competition among themselves dislikes a particular family member, his behaviour,
and high level of struggle, including fight in pack response and reactions towards that person are
itself making them highly insecure. different. He maintains a particularly objectionable
mannered eye contact, or tries to avoid or
does an individual’s body odour and body becomes aggressive and communicates with the
language affect the dog’s temperament, particular family member in an objectionable way.
behavior, response or reaction?
It’s true that some dogs are very choosy in do dogs get jealous of family members and
selection of an individual’s body odour and body react with them irrespective of their nature?
language or a particular action. It can affect the Yes, dogs do get jealous of a particular family
dog’s temperament, behaviour or response and member and accordingly they behave, respond
reaction up to a great extent. That’s one reason and react with them irrespective of their nature
we hear of unfortunate incidents where a dog has and behaviour. This jealousy is usually due to their
bitten one of his human family members. master sharing love, affection, space, food and
attention etc., with another family member who
do dogs like or dislike particular family wasn’t there earlier in the picture, like a newborn
members for their behavior with him? baby, or a newly married family member. The
Canines are quite similar to humans when it dog doesn’t want anybody sharing his master’s
comes to screening people who approach them. love, affection, space, food and attention etc for
In general, canines are quick to decide whether which they have right and feel privileged. Dogs
they like a person or not, unlike their human feel that person is snatching his master’s love and
owners. They are extremely good at reading the affection from them and they feel insecure. They
body language of humans and pick up signs don’t like to be relegated to the second or third
that we may be unknowingly sending. They position when it comes to their master’s affection
have a very good understanding of the normal and love. They are always bothered about their
behaviour of human beings. They are also good food, space and love and they do not want to
at identifying behaviour that is unusual, weird, or be deprived or like competition in any of these
out-of-the-ordinary. Weird behaviour can include areas. Hence, sometime they become jealous
strange vocalizations, the way a person moves with a particular family member and co-pets in
and any other type of behaviour we consider the family and accordingly they behave, respond
suspicious. If a dog likes a particular family and react with them irrespective of their nature
member then he always tries to follow him or her and behavior. They show their dominance just to
and maintains eye contact and communicates stop sharing their master’s love, affection, space,
in every acceptable way the different things in food and attention etc., at any cost, anyway and
different ways and show affection. But if the dog anyhow.

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