This is something we’ve always been wondering!
Would an adult dog recognize their sibling years after being seperated from their litter?
Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Lore Haug of Houston, Texas seems to think it is possible, explaining:
“Siblings most certainly can recognize one another. But when they’re separated at a young age, there’s no way to consciously remember. Still, it seems that at some olfactory level we don’t fully understand, even littermates separated at a young age probably do recognize one another on a sub-conscious level.”
Haug also says that dogs can recognize their own breed or specific general characteristics of other dogs. For example, if a dog was bitten by a dog with a turned-up tail, it could be understandably wary of all dogs with turned-up tails.
Definitely inneresting.
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