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Okay, I while I love all animals and nature, I guess my favourite would be dogs, since they can interact with me/us, in a manner in which other pets and so on cannot do.

My last dog, that sadly died recently, loved everyone, however, you get some dogs that, for whatever reason, do not like men. Perhaps, for example, they once lived in a house were the man was abusive, and they vibed that, and the fear of men remained with them (understandable), and turns into fear aggression.

So, bit of an obscure question, but have a go anyway.

I knew a dog like that.

Didn't mind women.

If a guy came near it, it was very hostile and aggressive.

How does the dog determine between a man and a woman?

It would be absurd to suggest that it make a judgement based on dress code, for all sorts of reasons.

Therefore, it must either be voice tone, or a different 'smell' that the two genders give of.

Or both.

So.....

In theory, if a dog were aggressive to men, yet not women, how do you logically suppose it might react to someone that was a post op transexual, ie, someone that has had the operation, taken all the pills, etc, had the voice tuition that I beleive they get, and so on?

Would that dog STILL see the person as a man?

Or would it react to the person fine, as if it were a woman?

Thoughts?


Steve

THe dog would probably act like any good christian conservative and bark unintelligibly. *nod*

dogs work by hormones iirc so it depends what you smell like

thats why girly men never get mauled by attack dogs

Okay, I while I love all animals and nature, I guess my favourite would be dogs, since they can interact with me/us, in a manner in which other pets and so on cannot do.

"Nonsense! Dogs are idiots! Think about it. If I came into your house and started sniffing at your crotch and slobbering all over you, what would you say?"

dogs work by hormones iirc so it depends what you smell like

thats why girly men never get mauled by attack dogs



"Nonsense! Dogs are idiots! Think about it. If I came into your house and started sniffing at your crotch and slobbering all over you, what would you say?"

That would rather depend on what you look like!

:D

"Nonsense! Dogs are idiots! Think about it. If I came into your house and started sniffing at your crotch and slobbering all over you, what would you say?"

If you did it, sir...?

Its not just what kind of man you are though. It can be what your currently smell like and how you are behaving at that moment. The effeminate post op transexual could very well walk right past a man hating dog one day without getting a reaction but get mauled the next time because he happened to be angry.

So why are you trying to figure out if your dog can detect a transexual anyway? If you live in here in Hawaii I might understand. we have a large population of gender swapped individuals and some men dont know what to look for when trying to find a date for the evening.

This has to be one of the odder topics I have read.

lol, I have a rescue dog that hated black people when I 1st got her, but with the help of one of my friends she overcame this

now I wonder what would have happened is she met micheal jackson?