Is there any truth to this?

[Denyce]

What Giselle said is correct. I am sorry but the rest of you are wrong in that dogs do not discriminate between breeds. They most certainly do. Not every dog will care but they can tell the differences.

Sequoia will only respond in a friendly manner to other huskies or malamutes. She will either ignore or be aggressive to other breeds. One husky breeder said to me she sees this often. That if a dog doesn't "speak siberian" then some huskies won't like it. This is a hard and fast rule for every dog in every situation but it is commen enough.

Also prick ear breeds with erect tails can be disliked or misinterpreted by other dogs. They see the husky ears being up, the direct stare and the tail over the back as being an aggressive stance and will react accordingly. If you have ever watched huskies look at other dogs most do so in a very different manner than a border collie or a yorkie or any other breed. Especially with a very dominant husky.

I don't know about Australian Cattle Dogs. They also strike me as a assertive breed. I know Sequoia will ALWAYS react in a dominant/aggressive manner to labs, goldens, greyhounds, and any of the bulldog/pitbull/boxer breeds.

[4 Dog Mother]

I would have to say that some dogs do have strong feelings to other breeds - and there are some people (like Staci) who can back me on this. My Dazzi is a golden retriever/spaniel mix. She does not like German Short Haired pointers at all. She will go after them if they come into the dog park. (Althouogh we have not been going nearly as much and now that she is living with 8 other dogs seems to be mellowing out some). When we first started taking her to the dog park she would go after Golden Retrievers - and yes she did go after Keegan and scratched her nose up pretty good. After that though she would "Protect" Keegan from other dogs. Certain Cocker Spaniels also set her off.

She has seen a lot of Australian Cattle dogs though and I don't remember any of those being a problem for her.

When we were taking her almost every day to the dog park we would leash her when a golden retriever came in and put her in the time out pen when a German short-haired pointer came in. She has always been very protective of her "pack" - meaning our dogs, Amy's dogs and Keegan. Now I think maybe there are just too many or she decided they needed to look out for themselves because she is too busy doing other things.