What is the personality of the Japanese Tosa Dog?
0 Jul 26,2025
What are the living habits of puppies? Dogs have a natural habit of interacting with people, especially children. They like to live in groups by nature. Dogs have a strong sense of territory and are used to peeing to mark their "sphere of influence."
1. Like to socialize. It is a dog's natural habit to interact with people, especially with children, and this innate habit often depends on the degree of "marking" contact with people at 3-7 weeks of age. If a dog only spends the first two months of its life with its parents or other dogs, or does not really understand people, it is easy for it to not like to interact with people and is difficult to train. If it is caressed by people since childhood, it will realize that people are its friends and become familiar with people's smell. This will develop a character that loves to interact with others and is easy to train.
2. Hierarchical concept. They like to live in groups by nature. In dog breeding farms, rural or suburban dog groups, there is always a leader dog who leads the group of dogs and will dominate and govern them. The alpha dog's alpha status is usually expressed by the following specific actions: such as allowing himself but not the other dog to inspect the genitals of other dogs, and not allowing the other dog to urinate in the place where another dog has urinated. The other party can shake his head, wag his tail, be naughty, sit or lie down in front of the leading dog, and stop when the leading dog leaves. After the level advantage is clear, the hostility disappears and we start to become friends. Therefore, the owner should establish the image of the alpha dog and not be too pampering, causing the dog to think that it is the alpha dog.
3. Dogs look down upon people. Dogs were originally social animals that respected their leaders and worked hard to protect their companions. After entering human life, they obeyed the orders of the head of the family. The mistress feeds it and takes care of it, the children play with it, and the man who spends the least time at home makes it in awe. On the other hand, if the mistress is more authoritative and guides the whole family, the cat will completely obey the mistress. It is afraid, even afraid of those who are taller than it, but for those who are the same height or smaller than it, the dog will have a strong desire to protect them out of curiosity. Hence the saying "dog eyes look down on people".
4. Barking instinct. Dogs often bark whenever ambulances or police cars pass by. Barking is a common way for wolves to communicate with their companions. As an instinct, dogs have also inherited this characteristic. So it’s not surprising when you hear about someone’s dog that “sings” to music. But not all dogs bark, and there are some exceptions.
5. Domain concept. Dogs have a strong sense of territory and are used to peeing to mark their "sphere of influence." In its territory, it is very impressive, but once it goes to a strange place, especially a place with a strong smell of dogs and cats, it loses its courage. This is often seen when a dog approaches an animal hospital and refuses to move forward, or is trembling, or even drooling from nervousness. Therefore, it often centers on itself, uses its own scent to mark the territory, and updates it frequently. A territory can only belong to one or two dogs or the entire dog group.
66. Climbing behavior. The behavior of climbing is very unsightly to humans, but dogs do have this kind of nature. However, because of their age and gender, the purpose and performance of climbing are also different. When a puppy comes home after its owner has been away for a while, it will crawl all over you. This is a sign of its happiness and playfulness. Sometimes two small male dogs also have a climbing and straddling action. This is just a child-like game and a sign of happiness.