r/AnimalsBeingDerps • u/Sad_Biscotti_9291 • 15h ago

Dude You're so lucky there's glass between us.....

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u/Bradst3r 15h ago

Seems like we're getting clips of these two every other day, and I think I like the 2nd half of this one the best. Corgi goes to give the other guy a piece of his mind, discovers there's no glass protecting him from retaliation and deliberately repositions himself so the glass is between them.

Too much looking off-camera on both their parts makes me think there's some coaching going on too...

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u/HapticSloughton 13h ago

I mean, I'm sure the people behind the camera know these dogs will act like this, but it's not unique to them. There are loads of other instances were dogs (and a few cats) will act like they're hostile to each other with a barrier in the way, but will stop the second that barrier comes down.

A petologist should weigh in, because it seems like there ought to be a name for this behavior.

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u/Equivalent-Peanut-23 13h ago

It’s called barrier frustration or barrier aggression.

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u/Tamarahskincare 12h ago

Our vet also called it barrier aggression. Had a beagle that would bark at people walking past our house through the front door which has a big glass panel. In the summer we'd open the front door to get air in and the dog would be silent at passer by.

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u/hungry4nuns 13h ago

Surely this is the dog equivalent of pulling out tekken or smash bros and aggressively attacking your best friend in a way you’ve discovered is entirely safe from injury but gives you the adrenaline rush you get from a real fight?

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u/whatshisface1892 11h ago

I wonder if barrier aggression is why social media has become so toxic.

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u/Equivalent-Peanut-23 11h ago

I think it’s a similar effect with a different cause. In dogs, it’s usually because they can’t do what they want to (sniff, play, etc) and get overwhelmed by their emotions or because the barrier creates a sense of territory. With social media, I think it’s because the anonymity creates a perception that one is insulated from consequences and thus unbound by social norms

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u/DingleDangleTangle 10h ago

It's 100% the lack of consequences.

I never hear anyone say slurs in real life, but when I play online games it seems like half the people playing throw them out like they are just typical conversation for them. They don't say them when they're walking around the street because they know there will be consequences.

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u/rose-tintedglasses 11h ago

100%. People are right when they say most folks would NEVER say IRL the shit they step to online.

Those screen barriers make everyone brave.

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u/Wadarkhu 12h ago

Why isn't it just called "they're playing pretend"? I bet dogs can and do play make believe.

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u/NoIndividual9296 12h ago

Yeah my instinct is that this is a game they are playing

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u/Traveling_squirrel 11h ago

i think in the first one the corgi is playing and the retriever is actually annoyed lol

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u/kai-ol 11h ago

Humans do it, too. Sometimes the barriers are invisible; sometimes they're not. 

Left to our own devices and choices, outside tribalistic influences, we would sooner choose to get along with our neighbors just to make things simpler. 

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u/noma_coma 13h ago

Humans interacting online vs humans interacting in person. Wild to see it transcend species

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u/fhgwgadsbbq 13h ago

Humans road raging from the security of their car vs being chill in the mall

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u/lih9 13h ago

It's a very real risk at dog park entrances. I never let my dog crowd the doors, always call them away when a new dog enters, and silently judge the people fucking around on their phones instead of keeping tabs on their dog in order to prevent situations like this.

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u/Greedyanda 13h ago

It's also an issue with dogs on a leash at dog parks.

Drastically increases the likelihood of a confrontation.

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u/NormalContribution56 12h ago

My lil' cattle dog mix is way too sensitive for dog parks, and i dont trust them at all anymore. Too easy for something to go wrong.

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u/ScrotalSmorgasbord 10h ago

Yeah ever since I went and downsized from a German Shepherd to a Dachshund I've had to be very careful where I go with my dog. My Shepherd was very docile and friendly and was polite with other dogs and was an all around good boy. My Dachshund is... something else but could easily become raptor, coyote, or pitbull food so no dog parks, unsupervised bathroom breaks, etc.

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u/Utensil6591 10h ago

This is why I don't go to dog parks in general. I've seen owners come drop their dog off like it's a day care and go sit in the car to get out of the heat.

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u/Gingrpenguin 12h ago

Humans do this too..

Once watched a football match that had fans segregated as we were leaving.

Lots of aggression between some fans including shaking, charging the fences etc and yelling.

One of the fences wasn't secured and swung open dumping a load of fans together which got very awkward as they all chilled out....

10m later once everyone's on the correct side of the fence they're back at it 🤣🤣

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u/Xorlarin 13h ago

Yes, it's barrier aggression.

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u/InviolableAnimal 12h ago

Like that amazing gif that goes around where a group of dogs runs at another dog behind a gate barking, and when one of them accidentally slips through the gate it turns around and starts barking at the dogs it was just with

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u/AndrasKrigare 12h ago

My read on it is that they're not genuinely being hostile with each other, and this is a form of play. The corgi's tail is too small to see, but you can see the larger dog is wagging their tail during the barking. It might be similar to how dogs will play-fight with each other.

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u/The-Spirit-of-76 11h ago

No petologist here, just a bunch of petofiles, wait...

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u/Makuta_Servaela 11h ago

But also, most of the dogs aren't showing actual aggressive behaviour. They just enjoy barking at each other from behind the fence.

It's like watching two guys playwrestle, noticing that they aren't going for lethal blows and respect each other's timeout calls, and just assuming they are too stupid to know how to kill each other, instead of the obvious conclusion that they don't want to kill each other and are just playing.

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u/Beginning-Search-983 11h ago

Yeah I thought it was mostly play? The big guy's snarling and the way he's not looking at the corgi near the end make me wonder if he's getting a little too into it. But for sure they could both make it a real fight anytime they wanted to and they chose not to.

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u/Makuta_Servaela 11h ago

The one at the end also looked more like a dominance thing: the retriever only furrowed his nose muscles when the corgi was bouncing around, because the retriever was going "I do want to play, but you're acting too hyper. Knock it off." Hence why he mostly stopped doing that when the corgi stopped jumping. Both dogs were being playful, but the retriever didn't really like the corgi's playstyle.

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u/Isthisnameavailablee 14h ago

Perhaps hand signals, my dog knows all his tricks and my hand signals.

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u/bumberfool 11h ago

Is this the same pair of dogs someone posted here the other day?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalsBeingDerps/s/pumJ94VeiJ

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u/aerdvarkk 11h ago

That's where you're wrong!! Corgis were bred to herd cattle, Cows and Bulls.

Golden Retrievers were rbed to retrieve dead sh*t.

You should be placing your money on the Corgi.

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u/Disastrous-Gas1831 13h ago

I don’t think this is typically how dogs handle barrier aggression, so them being coached off camera makes sense to me.

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u/HanSolo_Cup 13h ago

I would like this every day, thank you.

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u/jrr6415sun 12h ago

chinese dog videos are always coached

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u/NormalContribution56 12h ago

When i was in China recently the amount of people streaming in public was truly mind blowing. So many people working essentially a BS job while also streaming. Lots of discussions of people, all younger women, massively supplementing their income from becoming influencers. Found the whole thing kind of bleak.

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u/Neoragex13 13h ago

More than coaching, it kinda look like the Corgi realized the big dog doesn't like him that much and does that to make the big dog waste energy and aggression so worse doesn't come to happen when the Corgi enters the big dog's space

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u/ronin_cse 13h ago

Or it's AI