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My little buddy, Barnaby, was left-handed (excuse me, -pawed), and he was the friendliest dog you could ever meet. In fact, I feel my social life may now be suffering since he is no longer here to stroll the neighborhood like he once did introducing me to people left and right.
He was called by my neighbors at various times "the mayor" and "a little boy in a dog suit," and one of my friends said Barnaby reminded him of his pot-bellied Hawaiian grandfather.
(The only time he was not uber-friendly was at the vet's office, and he had learned the hard way the vet's office was not necessarily a place to love...)
She always gives her left paw to shake BUT I am right handed so she would naturally start with her left. She seems to lead with her right when she is running but can easily switch so I am curious as to how you tell
The way I could tell with Barnaby is, from the time he was little, he did everything with his left paw: scratching the door to go out, walking, shaking, high five, etc. He just always led with the left.
Talloolla -- As far as shaking, they'll shake with the dominant paw regardless of what hand you offer. At least that has been my experience with the dogs I've taught to shake.
Too funny! I bet he doesn't even miss that other leg/paw. A friend of ours almost put his young lab down because of a car accident. It was either put him down, or amputate the leg at the shoulder. He called me thinking he'd put him down, because he was so worried that his dog wouldn't live a full happy life without that leg. I talked him out of putting him down and he gets around better than a lot of 4-legged ones. Happy, happy!
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