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Friendly Dogs Who Charge?

TLDR: Friendly Dogs Who Charge?
In the forum thread, Lammchen discusses a situation where their neighbor's dogs, which they have taken care of in the past, act aggressively towards them when they are in their own yard. Despite knowing Lammchen since they were puppies, the dogs charge and bark aggressively but recognize Lammchen when they come close. Lammchen wonders why the dogs do not recognize them from a greater distance given dogs' reputed strong sense of smell. Nomad shares a similar experience with a neighbor's dog that used to like them as a puppy but now barks at them as an adult. Nomad suggests that dogs might have short-term memory issues and might not remember people by smell over time. Lammchen speculates that some dogs might have impaired smell due to conditions like allergies. Nomad further supports the memory issue theory by mentioning a National Geographic report stating that dogs have short-term memory and can forget things within two minutes. This information adds credibility to the discussion about the dogs' behavior and memory capabilities.
Lammchen

Lammchen

My neighbor's dogs know me. I took care of them plenty of times when the family went on vacations.

But the dogs charge at me in an aggressive manner when they are in the front yard and I go out toward the street (still in my yard). They are labs and have known me since they were puppies. Why do they bark like that and charge at me as if they are going to hurt me? It startles me but they've never ever hurt me. Once they get a foot away they realize who I am and stop. Aren't dogs supposed to smell people a bigger distance away than one foot?
 
When it was a poppy, my neighbor's doge liked me. Now it is grown up and he always barks at me. Maybe these doges have a short-term moments and they cannot remember us from the smell.
 
Nomad said:
When it was a poppy, my neighbor's doge liked me. Now it is grown up and he always barks at me. Maybe these doges have a short-term moments and they cannot remember us from the smell.
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That's possible. Maybe some dogs have a stuffed up nose? I mean, I have allergies and I know some dogs who have allergies so maybe these can't smell things from a distance like normal dogs do?
 
I recently checked online and found that dogs actually have short-term memory and they can forget within 2 minutes. The news was reported by National Geographic, therefore, it can be fully trusted.
 
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