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Day 2 of Balkan street dogs! We met two lovely dogs at a busy cafe/rest stop on the way to Ohrid. Very friendly and once again not terribly interested in any food that was offered to them. I watched some guy toss the white girl a whole piece of pizza and she turned up her nose. Big brown dog was very silly— I played some bitey face with my hands and he loved it and was super gentle. There was a third dog at the rest stop as well but she kept her distance from us.
At one point a man arrived and our two friends alarm barked and charged at him until he backed off. First time I’ve seen any aggression towards people from any of the dogs here. Clearly there was some sort of beef there because they were very friendly with everyone else.
The last two pictures are a very young guy who joined us on our walking tour of Ohrid. He loved catching pinecones and really wanted to tug— I wish I had a toy to play with him. I think it’s amazing how these dogs will just meet a friendly group of people and join the walk. He went almost the whole way with us.
One thing I’m noticing is how often I see these dogs turn down food. They are clearly being well-fed and I wonder if the enrichment in the environment makes food less valuable to them if they know they will always have enough to eat anyway. Attention and play seems to be a much bigger driver of behavior for these guys— although some confirmation bias since the ones I’m observing the most are the ones who choose to hang out with our group. But it does make me reconsider some of my ideas about how “normal” high food drive actually is.
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