Dogs energy levels.

[MiseryBusiness]

My friend has a very high energy Lab, even for a Lab he seems a bit mental. She doesn't find it a problem as she enjoys the walks etc.

However she has recently made a dog walking friend who has a Bassett that is pretty low energy, as you can imagine and she has found when Lab is out with Bassett he seems to calm down a lot more and possibly 'feeds' off her energy levels.

Has anyone else found this to be true?

[MiseryBusiness]

Anyone?

Has she totally made it up?

[Ephiny]

I've found it tends to be more the other way round, i.e. a normally calm dog getting wound up by an excitable one! I guess it could work both ways though, dogs are social animals and do pick up 'cues' from each other on how to behave.