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Can dogs and cats be left-handed ?


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Since all mammals have their brains divided into two hemispheres (all higher animals, quite likely), one side will be dominant.

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The question implies an assumption of right-handedness so why can't the opposite be true? 

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I heard somewhere here in UM, that a snail can!! I think??

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I was told that with dogs paw preference is usually about 50/50. My dog Ringo is right pawed, he will always offer his right paw when asked to 'shake'.

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Yes, just like humans, dogs and cats can either be right handed or left handed and there's also a small percentage that are ambidextrous.. It's around 50% being right handed, 10% are ambidextrous and 40% are left handed. In order to find out what is your pet's paw preference you have to do a few tests in order to check the trends.

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2 hours ago, Lilly said:

I was told that with dogs paw preference is usually about 50/50. My dog Ringo is right pawed, he will always offer his right paw when asked to 'shake'.

I have one dog who is right pawed and the other one is left pawed when he shakes hands or played with things so I know dogs and other animals as well are righties or lefties just like people.

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