Comparing My Dogs

               I have two dogs as I have mentioned before. I figured I would compare the two dogs to see their similarities and differences. What I've noticed from Dakota (the dog I'm observing)  is that she is a lot more friendly then my other dog Noah. Noah is the same type of dog as Dakota, and they're relatively the same age. Dakota interacts with people like they gave her some amazing dessert. She wags her tail all around, grabs a toy and tries to play with people, and she always rubs up against people. My other dog isn't anything like that. He doesn't enjoy people at all. My dog Noah is actually scared of people and is a lot more shy. When he sees people he barks and runs in the opposite direction. I tried to figure out why this is. Was it that they had separate personalities that totally differed, or was it something different? I knew that we got both Dakota and Noah from the same place. So I knew that wasn't the answer. The next day I asked my mom, "why do our dogs act so different?" She said that Noah was abused before we got him. She also said that we got Dakota at a much younger age than Noah so she grew up with us unlike Noah. This is when I came to understand why he's scared of other humans and is always shy. Noah is scared that somebody is going to hurt him because of his past, whereas Dakota doesn't know anything better so she's always happy.
                  I tried to see if i could make Noah less shy and interact with people more like Dakota. Since Noah is always scared I would try to see if he would get excited or happy if I played with him. After about five minutes of getting Noah to be calm and comfortable around me I tried playing with him. He eventually did play tug of war with me, smiled, and wagged his tail when I was petting him. He got excited and wanted to keep playing. I determined that he just has to get comfortable with you before he can act like my other dog. My other dog Dakota grew up being comfortable with people which is why she interacts with everyone.
                  From the last paragraph I determined that dogs are really smart and things that happened to them in the past can affect how they act in the future, such as how Noah acts around people. This could be why Dakota acts like both a human and a dog. Her experiences have determined her personality and she is intelligent enough to make her own decisions based on those experiences. Every human that is around her loves playing with her and petting her. That is why Dakota loves people, because she knows that it will be another person to play with her.