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Dog relationships with conspecifics may differ from those formed with humans, and research in this area is in its infancy. Behavioral indicators of attachment toward the dam have been identified and, in some circumstances, the stress response can be reduced by the presence of a cohabitant dog (Mariti et al. 2014, 2017). Cimarelli et al. (2019) suggest that it is the individuals involved, not the species type, who impact the quality of the bond. They observed that while referencing/information seeking was more often found in dog‐human relationships, both dog‐dog and dog‐human relationships shared similarities in terms of affiliation and stress alleviation (i.e., members of either species could provide more or less affiliation or stress alleviation). Taken together, dogs can have complex, amicable, and longstanding relationships with members of their own and other species. The potential for intra‐ and interspecies integration starts at the beginning of life.