Friends And Other Mythical Creatures

justonemoreperson wrote:Dogs don't sh1t in their den and a puppy will be shown by its parent how to sh1t and where. Geography isn't important. It's how the dog is treated that's important.

That's true, but some also eat their own shlt.

Since you like behaving like an animal occasionally to teach your dog a lesson, you could teach it the benefits of eating shlt. That might be good for both of you. Then you could clean up all the (bull)shlt you leave here too.

Ok, Reaper

salles wrote:I think one can form a deeper connection with animals because it is non verbal and energetically more enhancing in some way.

No, you can't. It's an animal.

It doesn't understand what you are and only responds to you using the same principles it will respond to other animals of its own type. The fact that some people treat dogs like they're people, usually children, is further proof they have no concept of the nature of that animal.

solemnlysworn wrote:Ok, Reaper

You posted that just to say that, really...

Was it any less insightful or substantial than the post it followed

Reaper wrote:

justonemoreperson wrote:Dogs don't sh1t in their den and a puppy will be shown by its parent how to sh1t and where. Geography isn't important. It's how the dog is treated that's important.

That's true, but some also eat their own shlt.

Since you like behaving like an animal occasionally to teach your dog a lesson, you could teach it the benefits of eating shlt. That might be good for both of you. Then you could clean up all the (bull)shlt you leave here too.

This post is like someone walking into a movie theater full of people quietly watching a movie, and yelling at the top of their lungs "CAN WE WATCH SOMETHING ELSE."

justonemoreperson wrote:

salles wrote:I think one can form a deeper connection with animals because it is non verbal and energetically more enhancing in some way.

No, you can't. It's an animal.

It doesn't understand what you are and only responds to you using the same principles it will respond to other animals of its own type.

You are aware that animals can form bonds with humans, right...?

We can assume the animal knows you're not the same species as itself and we know they can experience emotion, so who's to say how strong the bond is from either perspective.

Reaper wrote:
We can assume the animal knows you're not the same species as itself and we know they can experience emotion

The way we condition dogs is mostly by keeping their behaviour as they are as puppies; the lowest order of the pack. They "kiss" their owners, because instinct has them licking the mouths of the hunter dogs when they arrive back to search for food that's been brought back for them.

Yes, they form bonds; dogs are social animals, but the bonds reflect the behaviours associated with
other dogs. We humanise the behaviours by giving them human feelings, but any good dog book will describe what those behaviours actually mean. And, more importantly, how to interpret those behaviours and respond to them to get the best results.

We use their instincts to condition the dog to fit into our world, but we don't change their instinct.

so who's to say how strong the bond is from either perspective.

Any professional who understands dog psychology.

People often make the mistake of assuming that dogs were purely adopted by humans for our benefit, not realizing the parasitic traits dogs evolved precisely to prey on human sensibilities. It was as much an equal exchange as anything else. Reminds me of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23S6HFG ... =emb_title

Siegfried wrote:People often make the mistake of assuming that dogs were purely adopted by humans for our benefit, not realizing the parasitic traits dogs evolved precisely to prey on human sensibilities. It was as much an equal exchange as anything else. Reminds me of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23S6HFG ... =emb_title

I'll be an arse this time and again take exception to your use of the word 'evolved'; that's not what evolution is or how it works. That said, by keeping them as puppies mentally, they have to be parasitic.

You only have to look at some deprived countries to see how domesticated dogs have been left to roam the streets and they return to their natural instinctive behaviour.