EmotionallyUnstable Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 Is that why they are so happy? After years of captivity and domestication, reliance on their captors for food, shelter and survival, are dogs truly man’s best friend or a tortured and manipulated victim? 🤯 1 Quote
Pete Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 nope. Homeless people often have happy dogs. Dogs are happy, eager to please, wonderful because it's their nature 6 Quote
BarleyNY Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 This is fantastic! We can never really know. Sorry for ruining the joke with the following. I saw a show that ran an experiment on dogs and wolves. First they put a piece of raw meat on a stick that was stuck through a cage. They put several of each group into the area. Both were able to paw it out of the cage and eat it. No problem. Then they tacked the stick down so they couldn’t get it out. Both became agitated. The wolves then looked to their pack for help while the dogs looked to the people running the experiment for help. That certainly supports the idea that dogs see people as part of their pack the same as they do other dogs while wolves do not. I guess it would support the Stockholm Syndrome theory as well though. 4 Quote
MarkyMannn Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 My dog was the manipulative one. He was like "get off the couch and get me a Milkbone" 1 1 Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 Anthropomorphism. /EndDiscussion #MustIBeAKillJoy Yet... There's this: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-11998687#:~:text=The free will that humans,completely constrained nor completely free. Quote
Warcodered Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 https://insidescience.org/news/rare-human-syndrome-may-explain-why-dogs-are-so-friendly 2 1 Quote
Augie Posted October 27, 2020 Posted October 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Warcodered said: https://insidescience.org/news/rare-human-syndrome-may-explain-why-dogs-are-so-friendly My dog has more Canine Chromosome 6 than your dog! She’s also an Honor Student! Quote
Bad Things Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 There's nothing like a good dog. They are considered mans best friend for a reason! 1 1 Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 Why do some dogs 🐕 "run." Are they unsympathetic to their captors? Quote
thenorthremembers Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 On 10/27/2020 at 7:17 AM, Pete said: nope. Homeless people often have happy dogs. Dogs are happy, eager to please, wonderful because it's their nature its also their nature to eat the flesh of recently dead things. They dont love you that much. Quote
That's No Moon Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 On 10/27/2020 at 7:17 AM, Pete said: nope. Homeless people often have happy dogs. Dogs are happy, eager to please, wonderful because it's their nature we selected those qualities and intentionally bred animals that met our wants and needs for a couple thousand years. By nature, they are wolves. Quote
EmotionallyUnstable Posted October 29, 2020 Author Posted October 29, 2020 Day 26: The humans keep giving me human food, but then yell when I get on the human table. I shall proceed carefully... 1 Quote
unbillievable Posted October 30, 2020 Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, EmotionallyUnstable said: Day 26: The humans keep giving me human food, but then yell when I get on the human table. I shall proceed carefully... His first year, I refused to feed my puppy any human food. I don't know how it happened, but now he doesn't like to eat things that taste/smell like bacon. Edited October 30, 2020 by unbillievable Quote
/dev/null Posted November 5, 2020 Posted November 5, 2020 On 10/28/2020 at 4:00 PM, PromoTheRobot said: One of my dogs is an a##hole. 2 Quote
Augie Posted November 6, 2020 Posted November 6, 2020 3 hours ago, /dev/null said: We bring our newest Golden Retriever puppy home on Saturday, my 7th. We got her from the the same breeder as our current Golden. Gracie loves when puppies come to visit! She’s 11 but acts like she’s 6 months old when a puppy comes to the house. It’s strange, but we are getting a dog...................for our dog! The young dogs learn everything from the trained dogs. It’s a thousand times easier, I’ve been down this road before. Words mean nothing to them, but watching the older dog tells them exactly what to do. It’s like magic! 3 Quote
SoTier Posted November 13, 2020 Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) On 10/27/2020 at 6:41 AM, EmotionallyUnstable said: Is that why they are so happy? After years of captivity and domestication, reliance on their captors for food, shelter and survival, are dogs truly man’s best friend or a tortured and manipulated victim? Dogs descend from wolves and are pack animals., so they are happiest within a pack. Dogs raised with people accept their people as their pack, and they aren't particularly bothered by being subordinate to human pack members because that's just how packs are organized. The relationship between dog and man is more symbiotic than captor/prisoner. Man gives dogs food, shelter, and care while dogs give man protection, assistance with various tasks, and unconditional love. Edited November 13, 2020 by SoTier 1 Quote
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