my aunt sent me this-
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/19/s...nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/19/s...nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0
yes, I found it very intriguing1 I have a book Ray C' s <author mentioned in the article> and he wrote about the theory of "village scavenger dog" as an evolutionary pathway as opposed to "early peoples tame wolves" idea.
One of the reasons I do like it is that it helps us get away from the whole "dominance" paradigm which many still subscribe to
yeah there were some interesting studies as you mention, about the degree to which dogs recognize human gestures and seek human aid, and what human-socialized wolves do when faced with the same problems.
also there was a study about the differences in human-raised wolf behavior versus dog behavior, where the wolves were taken as very young cubs and given the same household setting, experiences and enrichment as the dog pups, but the results were very different.
as a trainer I do use and recommend treats <especially with puppies> but will explain how a treat is not the same as a bribe. I'm a crossover trainer and years ago also did the yank thing; I remember well my first ever dog training class with my beloved first Rottie. The class was run by military ex-K9. I was urged to put a prong on a 6-month old simply because she was reluctant to leave the instructor's adult Shepherd <who was in a Long Down on the edge of our heeling circle> alone.
Luckily I had a very forgiving and for a Rottie -mellow- dog.
It is interesting to compare dog group dynamics with wolf pack structure.
we used to have a wolf sanctuary in a more rural section of the large multi-county urban area we live in. I was actually interested in volunteering there during high school but I didn't know how to drive til after college, and the sanctuary was far from we actually lived at that time, so I never did volunteer. But it was a sanctuary for rescued or dumped "pet" wolves and hybrids. They were beautiful but it was still sad that it had to exist.
Wild wolves and even human-socialized wolves are actually pretty shy. You have to take a wolf pup to be hand-reared at a couple of weeks old to have any chance of that pup being adapted to that particular handler or captive environment. And you're right, they do change very quickly and are soon barely manageable.
there's an article about it here: http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/513/20130118/dogs-tamed-wolves-gene-socialization.htm
yeah there were some interesting studies as you mention, about the degree to which dogs recognize human gestures and seek human aid, and what human-socialized wolves do when faced with the same problems.
also there was a study about the differences in human-raised wolf behavior versus dog behavior, where the wolves were taken as very young cubs and given the same household setting, experiences and enrichment as the dog pups, but the results were very different.
as a trainer I do use and recommend treats <especially with puppies> but will explain how a treat is not the same as a bribe. I'm a crossover trainer and years ago also did the yank thing; I remember well my first ever dog training class with my beloved first Rottie. The class was run by military ex-K9. I was urged to put a prong on a 6-month old simply because she was reluctant to leave the instructor's adult Shepherd <who was in a Long Down on the edge of our heeling circle> alone.
Luckily I had a very forgiving and for a Rottie -mellow- dog.
It is interesting to compare dog group dynamics with wolf pack structure.
sure have been on his site several times and know he's changed.
Yes, my first Rottie girl <and first personal dog>was in 1998, my husband and I had been married for maybe 2 years and we bought our first house with the intention of having dogs. I was probably about 25 <I suck with numbers though...>though I'd volunteered at animal shelters since high school and attended dog training seminars and public dog training classes w/o a dog.
Nice... My first followed me home one day... I was in middle school... He would follow me and one day just did not leave the front porch... He would walk up to the bus stop with me and wait until I came home and then follow to the front porch again lol he did that until dad said I could keep him if he was going to stick with me knew nothing of dog training but he and I had an understanding and through just my body language or look would do anything I asked... Rare I know but I come to lean that any dog can do that
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A friend and I had a dog pick us for her family . We had back door open and a small black dog just walked right and walked around our kitchen and picked a spot and laid down and looked up at us with her eyes and we knew we just 'adopted' a dog . This happen a second time with another dog and we took her in too. My friend and I joked that there must be a sign in front of the house or dogs were spreading rumors around about us being suckers for homeless dogs. I think it was the latter.
so your first furry pal chose you, Jezie Lucky you! I'm glad your dad let you keep him!
I had parakeets and hamsters as a child but my parents were not fans of cats or ferrets and while my dad has always loved dogs, when I was a kid I think my parents just didn't want to deal with a dog. I had allergies and was a sickly infant and my mom just got overprotective, as well as we were really low on money for many years.
So I contented myself with wandering my urban neighborhood, looking for stray dogs or dogs tied out in yards to approach or sit with. And I volunteered as mentioned in a previous post. I also dog-sat/walked.
In college I loved going to public dog training classes and would sit in the floor and watch other people train their dogs.
In 8th grade also volunteered at our public museum which at the time had an animal exhibit, til the manager of that project retired. The exhibit housed snakes, birds, ferrets, chinchilla, possums,, rats and possums. I handled most animals but the large snakes <the manager would take one out and hold him for me to pet, though...snakes have never bothered me>, cleaned cages and so on.
I was also a member for a while of a local "horseless horse lovers club" - a learning experience for urban children, to go and learn about/groom other people's <appropriate, pre-planned> horses.
One of the horses at the stable where we went was blind and so gave me the chance to learn about that, too.