Care
Aww wow. :~(
Well, I figure I\'m coming to the defense of dogs, my dogs, and all dogs, as best I can. I owe that.
I have a couple of things I\'d like to say. Complex animals in nature are cultured. Weather your speaking about Llamas, wolves or Moose. They learn life lessons of survival, tolerance, and social animals learn to communicate with one another, and learn \"acceptable social standards\". We create a divide when we take an animal away from it\'s parents (it’s source of culture and understanding), to begin with. After that point, the culturing and care is up to the pet owner to give. Otherwise, we might know of \"wild children\" (who are raised without any human interaction, or civil interaction) they become wildly. When I say wildly, I am not referring to wild animals, but am referring to a person/animal/creature who doesn’t comprehend with how to deal with situations, who isn’t grounded. This uncivilized persons can become \"dodgy\", \"shifty\" or vicious at any moment they feel threatened, or cant deal with a situation. Sometimes an animal can live in denial, and “put up” with their current reality, and constantly please everyone surrounding them, but eventually the foundations of these denials may wear thin, or something may change, now this animal who has been living in denial of a situation he cannot control, and probably resents, if faced with an intimidating situation he cannot handle and may “snap”.. Probably after trying to avoid the uncomfortable situation.
What happens is very ignorant people don’t understand what a complex system is, and don’t bother to look at the world from a “dogs eye view”. We’ll of course your not going to expect an animal attack if you did not considered the possibility, or worked to prevent it. Honestly, I have run into people, more dangerous, and less cultured then our dogs.
I happen to have 2 very intelligent dogs, and one being more restless, and less grounded then the other. But that being said, while any member of the family is around to supervise, none of them are going to bite anyone. Nor is someone going to be putting them into a situation they despise so much, they feel uncomfortable enough that they have to burst out. It’s people who don’t understand and don’t communicate and care for the very creatures they are living with (often years on end), who are the problem. Animals need to feel comfortable, secure, and feel that they have a respectable purpose in life. Otherwise, there are going to be problems. Some breed require different care/purpose/stimuli then others.
I believe there should be a standard for owning a dog, and possibly even a specific breed, a contract, and a set of regulations, too protect the breeds, breeders, dog owners, dog fanciers, and even the children, (Who’s parents observation and care for their children I often question). Kids shouldn’t be poking my dog, that is just stupid. If the government abducted me, and put me into a situation I’m not used to, couldn’t control, and people started poking me whose intentions I don’t know, or understand, or have any reason to feel secure, I might just flip out too.
I\'ve been a dog owner/co-habitant with dogs, supervised, and un-supervised all my life. The first breed of dog I grew up with looked after me, when I was young, is now considered a dangerous breed. The noble Bullmastiff. I\'ve also been a breeder, trainer, and dog handler, at dog shows. Some of
my warmest/fondest memories are while under the care and company of a Bullmastiff.... Yes, unsupervised care.
I hope you dont mind my speel, i\'ve been planning this topic as a reasearch paper for a couple weeks now.
As I said before, everydog has a different personality type, and should be regarded as such. Here are 2 of the dogs my family had/has, maybe you can glimpse a difference in personality.
I\'ll link, sinse im taking up alot of space already.
Drake
-- Drake unsure of being held by strangers, and a child!
1987
The Bullmastiff
