Inside the Animal Mind: Can dogs really tell the time? Sweet Dog Cries for Joy in His Soldier Daddy's Lap. Search. Grief in animals: It's arrogant to think we're the only animals who mourn. There is no doubt that many animals experience rich and deep emotions . It's not a matter of emotions have evolved in animals but they have evolved as they have.
We must never forget that our emotions are the gifts of our ancestors, our animal kin. We have feelings and so do other animals. Among the different emotions that animals display clearly and unambiguously is grief . Many animals display profound grief at the loss or absence of a close friend or loved one. Wild animals also grieve. Cynthia Moss describes the actions of the members of an elephant family above after a group member had been shot: "Teresia and Trista became frantic and knelt down and tried to lift her up. Iain Douglas-Hamilton and his colleagues have shown that elephants extend this compassion to nonrelatives, to those who aren't genetically related, and at least one anecdote shows them extending it to humans. Nonhuman primates also grieve the loss of others. Dogs Line Up With the Earth's Magnetic Field to Poop and Pee.
Dogs might poop in line with the Earth's magnetic field. Animal Minds and the Foible of Human Exceptionalism. Anthropomorphic Double-Talk: Can Animals Be Happy But Not Unhappy? No! A Dog and His Man. Doglaw - SPECIALIST ADVICE ON DOG LAW. All About Aversives and Punishment. Not all aversives are punishment, but all punishments are aversive. As mentioned yesterday, punishment, by its very definition, reduces the frequency of behavior. If you are yelling at your dog when she barks and the barking doesn't stop, yelling is not a punishment. For some dogs, walking in the rain is an aversive but not a punishment. Friend and colleague Steve White, who specializes in clicker training canines for law enforcement and military organizations, lists 8 rules for using punishment: Eight Rules for Using Punishment: 1.
The punishment must be something the animal dislikes and something the animal does not expect. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Using aversives in training, whether it be punishment or negative reinforcement, does have potential side effects. 1. Jean Donaldson says the following about the decision to use punishment, which reflects much better than I ever could my own perception of the choice, in her book Dogs are From Neptune: On Punishment by Bob Bailey. Does Your Dog Trance? (And What the Heck Is Trancing?) Also called "ghost-walking" or "weed-walking," trancing (is that even a word?) Refers to a behavior in which some dogs walk -- no, creep -- excruciatingly slowly, in an almost trance-like manner, usually under hanging leaves, tablecloths or clothes that lightly touch the dog's back. But it sometimes happens just walking to the water bowl!
If your dog does it, you know what I'm talking about. If he doesn't, here's an example: The first time I saw this was with a friend's Saluki, who liked to trance in her closet under her clothes. My friend called it "playing slo-mo dog. " Since then, I've had a Saluki of my own who tranced when he walked under a particular bush in the yard. Donna Moran's Greyhound, Festus, is a trancer. Her little male Whippet, Tigger, has watched Festus and now trances for a very short period of time under the same tree, but she has never been quick enough with the camera to capture him. Some people think certain breeds trance more than others, and it's probably true. Animal cognition.
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