katiek0417 wrote:About a year ago, I was outside with Sacha (my lab)...we were playing "Fetch." My neighbor opened their screen door (they have a barrier rather than the deck, so they were still inside), and the gentleman friend of the lady who lives there asked if Sacha was mine. I said yes, and that I also had a doberman (that I was fostering) who was currently inside.
gooeydog wrote:katiek0417 wrote:About a year ago, I was outside with Sacha (my lab)...we were playing "Fetch." My neighbor opened their screen door (they have a barrier rather than the deck, so they were still inside), and the gentleman friend of the lady who lives there asked if Sacha was mine. I said yes, and that I also had a doberman (that I was fostering) who was currently inside.
Well, since it's right there, I'd like to ask if your lab learned to fetch on her own, or if she had to be taught? Does your Dobe fetch? Taught by you or him/herself?
I think it's incorrect to compare dogs to humans in this aspect, as the two are very different. Most humans are basically the same, in that the majority of people don't breed for the purpose of intensifying certain traits, whereas humans DO selectively breed dogs for that. For example, you're more likely to have a lab with some natural aptitude for fetch than a Chow with the same. Do you get labs that don't fetch and chows that do? Sure. But due to selective breeding of dogs with natural retrieving aptitude, the average lab is more likely to fetch than the average chow.
Many breeds show some indication of having been selectively bred for a given purpose. Sighthounds have a natural aptitude to chase prey, something any reputable rescue will warn new owners of. Retrievers have a natural aptitude to retrieve, herders to herd, etc. Some breeds, due to selective breeding of dogs that showed good guarding instincts are more likely to guard than others, though the pit bull is not one of them (despite popular belief). What selective breeding has brough to the table for them is a natural tendency towards dog aggression, and towards having srtong will and drive.
I have to head out to school now, but wanted to post to this, so I'll add more later.
Malli wrote:well, I think there are insane dogs like there are insane people too; only we can treat the people and help them with their chemical imbalance, its not quite so easy with animals...
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The medications just put them into such a stupor that their symptoms are controlled...they, by no means, become functional (in most cases).
Malli wrote:Most Schizophrenics are able to control their symptoms and be functional.
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