I am going to be doing my second reader response on the article "Grrr,Sniff,Arf" By. Cathleen Schine. I found this article to be very eye opening in how I view dogs. A lot of the information in the article I had no idea about. I liked how she talked about each of the different aspects of how dogs communicated and see the world in front of them. How they use scent to see the past and the future. Obviously we cannot see what a dog see's or think what a dog thinks, but I think she has a fairly good grasp on the situation. I also enjoyed how in depth she got with a simple game of fetch; "This is more than a game of fetch; it is a profound, existential realization."
I also think the reason that most dogs do not travel in packs anymore is because the lifestyle most dogs live now there is no need, they have adapted to the simpler life style and hunting is no longer a priority like it is with wolves.
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
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It's interesting... where dogs have gone wild.... feral, they tend to run in packs as far as I know. I wonder whether various breeds have retained more or fewer of the pack instincts?
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