Grr, Sniff, Arf

What I found most interesting in this article was how the different breeds are here to bring different things to our life. A pug is here to be "more companionable" while a dog with a long nose is here to hunt or herd. It was interesting to here that the pug is "more companionable" because they have retinas that are linked closer to humans, helping them see images closer to them. The observations that the author made were truly fascinating, I enjoyed reading the article "Dog Unwelt."

Courtney Timms.

Grr, Sniff, Arf

Out of the last few articles we have read, I found Grr, Sniff, Arf by Cathleen Shine to be the most interesting to me. What first caught my attention was the part about the rose. To most people, it is a beautiful flower with a great scent while to dogs, if roses were to disappear all of a sudden, it would not make a difference to them unless it had the scent of urine. I had never realized that the scent of urine determined time to them. I did not know that the types of noses on dogs had such an impact of their vision. It made more sense that the dogs with smaller noses tend to be the small lap dogs which focus on what is right in front of them while dogs with larger noses have more of a panoramic view. Their senses are so much greater than a human's, with having three-hundred million receptor sites compared to six million. I also found it interesting how dogs pay attention to the very small amount of time in between a human's blink and our facial expressions. I work at a kennel so I spend all of my time around dogs, and I also have two at home. After reading this article I've noticed how much they respond to my facial expressions and my movements. Overall, I found this article to be enjoyable and informative.

Katie C.

Grr, Sniff, Arf

I found this article interesting because it demonstrated that dogs are not just adorable, furry pets, but living creatures with reasons for doing what they do. For example, the author implied that lap dogs are lap dogs not because of their size but because, similar to humans, they are good at seeing things right in front of them which as Cathleen Schine said “makes them seem more companionable”. It goes to show that dogs, like people, have personalities and reasons for doing what they do.

Reader Responce #2: Grrr, Sniff, Arf

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.