Do you look at your dog differently now?
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Re: Do you look at your dog differently now?
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TammyO wrote:Yes, I do look at my dog differently now; she's even smarter than I suspected. I always knew my little Kimmie was smart and human-like. However, Enzo confirmed my belief that dogs are very much in tune with humans and their emotions. Now when I look into Kimmie's eyes I know now that she really understands me.
Ha, ha…my Niki looks at me and thinks I'm nuts, lol.
I really don't think my dog thinks as deeply as Enzo does but as she gets older and hurts more "I" think of Enzo. Maybe she is going through the same thing. At some point I will have to help her go with some dignity left
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I looked toward my dog, Lady, held her to me and cried for a good while. Now, I am much more sensitive toward all of my animals and try my best to be more empathetic towards what they are trying to say to me. That was how thought and feeling provoking this book was.
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Also, after reading the part about the "dew claw", I checked my dog for her "dew claws" and sure enough there they were. I was happy to see hers were not removed. The little passage in the book about Enzo's dew claws was awful.
It also makes me wonder if her dew claws allow her to get into things more easily compared to if she did not have them. I don't know. I never really noticed if my previous dogs had "dew claws". I 'm pretty sure they did, but compared to my previous dogs, my present dog seems to be much more intelligent.
What do you think? Does your dog have "dew claws" ?
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I've read a fascinating nonfiction book, Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin, which gives us a realistic peek into animals' thought processes. The author is an autistic person with a Ph.D. in animal science. She has worked extensively with many species of animals, and is a world-renowned expert in the field of animal behavior.
Her opinion is that autistic people's thought processes have much in common with the thought processes of nonhuman animals; e.g., their thoughts are based on images (not words), and they notice numerous details in everyday life overlooked by "normal" people.
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So no, I do not treat my dog any differently
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