From: Delvieron@aol.com
Date: Tue Dec 07 1999 - 21:40:20 MST
In a message dated 99-12-06 04:53:46 EST, you write:
<< One would probably want to re-define the old fascistic society system
of the canines.>>
I would agree with that.
<<Except maybe if one happens to belong to the set of
(para)military humans, of course.>>
Hmmm....could be useful at that<g>.
<<The canines enjoy a strictly hierarchical society, from the alpha couple
at the top down to the lowest ranked dog at the bottom. Much like
a Nazi world order, in fact.>>
Except that the Nazis had to kill a lot more try to figure out their
heirarchy.
<<In the artificial flocks formed with humans,
humans normally become the top dog.>>
Yep, I'm the top dog, and must remain so since I'm the member of the pack
most capable of fully functioning in human society.
<< When a dog feel it has higher rank
than a human it becomes dangerous and the owner will have it killed
(``put to sleep'').>>
I would not put a dog to sleep simply because he or she were feeling a bit
assertive, but instead would win it over.
As a teen, my family had a Rottweiler who started growling and baring teeth
when we would come too close while he had a big bone. My father tried
various training techniques and discipline which just seemed to make our dog
more aggressive. I decided to end the behavior and did it this way: I first
started sitting closer and closer to the dog while he had a bone. I let him
growl until he decided to stop, then moved closer and closer. Of course,
he'd start to growl again, but I held any ground I gained and eventually he
would stop growling and go back to his bone. eventually I ended up touching
the bone while he was chewing on it (growl)...then I would pull the bone out
of his jaws while he would growl, then give it back immediately. Eventually,
he learned that I wouldn't take his bone permanently from him, and he stopped
growling, at first just at me and then he stopped altogether.
Now, if a dog started attacking people without just cause, then it would have
to be stopped (either placed in an environment where it would harm no one or
killed). Then again, I'd do the same to a human, so it's not like I'm
discriminating<g>.
Glen "Alpha Male" Finney<g>
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