Focusing on Dog Training, Animal Behavior, Pet Ownership, and Pet Industry Issues
Assumption is present where empathy ends. To assume means you are looking inward at your own experiences and not at whatever you should be considering. In the case of a dog, to assume the reason for a behavior without observing it in some way and taking a history so that you can empathize and analyze is an exercise in willful ignorance. If labels and constructs are the first thing to come to mind when considering a quandary then your ignorance is showing.
Read MoreWe're now realizing we have been sending the wrong message for some time now. It is not unfamiliar dogs that are a danger to our children.
Read MoreWhen we label something, we close a door of understanding. We are telling the animal that we don't care what their reason is for their behavior. We stop listening. We give ourselves a false sense of explanation when really we have no understanding of why.
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