Canine Studies Is Just Fascinating!
Posted on September 8, 2008
sorry for the lack of posts, weve been quite busy with canine studies classes and my current 9 to 5 job.
we had a real dog training class tonight in my canine studies class. the students brought their dogs in to class and we were tasked with teaching other peoples dogs. most of our (liame and i’s) official dog training classes (not canine studies classes) have been puppy classes and have been managed really well to prevent any negative interactions between the puppies while playing. this type of management serves two purposes, to prevent the puppys from having bad experiences during their crucial developmental periods and to prevent the layman from feeling like other dogs are “aggressive” towards their puppy. as i have learned in my canine studies classes, body language and behavior play a key role in determining whether or not an interaction is truly aggressive or is just part of normal pack behavior. due to his specialized training i have been overly vigilant and i have been very proactive in preventing anything negative happening to him and so when liame got nipped today by an older dog during class so i got to experience the visceral reaction the layman has when their puppy gets bit by another dog. it scared the shit of me and freaked me out a bit when he yelped in pain, tucked his tail between his legs and ran off. prior to my canine studies class i would have continued to freak out, worry for days and tell the owner never to bring her dog near mine again. but thanks to the class, i now know that liame got bit on the butt for basically being an annoying puppy around a mature dog. it was kind of like a doggie equivalent of a slap on the wrist.
canine studies is just fascinating. how much of a dog geek am i that i prefer nothing more than to be in the presence of dogs and their owners till all hours of the evening (that and i have a small little plastic statue of st. roch – the patron saint of dogs).
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