09-29-2019, 08:48 PM
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1 hour ago, elshara said:
Good to know about the rumor on dog ages. Honestly age isn't everything, but it also seems human information on perceived analogies isn't even close to complete as history shows us new information being such a conflict to previously believed ideals on what's actually real.
It seems more emphasis now days is being placed on individual growth periods than anything else. Feelings, emotions and instincts tends to be a universal language all beings understand. The science behind feelings will tell you the meaning behind what animals are comfortable with overall, including dogs and humans. The more we listen to our feelings, the more our baser sides get to understand awareness in real time, closer to how a dog may perceive events than humans. Over thought is what gives rise to theories, which in turn gets misinterpreted as no actions can account for them on a personal level.
Previously it was believed that dogs are social animals. Hell, if you have a neighborhood and there's 5 dogs in that neighborhood who live in separate houses, they'll likely not all share the same warmth to each other let alone to strangers as their owners however clueless would like you to believe. Dogs don't seem to know if they take things too far and socialization at best can only mute those instincts to be aggressive and dominant, yet you get entirely mixed bags with dogs as individuals, let alone in terms of breed characteristics. So I'd say in light of this, you'll know your dog best if you pay attention to the feelings and body language passing between you.
Something else to consider, how a dog may get to know you best. And for that, we as humans can only be attentive to a point. The rest is trial and error. With a key emphasis on individual strengths and weaknesses. Most animals use body language to convey thoughts and feelings to others. Humans have decided to forget a lot of body language signals and so other animals particularly ones on 4 legs tend to use everything from pack structure to survival instincts to know by ones approach and moment to moment contact how interactions with others will play out. It's a learning process that usually starts at a young age and ends up becoming the things unsaid passed between you that form a relationship stronger than good intentions and misdeeds will prove. Dogs listen and learn in the same moment, from those who help contribute to their survival in return. This is why one dog favors someone more so than others.
Sex is something dogs now days rarely get to experience. They can't fight for their food on their own, so naturally it's easier for a dog whose lived with humans all of their life to gravitate with assistance towards sexual contact with us. In the dogs mind, we are the god that gives food, shelter, a place to sleep and if the occasion calls for it, a good romp in the hay. We as pack leaders naturally set the tone for what is acceptable to a dog, and so when you train dogs to be your equal, they need to know when, where and how. The why to them, usually is left up to the leader to showcase interest. When a dog knows something's coming, he or she will be prepared for it and can react accordingly. If you share your life with other humans, dogs won't know where to draw the line. Not when they've discovered that they can eat with humans, sleep in the same room with them, meet them and have one pet them all without consequence. I think this separation is what is most difficult for a dog to learn, as knowing the other basics involved with training, including potty training, or other commands like sit and stay, tend to follow actions repetitive to a dogs regular life routine.
I think that if you teach a dog to potty train first, followed by other commands so the dog is well behaved and knows that to eat, you have to go to the kitchen. And to pee, you have to go outside. Then to have sex, later on, you go to the bedroom. Where a dog may sleep can be different from where a dog may mate, but this separation will help them adapt to human life styles easier and follow along with us better. Just try not to isolate the dog too much, but just remember sex is not the reason you get a dog. You get one to have a companion for life. You live your life together and can usually tell when a dog understands something better by their ability to be okay with it once it's an action they regularly perform. I believe dogs are visual learners, and use their own experiences as a part of what they know to remember others by such events in turn.
Dogs need to know you first, before they get to know your penis or vagina. Once they know that, and know what they want from you in such a context, you should have no problems in the bedroom. I just think that too many people go into this blind, and end up showing dogs it's okay to demand sex any time they are feeling horny, when certain situations call for a more private approach. Dogs should know you in turn, so that you learn from each other together what you both want, as owning a dog is as much about establishing a relationship as it is about understanding your own mutual needs.
Any animal needs to establish trust before they will consider mating. And so once you have trust established, you train first in other areas, before you get to sex. I think this as a universal rule of thumb should help anyone be better acquainted with the language of animals, no matter if they whinny, bark or meow to you.
I can pretty much agree with all of this.. Sex is a secondary, I also agree that age is more relative with them. A dog does also need to be considered an individual over a 'group', 'pack' or just lumped in together, each are different and each dog has their own personalities and whatnot.
