[Ag-eq] FAQ about dogs.

Fri Nov 13 18:14:22 UTC 2015

Modern dogs also shake their prey to snap the neck.

Quoting Jewel via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

> As most of us who keep animals have a dog or 2 amongst them, I don't think
> that the following is
> too, wildly, off topic.  It is followed by an input of my own.
>
>        Jewel
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Jewel" <jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz>
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 5:31 PM
> To: <kmooney at ihug.co.nz>
> Subject: Frequently Asked Questions.i
>
>
> FAQ about DOGS.
>
> > Q:  Are dogs actually
>  colour blind?
> A:  It is commonly believed that dogs can only see in black and
> > white but that is not
> > entirely true. While they cannot see the same color spectrum
> > as humans, they
> > primarily see in yellows, blues, and violets. Basically,
> > similar colors get
> > grouped into one. For instance, dogs will perceive oranges,
> > yellows, and greens
> > as yellow.
>
>
>
>  Q:  Why do they circle before sleep?
>  A:  Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not walk in a circle before they
> > lay down to check for predators. The real reason that this trait exists in
> > dogs is thanks to their
> > ancestors. Before dog beds existed, wild dogs would make
> > beds in tall grass. The
> > easiest way for them to pat down the grass was to walk in a
> > circle. Nowadays,
> > dogs still retain this trait and you'd be hard pressed to
> > see a dog lay down
> > without performing this ritual.
>
> Q:  Why do dogs shake their toys?A:  It's
> > pretty cute when dogs shake their toys back and forth,
> > right? The reason behind
> > this is actually pretty morbid. The ancestors of
> > domesticated dogs used this
> > shaking technique to snap the neck of small prey when
> > hunting. Dog's have
> > maintained this instinct throughout the selective breeding
> > process, thus resulting in the shaking of toys.
> Q:  Can dogs tell time?
> A:  Dogs cannot necessarily tell time like humans can, but studies
> > have shown that dogs can differentiate between long and short periods.
> While they
> > cannot understand the concept of time created by humans, they have adapted
> > their own sense of time
> > by observing and memorizing patterns that regularly occur throughout the
> day.
> Q:  Why do they tilt their heads?
> A:  Though it is not proven, dogs will tilt their heads when being spoken to
> for a variety of
> > reasons. The first being that they are trying to aim their ears more in
> your direction to hear you
> > better. Another
>
> explanation is that they are trying to read our faces better as they are very
> visual when it comes
> to taking cues.
> Q:  What's the story behind dog years?
> A:  We've grown up believing that one year of a dog's life is equal to seven
> years of a human's.
> While dogs do age at a
>
> more rapid rate than humans, seven isn't the steady rate, only the average.
> In most breeds, the
> first year of a dog's life
>
> is equal to 15 years due to how rapidly they mature. The calculation for the
> rest of the dog's life
> really depends on the
>
> breed, as some dogs will age much faster than others.
> Q:  Can dogs really say words?
> A:  While the videos of dogs saying "I love you" are amazing, it's all just
> an illusion.
> Dogs do not have the ability to, actually, say words, yet they can imitate
> sounds and tonal patterns
> of humans, giving off
>
> the illusion of speech.
> Most of this misconception is based on our minds wish of "You will hear what
> you want to hear!"
> Q:  Why do dogs love fetch?
> A:  Fetch is a game that drives most dogs crazy with excitement. But why is
> this? Well, this is a
> product of our own
>
> actions as humans. Through selective breeding, we have bred dogs to become
> the perfect hunting
> companion that will bring
>
> back animals to humans while hunting. So, fetch is essentially a genetic
> predisposition for dogs.
> Q:  Why do they wag their tails?
> A:  Wagging tails do not directly translate into happiness and excitement for
> a dog. Canines use
> their tails to display
>
> strong emotions, including everything from anger to agitation, as well as
> happiness. However, it is
> common for many dogs to
>
> wag their tails more towards the left wen they are frightened and to the
> right when they are happy.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> A reply from me,
> Several years ago,  the advertising agency, Sachy & Sachy was contracted by
> Toyota to devise a
> series of commercials advertising the merits of their utes:  Pick-ups in
> American pallance.
> The first of the series was greeted by a huge storm of delight from 99.999%
> of the viewing audience,
> while 17 wowzers, , I think it was, were, sufficiently, outraged to write to
> the Broadcasting
> Standards Authority to protest their disgust.
>
> The ads showed a Toyota carrying out a number of farm jobs:  pulling out a
> tree stump which flew
> across the top of the ute and landed on the chookhouse:  pulling a bogged cow
> out of a swamp, and,
> finally, showed the farmer's wife hanging the washing out in a muddy yard
> while being watched by the
> collie.  The ute comes into the yard and turns around and the dog makes a
> leap for the deckbut as it
> leaps, the truck pulls away and gravity being what it is and with nothing to
> land on,  the dog falls
> into a mud puddle which is splashed all over the washing.
> As the farmer's wife says "BUGGER", the dog is seen to say the same.
> Mark Vettie, the owner and trainer of * Hercules [Herk] said that they had to
> shoot the scene over
> and over again until one caught Herk with his mouth in just the right shape
> to be uttering that
> offensive word.
> After taking the commercial off the air, there was so much outcry about its
> removal that it was, to
> public acclaim, brought back, and the expletive "bugger" became, I will not
> go so far as to say,
> fashionable, but it was accepted as a part of our colourful language.
> If  the "bugger" ad, as it became known, caused a cafuffle, that was nothing
> as compared to Sachy &
> Sachy's next Toyota ad which showed a couple of hereford bulls in the cab of
> a Toyota [I don't know
> if it was ever explained, or even if it was ever asked, how in the blue
> blazes one got 1, let alone,
> 2 Hereford bulls into  the cab of a Toiota, or a truck of any size when it
> comes to that!]driving
> through a haybarn and emerging on the other side and finding a ram in front
> of them and calling out
> "Out of the way:  sheep shagger" and then dropping over a bank into a
> paddockful of cows, and the
> picture faded out as the truck was seen to be bouncing, up
> and down,  rhythmically,  on its springs.
> re perception of time.  I remember my Dad telling us of Firpo, a dog he owned
> when he was a young
> working man.
> In those days before 40 hours of labour a week:  remember those days?  he
> worked 5 and a half days:
> Monday/Friday and aSaturday morning.
> He came home for lunch every day and on the days Monday to Friday, Firpo
> would just sit at the end
> of his chain without any reaction, but come Saturday lunchtime and he, just
> about, went off his
> rocker with excitement.
> I also know of Labradors who, for 50 weeks of the year, just mope around the
> house, but come the
> first Saturday in May:  the opening day of duck-shooting, and they turn into
> blocks of immovable
> stone that can't be persuaded to move more than a few feet from the vehicle
> that will convey them,
> and their  duck-shooting pals to the chosen pond, lake or river.
> Ducks seem to have the same sense of time, but in the reverse.  Several weeks
> before that fateful
> first Saturday in May, ducks, in their hundreds will be making their way to
> rivers and lakes where
> they know they are protected:  well, at leasst they know that their won't be
> pieces of metal buzzing
> around, and often, through them.
>
> Jewel
>
>
>
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