In Odder Words
01-17-2006, 04:01 PM
"Last month we reported on evidence that dogs have personalities. This month a different view. While dog owners believe a smiling dog is a happy one, researchers at Bristol University say the idea is a myth... "
http://www.animalsentience.com/news/2005-05-15.htm
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Border Collie Smiles
"At a pet fair the other day I heard yet again how we should never smile at dogs because baring teeth is an aggressive gesture in doggie language. I had always accepted that bit of advice and just thought "hmmm, guess I'm allowed to smile at my own dogs because they know me." But now I've been wondering. I look at my Border Collie and 98 percent of the time he is showing me his teeth -- and it's a smile, not a snarl. I can easily tell the difference because there is more to even a dog's facial expression than teeth/no teeth, and because of the body language. Can't dogs tell the same about human smiles? Is it automatic that dogs who see a human smile will think 'I'm being attacked?' "
http://www.bcrescue.org/smiling.html
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All yer Odder friend knows about this most important of subjects is THIS:
More'n 30 years ago, I remember tellin' Mr T that his dawg had such a happy smile, so he must be perty content...
Mr T: Dogs can't actually smile, Odder.
Odder: Well, grin, then. He looks mighty happy...
Mr T: They can't GRIN, either. It's just how they open their mouths ta suck in enough air...
Odder: Well, okay, then, but the way yer dawg is lookin' at both of us, I wunder if he can actually UNDERSTAND what we're sayin' about him...
After a long silence, Mr T's dawg starts....
...chucklin'...
;)
NEXT TIME: How Mr T. said his dawg CAN understand human language, told his dawg ta "SIT!", 'n then said, "SHIT! Look what he did on our brand new rug...
ALSO: They say that Lassie wuz ACTUALLY a "he", not a "she"...
Ain't THAT a bitch?
http://www.flyingdreams.org/tv/lassie/lassfact.htm
Toodles, from yer Odder friend...
;)
http://www.animalsentience.com/news/2005-05-15.htm
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Border Collie Smiles
"At a pet fair the other day I heard yet again how we should never smile at dogs because baring teeth is an aggressive gesture in doggie language. I had always accepted that bit of advice and just thought "hmmm, guess I'm allowed to smile at my own dogs because they know me." But now I've been wondering. I look at my Border Collie and 98 percent of the time he is showing me his teeth -- and it's a smile, not a snarl. I can easily tell the difference because there is more to even a dog's facial expression than teeth/no teeth, and because of the body language. Can't dogs tell the same about human smiles? Is it automatic that dogs who see a human smile will think 'I'm being attacked?' "
http://www.bcrescue.org/smiling.html
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All yer Odder friend knows about this most important of subjects is THIS:
More'n 30 years ago, I remember tellin' Mr T that his dawg had such a happy smile, so he must be perty content...
Mr T: Dogs can't actually smile, Odder.
Odder: Well, grin, then. He looks mighty happy...
Mr T: They can't GRIN, either. It's just how they open their mouths ta suck in enough air...
Odder: Well, okay, then, but the way yer dawg is lookin' at both of us, I wunder if he can actually UNDERSTAND what we're sayin' about him...
After a long silence, Mr T's dawg starts....
...chucklin'...
;)
NEXT TIME: How Mr T. said his dawg CAN understand human language, told his dawg ta "SIT!", 'n then said, "SHIT! Look what he did on our brand new rug...
ALSO: They say that Lassie wuz ACTUALLY a "he", not a "she"...
Ain't THAT a bitch?
http://www.flyingdreams.org/tv/lassie/lassfact.htm
Toodles, from yer Odder friend...
;)