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Dog is Dead
[please comment in thread below] Over 100 years ago, Nietzsche declared that God was dead. What he meant is that God had ceased to be a felt ex...
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May 27 2008, 12:08 AM EDT by
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Dog is Dead?
Although unconvinced that 'Dog' is dead, the spirituality that lends itself to the appreciation of dogs and their close communion with mankind is swiftly evaporating.
Since as a species we no longer utilize the dog as our ancestors did and as the lands upon we utilized them dwindles into parking lots for strip malls and McMansions our appreciation for their purpose has left us devoid of that 'oneness' we once felt. For the sense of shared community in which we once found ourselves and the closeness to the land, the animals on the whole and nature in general.
I see a clear and rapid shift for the use of dogs from livestock guards, drivers and game hunters into more contemporary uses that reflect our changing times from a community of farms and self sustenance to urbanized life and all that comes with it. Dogs are still much a part of our lives and we have found ways in which to use their natural skills as hunters, but for a different type of game. Drugs, contraband, human remains detection, even mold and termite infestations all reflect a different purpose for dogs that still remain closely bound with their original intent.
As long as there remains pockets of interest in the value of dogs there will always be 'Dog' and the appreciation of our communion with a species so like ourselves, but so charmingly, radically different.
Linda Kaim
www.lionheartk9.com
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May 31 2008, 12:54 PM EDT by
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Trained dog
WHAT IS A TRAINED DOG? What is a trained dog? What qualities define this creature? I hope that by enumerating these qualities we can come clos...
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May 31 2008, 12:17 PM EDT by
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Trained dogs
One part of this thread attempts to define training by a set of characteristics which distinguish the trained dog. The second part defines a trained dog by what he does not do. But the first item to be listed in the second part is not an activity that the trained dog does not engage in but seems to reflect a potentiality for harm or state of mind and which reflects other aspects of the dog, as well as training. Is a dog that is willing and capable of protection a menace?
Menace is a loaded word. If a dog is trained for protection work, does that mean the dog is a 'menace' to strangers? Is a willingness to defend synonymous with menacing? That leads down the path of banning certain types of training or in the case of the naturally protective breeds eliminating the characteristics that made them valuable working dogs.
Perhaps this is an attempt to define the trained pet?
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May 30 2008, 9:48 AM EDT by
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