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skysidhe · 09-29-2009, 09:41 PM

I agree Henry. Love is a very powerful subjective force.

I had originally intended to offer support to henry (you) but I am too much of an animal lover and even if someone proved to me I was projecting my feelings onto an animal I still would not be able to stop.
Life is what we make it and sometimes we feel dogs are our enjoyable best buds and sometimes that's enough.

so...

This thread reminded me of an article I once saw in a National Geographic magazine. It was about how dogs might be smarter than science at first thought.

I found this article instead and it is very interesting.

It's called," How Did Dogs Become Adept at Playing to Humans"

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ovedogs_2.html

Here's a snippet.

Miklósi summarized in Current Biology. "Since looking behavior has an important function in initializing and maintaining communicative interaction in human communication systems, we suppose that by positive feedback processes (both evolutionary and ontogenetically) the readiness of dogs to look at the human face has led to complex forms of dog-human communication that cannot be achieved in wolves even after extended socialization."

Here is another snippet of the article.

Could cognition be a breeding by-product like these physical changes?

Dog lovers know that man's best friend has an uncanny ability to understand and react to human actions. Clues to how dogs came to develop this ability lie somewhere in their evolutionary past, and learning the answer could shine light on our own development as humans.

"Based on these observations, we suggest that the key difference between dog and wolf behavior is the dogs' ability to look at the human's face," Miklósi summarized in Current Biology. "Since looking behavior has an important function in initializing and maintaining communicative interaction in human communication systems, we suppose that by positive feedback processes (both evolutionary and ontogenetically) the readiness of dogs to look at the human face has led to complex forms of dog-human communication that cannot be achieved in wolves even after extended socialization."

and

"Many anthropologists think that as humans evolved we became smart because it's good to be smart," he said. "But maybe it was selection on what scientists and breeders call temperament. "Maybe nice people eventually became smarter, rather than smart people becoming nice."

I am not agreeing with that statement. If all the smart people were nice ...

09-29-2009, 09:41 PM	#9
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I agree Henry. Love is a very powerful subjective force. I had originally intended to offer support to henry (you) but I am too much of an animal lover and even if someone proved to me I was projecting my feelings onto an animal I still would not be able to stop. Life is what we make it and sometimes we feel dogs are our enjoyable best buds and sometimes that's enough. so... This thread reminded me of an article I once saw in a National Geographic magazine. It was about how dogs might be smarter than science at first thought. I found this article instead and it is very interesting. It's called," How Did Dogs Become Adept at Playing to Humans" http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ovedogs_2.html Here's a snippet. Miklósi summarized in Current Biology. "Since looking behavior has an important function in initializing and maintaining communicative interaction in human communication systems, we suppose that by positive feedback processes (both evolutionary and ontogenetically) the readiness of dogs to look at the human face has led to complex forms of dog-human communication that cannot be achieved in wolves even after extended socialization." Here is another snippet of the article. Could cognition be a breeding by-product like these physical changes? Dog lovers know that man's best friend has an uncanny ability to understand and react to human actions. Clues to how dogs came to develop this ability lie somewhere in their evolutionary past, and learning the answer could shine light on our own development as humans. "Based on these observations, we suggest that the key difference between dog and wolf behavior is the dogs' ability to look at the human's face," Miklósi summarized in Current Biology. "Since looking behavior has an important function in initializing and maintaining communicative interaction in human communication systems, we suppose that by positive feedback processes (both evolutionary and ontogenetically) the readiness of dogs to look at the human face has led to complex forms of dog-human communication that cannot be achieved in wolves even after extended socialization." and "Many anthropologists think that as humans evolved we became smart because it's good to be smart," he said. "But maybe it was selection on what scientists and breeders call temperament. "Maybe nice people eventually became smarter, rather than smart people becoming nice." I am not agreeing with that statement. If all the smart people were nice ... Last edited by skysidhe; 09-29-2009 at 10:03 PM.