Being in the vet industry, you start to develop and understand unique relationships with animals. You are often torn between having your own pets that you want to coddle, spoil, and pamper... and then having to WORK with those pets who haven't learned properly how to interact with suitable behaviours.
For example - its very tempting to spoil and baby a foofoo dog. VERY tempting...because they're so small and cute, right? However, we have to step back and remember that this foofoo dog is NOT a human being. It does not understand democracy, it does not understand reason, it does not understand or comprehend any humanoid concepts that develop in us courtesy and respect. This dog, if you baby it, will realise that it can use certain behaviours to achieve its survival and pack goals. AKA - "I will bite anybody who tries to muscle in on my pack" ... and that often ends us being us.
You know, and im being serious here, that sounds like the standard youth of today really
As much as you want to believe so, your dog/cat/hamster will NOT understand your sense of household politics, your deep seeded "need" for love, or your inane sense of democracy. *Chuckles* We need to learn and interact with a critter brain.
actually, i find this quite untrue in the form of Dogs and sometimes cats.
We trained both of my dogs the ins and outs of our house and how we operate as a family, and they totally understood everything.
You just need to treat dogs like their little kids with a learning dissability, no im serious, if you force the behavioral info into their brains, unless their totally inept, theyll eventually get it.
as for Cats, its really hit or miss, i was blessed with a cat that had the same understanding of the house rules as my dogs did.
however, much anything else, wont really
i tried with a rabbit once, holy hell, what a headache.
