You might be surprised.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin
...You may find him scratching at the door, lookin' for a hand-out, one'a these days.
( How do you think we ended up with domestic dogs in the first place? )
G.D.
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You might be surprised.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin
...You may find him scratching at the door, lookin' for a hand-out, one'a these days.
( How do you think we ended up with domestic dogs in the first place? )
G.D.
We imprinted puppies. These are not puppies. No. He won't be scratching to be let in. Stay off the moors.
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Originally Posted by Kevin
If it were at my house I bet it would.
But then, I do have wildlife walk right up to me fairly often, when it won't anyone else.
( Don't ask me why, 'cause I have no idea. )
By the way, canines had to first start hanging around humans, and proving themselves useful in some way, before anybody got the bright idea to imprint those puppies. If they hadn't, then the logical reaction would be to kill 'em before they grew up to be man-eaters, thieves, or some other form of trouble, when they were discovered.
G.D.
Wife lost her job today, after 8 years. She's feeling rattled by it, not sure what she wants to do now. Told her to take a month off, play video games, be crafty, do something because the last two months she's been tense worrying about this exact scenario.
No, just any stray children... ‘the dingo ate my baby!’Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin
I don't believe it, the only reason a wild dog would hang around humans would be as something it might eat in a hard season, otherwise they are danger. On the other hand humans are soft for baby animals, that's humans, not just modern civilised folk. I can well see them keeping one if they found a lair with a week old litter in it, might eat the others of course, tender. :)Quote:
By the way, canines had to first start hanging around humans, and proving themselves useful in some way, before anybody got the bright idea to imprint those puppies. If they hadn't, then the logical reaction would be to kill 'em before they grew up to be man-eaters, thieves, or some other form of trouble, when they were discovered.
Coming out of The Atkinson after viewing an exhibit a car beeped behind me..I was just about to say my bit when I noticed the car had just married on it....I thought the road was for pedestrians as it's all flagged...hope the groom gets Brewers droop tonite
Humans leave a lot of edible scraps behind... Bones, pieces of meat too tough for human teeth, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olly Buckle
Canines aren't fools; they'll go for the food they don't have to fight first, given half a chance.
It's one of the reasons domestic dogs have evolved to eat human food, where the wild varieties still require a diet higher in protein.
G.D.
Coyotes eat a variety of things, many or most not being animal protein. I know because I've studied their poops. At lead in my neighborhood, they are loaded with vegetable matter. Canines, unlike felines, can and do eat vegetable as well as meat being able to convert carbohydrates to glycogen, yada...yada.
In that respect they are like people. They can eat what we can eat.
The difference between a Wolf and a domestic 'dog' is no greater than the difference between a Pekingese and Great Dane. It is selective breeding. Not evolution.
As far as stuff being too tough... That's why we cook things. At least one reason. To soften those things; make them chewable.
Kevin, in domestic dogs more proteins are produced that are involved in starch and fat metabolism, to help them cope with more human diets. Yeah, the wild ones are omnivorous to a degree, but not like our pets are.
There's also some differences in brain function, as well as being more tolerant of salt and sugar than wild canines.
( Cats got the raw end of that deal, since they can't even taste salt or sugar. So a cat going after, say, ice cream can't really taste it, not having receptors on their tongues for sweets and sugars. )
One way or the other, their 130,000 or so years with humans has made quite a few biological changes in domestic dogs. So domestication and selective breeding has cause a fair bit more than 'skin-deep' changes. ( A 1997 study puts the beginnings of domestic dogs back that far. )
And one other thing, I don't know how many folks are aware of this, but don't let your dogs have onions or garlic; it'll screw up their liver and kidneys the same as chocolate will.
...yeah, I've done a fair bit of studying on canines and felines, along with all the 'people' stuff I've poked my nose into.
( Btw... due to my nerve damage, and the fact I have a bit of a limp that comes and goes with the weather, I can never safely own a wolf/wolf hybrid, since they have a tendency to attack their owners/handlers when they show any sign of weakness or injury. It's that whole 'Alpha' thing with them that domestic dogs don't have anymore. )
One way or the other, even the dogs that resemble wolves are a long way from 'em.
G.D.