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CommonShaman
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The Human Connection w/ Dogs.
#14439415 - 05/12/11 10:11 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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As I lay here watching my dog tend her surgical wounds as she leans against me, I ponder on thoughts as to why human's, no matter how 'manly' or 'proud', seem to have a soft spot for dogs. I have forever been a dog lover, and know that my love for dogs is MUCH more than most. But not many things can make a person stop whatever it is they are doing simply to pet them like dogs can.
Last week my dog jumped out of the bed of my truck while I was driving and broke her rear leg. She had ridden back there hundreds of times, and for whatever reason she decided to jump. The guilt I felt is like no guilt I have ever felt before. After I calmed down some hours later, I realized that nothing in my previous 21 years had ever upset me as badly as watching my dog writhe in pain.
Maybe it's just me, but I feel there is a cosmic connection between humans and dogs. I have had many psychedelic experiences with my dog at my side, and I feel it provides and aspect to the experience that no other outside force can. Just my .02
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Samuel L Jackson
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Re: The Human Connection w/ Dogs. [Re: CommonShaman]
#14439443 - 05/12/11 10:19 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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i like my cat more than i like most people.
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CommonShaman
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Your dog/cat will never let you down. More than I can say for almost all people.
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elliev
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Re: The Human Connection w/ Dogs. [Re: CommonShaman]
#14439586 - 05/12/11 10:53 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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i think alot of people think that animals aren't capable for genuine love
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MushroomTrip
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Re: The Human Connection w/ Dogs. [Re: elliev]
#14439779 - 05/12/11 11:42 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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What is genuine love?
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   All this time I've loved you And never known your face All this time I've missed you And searched this human race Here is true peace Here my heart knows calm Safe in your soul Bathed in your sighs
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elliev
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Re: The Human Connection w/ Dogs. [Re: MushroomTrip]
#14439787 - 05/12/11 11:44 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
MushroomTrip said: What is genuine love?
whaaaatever you see it as
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OrgoneConclusion
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Quote:
SamuelLJackson said: i like my cat more than i like most people.
I was walking home from the community pool when I was 'assaulted' by a beautiful white and black short hair cat with a Hitler moustache. She was not content to rub against my leg and be scratched. Every time I bent over she would stand on two legs and stretch to rub her nose against my face.
 KITLER - Sieg Meow!
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Re: The Human Connection w/ Dogs. [Re: elliev]
#14439797 - 05/12/11 11:46 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I think what dogs feel for humans is often times more like Stockholm syndrom.
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elliev
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Quote:
MisterMuscaria said: I think what dogs feel for humans is often times more like Stockholm syndrom.
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OrgoneConclusion
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Re: The Human Connection w/ Dogs. [Re: elliev]
#14439850 - 05/12/11 11:58 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Years ago, a lady bred mutated cats with exceptionally short legs that were unable to jump or leap. She recieved death threats - no joke! The angry people thought she was being cruel.
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Quote:
SamuelLJackson said: i like my cat more than i like most people.
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OrgoneConclusion
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Re: The Human Connection w/ Dogs. [Re: CommonShaman]
#14439992 - 05/12/11 12:36 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
Maybe it's just me, but I feel there is a cosmic connection between humans and dogs.
It most likely is 'just you' as this is just another variation of the 'God in the Gaps'. You do not undertand the physiological responses (release of ocytocin when being touched for instance) therefore ascribe your ignorance to some vague mystical connection.
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OrgoneConclusion
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Re: The Human Connection w/ Dogs. [Re: deCypher]
#14439995 - 05/12/11 12:37 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I applaud you for not making some puerile pussy joke.
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Poid
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Quote:
OrgoneConclusion said:
 KITLER - Sieg Meow!
-------------------- Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. -- Bob Dylan  fireworks_god said:It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.
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Kickle
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Re: The Human Connection w/ Dogs. [Re: CommonShaman]
#14442151 - 05/12/11 08:41 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
CommonShaman said: Maybe it's just me, but I feel there is a cosmic connection between humans and dogs.
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TheCreampie



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Re: The Human Connection w/ Dogs. [Re: Kickle]
#14442177 - 05/12/11 08:47 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Dogs are just wolves and other canines tamed to be domestic animals for out advantage.
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Cups
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Re: The Human Connection w/ Dogs. [Re: TheCreampie]
#14442259 - 05/12/11 09:04 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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^^^wow!
What IS interesting though is the siberian fox experiments. Over many generation scientists breed to get friendly, tame foxes. It worked, showing aggression is genetic..but what I find interesting is the physical side effects. When they started the foxes looked like this-

Now fast forward 50 years and the tame and cuddly house pets look like this! 

Saw it in a documentary and my jaw literally dropped. Meanwhile, another group was bred for agression and they still look the same.
Somehow the same set of genes that makes for a good pet also makes them cute as a button.
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TheCreampie



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Re: The Human Connection w/ Dogs. [Re: Cups]
#14447048 - 05/13/11 06:30 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Cups said: ^^^wow!
What IS interesting though is the siberian fox experiments. Over many generation scientists breed to get friendly, tame foxes. It worked, showing aggression is genetic..but what I find interesting is the physical side effects. When they started the foxes looked like this-

Now fast forward 50 years and the tame and cuddly house pets look like this! 

Saw it in a documentary and my jaw literally dropped. Meanwhile, another group was bred for agression and they still look the same.
Somehow the same set of genes that makes for a good pet also makes them cute as a button.

Where can I get one of those?
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4896744
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Re: The Human Connection w/ Dogs. [Re: TheCreampie]
#14447142 - 05/13/11 06:51 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Ya, I want a cute little pet fox too.
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Cups
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Re: The Human Connection w/ Dogs. [Re: 4896744]
#14447856 - 05/13/11 08:46 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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http://www.sibfox.com/
$7k shipped straight from the motherland.
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