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Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT!
#23487031 - 07/28/16 07:09 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Sheldrake at his sloppiest. Here he tosses out all scientific protocols by not controlling variables, using selection bias, not blinding the test and using an undersized sample size. Fail, fail, fail and FAIL!
From Amazon:
1.0 out of 5 stars shoddy science By David Groupon May 23, 2004
Format: Paperback
What a disappointment. Some of the "science" here wouldn't pass muster in a high school science fair. The main problem is that he fails to adequately control for other variables, so that his results may easily be tainted by other factors. For instance, he has the owners themselves record the observations of their pets. What proud owner, consciously or subconsciously, wouldn't want their Fido or Fluffy to be a star performer? The sampling size is small and, he admits, skewed towards those whose pets show positive results. Some incidents seem to be the result of sheer coincidence (Ruggles, pg. 106-7), or the result of the dog's actions triggering thoughts in the owner (pg. 124). There is also association by innuendo, where Sheldrake discusses cases where other factors cannot be ruled out, then presents a case or two which "proves" psychic ability. He also doesn't deal with instances where pets had a reaction not associated with any definitive behavior by the owner. Not only that, he presents cases where the pet responds to when the owner starts home, cases where the pet responds to when the owner *thinks* of going home, and cases where the pet responds to when the owner is approaching home. With so many choices, it's no wonder he gets quite a few hits.
Mitchell and Rickard's LIVING WONDERS demolishes the myth of canine loyalty after death, and Budiansky's THE TRUTH ABOUT DOGS states that other researchers were unable to replicate Sheldrake's amazing results. I like pets just as much as anyone else, though I don't feel the need to glorify them with powers that their small brains are incapable of possessing.
1.0 out of 5 stars Dogs Who Don't Know When They're Owners Come Home By A customer on September 28, 1999
Format: Hardcover
I recently saw the 20/20 episode concerning this book. While doctors agree that animals have some senses about their owners, a test they aired proved that most dogs do not know when they're owners are coming home. The episode showed one camera on a pet, and the other camera with the pet's owners. This particular dog waited by the window for hours, so , of course, when the owner got home, the dog was already by the window. I will agree that dogs have certain senses about things, but the "super human" abilities, come on! That is ridiculous. Until my dog saves me from a car accident or saves me from a life-threatening situation, I say this book has no merit.
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#23487637 - 07/28/16 10:15 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Copy and paste? This thread neee'eeedsy Videeeoo!
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: falcon]
#23487884 - 07/28/16 11:55 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I didn't read the thread but my dog is so oblivious to what's going on that a piece of food can fall within a few feet of her and if something is blocking her line of sight she won't be able to find it (even if actively looking it will often take her some time or she will give up before finding it). So much for sense of smell.
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: Peyote Road] 1
#23488749 - 07/29/16 09:42 AM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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And then there are the obvious, incompetent efforts to prove dogs do not know when their owners are coming home by trying to debunk Sheldrakes documentation.
http://www.sheldrake.org/reactions/richard-wiseman-s-claim-to-have-debunked-the-psychic-pet-phenomenon
Some dogs cannot or will not even use their sense of smell to find food near them. I've seen that too. Likely some internal stress has them distracted.
Myself and a few friends did an experiment related to the staring experiments that Sheldrake did. But we did it differently. We used a situation where both people, the one initiating the staring and the one being stared at lives depended upon proper performance.
I had noticed that while driving on two lane highways at 65 mph, I could turn my eyes at oncoming traffic, specifically to the drivers eyes, and they would look back. I put my sunglasses on, it still worked.
If I used my periphery vision to observe what they were doing, they did not look back. It was only when my intent was use my eyes to look directly at their eyes that they returned the momentary stare.
I mentioned this to a friend who drove a great deal on highway 1 in northern California, he tried it every time he was on the road, and found that almost always, the oncoming driver returned the momentary stare, even if sunglasses were worn and the head carefully kept in the same position, only the eyes moving to look at the oncoming driver.
Anyone can try this safely to confirm it.
We are more than just flesh and blood. There is an instantaneous energy associated with our intent.
The ancient Indigenous spiritual people refer to the "oneness", as a realm of intent.
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#23488861 - 07/29/16 10:22 AM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Don't know why this is so amazing. When people are scheduled to be home at a certain time my dog can judge when that time is. I don't think she can read a clock, but general time of day is easy to judge. Dogs also have acute hearing and legendary sense of smell. They sense things slightly before people...like the sound of a car engine...tires in the driveway...etc... I am a long time dog owner and I know my dogs well.
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#23488894 - 07/29/16 10:34 AM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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One more thing. You didn't own a dog when I was in town there (I don't think). You would benefit from the right kind of dog. My faithful collie dog Leonard died about a year ago at 17 years of age. I had owned an old dog for so long that I didn't know what fun a younger one could be. One night in the winter a lost (she had an orange official looking collar denoting a working cattle herding dog) an Australian cattle dog about 4 months old was at my gate shivering from the rain. I took her in and could not find an owner so I kept her. This is a very intelligent and physically active dog. My activity level had been declining but knowing that this dog "needed" exercise or it gets psychotic I became more active and I am recovering a lot of lost cardio as a result. I just got back from a run in the desert with her. I take water for her so she can keep on going when it's dry and she can run and run. So I have been running a lot too. She doesn't just like to run but she forces me to get out and go by urging me to do so (like getting my running shoes, running gear or just plain barking at me). Just an inspirational story to add.
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: ChristopherABrown]
#23488900 - 07/29/16 10:36 AM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Successfully performing the staring experiment will win you a million dollars (see: JREF), alas this will not happen.
*cue the standard parade of true believer excuses*
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: OrgoneConclusion] 1
#23490310 - 07/29/16 08:12 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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This review is from: Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home: And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals (Hardcover) As an experimental psychologist who has closely examined claims of the paranormal (see "The Conscious Universe" here on Amazon.com), I wasn't sure what to think of Sheldrake's experiments with telepathic dogs. Then I had an opportunity to review and analyze the raw data in some of his controlled experiments. I was astonished with the results. There is basically no doubt that some dogs do indeed anticipate when their owners are about to return home, even at randomly selected times, and without benefit of any explicit or subliminal cues. For me, this significantly raises the credibility of some of the other "powers" of animals that Sheldrake discusses so clearly. I highly recommend this book for anyone who has ever gazed at their dog and wondered what was going on in that furry little head. /quote]
By Richard R on November 22, 2000 Format: Paperback Sheldrake has spent a lifetime studying animals but looks outside the box of conventional wisdom in this engaging book about family pets. He suggests that the animals we know best, the cats and dogs who live in our homes, can teach us the most. He looks closely at several categories of oft-reported -but sometimes disregarded- types of animal behavior: predicting when their owners will return home, empathy, telepathy, sense of direction, and premonitions. Using replicable and rigorous experimental methods he demonstrates that something indeed is going on here, something they can not be easily described by conventional explanations. Sheldrake posits psychic connections that he calls "morphic bonds" exist among some creatures, including bees in a hive and schools of fish, and may well exist between some animals and the humans closest to them. Sheldrake clearly explains that such bonds do not occur among all pets or even among the same pets in all situations, but they definitely do seem to exist. This is a fun book for animal-lovers, full of engaging anecdotes about dogs, cats, horses, and birds who enjoy strong emotional bonds with their owners that allow them to accomplish seemingly-unbelievable feats. But it is also an eye-opening book, for Sheldrake has applied some scientific techniques to both debunk fraudulent claims and to confirm those that have no conventional explanation. His "morphic bonds" are persuasive, especially to those who have lived closely with animals and observed their behavior in close quarters.
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#23490447 - 07/29/16 09:03 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Welcome back.
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: falcon]
#23490457 - 07/29/16 09:09 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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This is a fun book for animal-lovers, full of engaging anecdotes
But nary a hint of science.
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: Hobozen]
#23490460 - 07/29/16 09:11 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hobozen = frozen hobo?
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#23490479 - 07/29/16 09:18 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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i know when my owner's coming home
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#23490481 - 07/29/16 09:19 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Oh canada.
It's a nice effortless zen at times being out and about all the time. Im at the beach right now and it's just gorge.
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: demiu5]
#23490491 - 07/29/16 09:22 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#23490525 - 07/29/16 09:36 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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OrgoneConclusion said:

i'd be a somewhat happier man if that were the case
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: falcon]
#23490685 - 07/29/16 10:37 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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falcon said:
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This review is from: Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home: And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals (Hardcover) As an experimental psychologist who has closely examined claims of the paranormal (see "The Conscious Universe" here on Amazon.com), I wasn't sure what to think of Sheldrake's experiments with telepathic dogs. Then I had an opportunity to review and analyze the raw data in some of his controlled experiments. I was astonished with the results. There is basically no doubt that some dogs do indeed anticipate when their owners are about to return home, even at randomly selected times, and without benefit of any explicit or subliminal cues. For me, this significantly raises the credibility of some of the other "powers" of animals that Sheldrake discusses so clearly. I highly recommend this book for anyone who has ever gazed at their dog and wondered what was going on in that furry little head. /quote]
By Richard R on November 22, 2000 Format: Paperback Sheldrake has spent a lifetime studying animals but looks outside the box of conventional wisdom in this engaging book about family pets. He suggests that the animals we know best, the cats and dogs who live in our homes, can teach us the most. He looks closely at several categories of oft-reported -but sometimes disregarded- types of animal behavior: predicting when their owners will return home, empathy, telepathy, sense of direction, and premonitions. Using replicable and rigorous experimental methods he demonstrates that something indeed is going on here, something they can not be easily described by conventional explanations. Sheldrake posits psychic connections that he calls "morphic bonds" exist among some creatures, including bees in a hive and schools of fish, and may well exist between some animals and the humans closest to them. Sheldrake clearly explains that such bonds do not occur among all pets or even among the same pets in all situations, but they definitely do seem to exist. This is a fun book for animal-lovers, full of engaging anecdotes about dogs, cats, horses, and birds who enjoy strong emotional bonds with their owners that allow them to accomplish seemingly-unbelievable feats. But it is also an eye-opening book, for Sheldrake has applied some scientific techniques to both debunk fraudulent claims and to confirm those that have no conventional explanation. His "morphic bonds" are persuasive, especially to those who have lived closely with animals and observed their behavior in close quarters.
Excellent find! That was about a year after I first discovered Sheldrakes work.
A comprehensive and objective evaluation.
It reminded me of thoughts I had regarding flocks of birds flying in tight formation, like the were all connected. Definitely something seemingly impossible to explain without some psychic connection.
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#23490696 - 07/29/16 10:41 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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OrgoneConclusion said: Successfully performing the staring experiment will win you a million dollars (see: JREF), alas this will not happen.
*cue the standard parade of true believer excuses*
Hah ha haha, James Randi does not have the integrity to discuss the realities with the public he dangles his $ numbers in front of. I have lots of experience with JREF. Something not right with them.
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: ChristopherABrown]
#23490816 - 07/29/16 11:18 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yay, another ignoramus who doesn't understand what a legal and binding contract is. The applicant officially states what they can do and then they either do it or don't. Randi's character and sexual preference do not come into account.
Likewise, you are free to replicate Sheldrake's test under more stringent protocols and win international acclaim and turn the world of physics and biology upside down - but you won't.
There have been about 500 more like you on these boards and ALL have failed to produce. Walk the walk!
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#23490876 - 07/29/16 11:34 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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There's a whiff of science that floats in most minds: And the smell reeks it smells of a usefull contradiction, that these psychic dogs are a different species than those psychic wolves and the psychic coyotes. As all three interbreed with fertile psychic offspring, who farted.
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Re: Dogs know when their owners are coming home - NOT! [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#23490895 - 07/29/16 11:41 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Are you using ignoramus to convey that chris is uninformed or stupid or using it as ablind for a flame as it can convey either meaning, which would be awitty but pussy thing to do.
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