Watching that is such a powerful reminder of why I love dogs so much! We are so fortunate to have this other species to share our lives and amaze us with their intelligence and their ability to understand the things we teach them to do. There are so many different ways they are capable of interacting with us in our daily lives. Thanks for sharing that!
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Watching that is such a powerful reminder of why I love dogs so much! We are so fortunate to have this other species to share our lives and amaze us with their intelligence and their ability to understand the things we teach them to do. There are so many different ways they are capable of interacting with us in our daily lives. Thanks for sharing that!
Well said, Cheri!
What you posted resonates with me, because "their ability to understand" was what I was thinking when I watched this.
This dog wasn't just performing a set of memorized actions.
I think many dogs would become "interested/excited/concerned" with us laying on the ground and bouncing our head a bit.
It just seems like it would be a natural response from them.
From this Ii believe it wouldn't be hard at all to finish off this behavior with marker training.
ALL behaviors be it bird dogs pointing, Duck dogs retrieving, sheep herding, etc are simply behaviors that have been selectively bred for and enhanced with training.
The point from a bird dog evolves and is developed from a dog in the middle of stalking prey.
The retrieve is a natural desire to bring prey/food back to the puppies in the den.
That natural retrieve is something I always look for in any puppy I select.
It tells me the pup is willing to work for it's "family".
The herding is form the pack chasing prey.
The trait of heading off the prey is developed from the wild canid trying to get ahead of the prey animal and slow it down and or direct it to the wild canine that makes the kill.
Selective breeding is where all these behaviors are refined to meet our needs.
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