Apr 16 2009
“Dogs Aren’t People”
Some trainers like to insist that what we know of human pedagogy has nothing to do with training dogs. “Dogs aren’t people,” they say. “You don’t do them any favors by thinking they’re like people.”
Imagine my amusement when I found Science News: Dogs Studied to Learn About Human Behavior.
Temple Grandin in Animals In Translation, at the end of Chapter 4, suggests that dogs helped shape human evolution by allowing our ancestors into the canine social structure. Those who were more doglike and could cooperate with dogs had a hunting advantage.
No, dogs aren’t humans. The question is, are we dogs?
(Hat-tip to http://doglinksworldnews.blogspot.com for providing the inspirational link)
