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Both humans and dogs are two of the very few species who continue to play as adults. This has led researchers to theorise that dogs are "infantile" wolves and humans are "infantile" apes, as they never stop displaying characteristics of the very young. Even the most crotchety old human is a lot more flexible than most other adult mammals.
— Jun 27, 2026 02:09PM
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Humans who speak different languages often use the same sounds with training animals. Short repeated sounds encourage activity (like: go! go! go! go!) and a long, low tone encourages slowing down. (like: eeaaaaaasssy)
— Jun 25, 2026 02:57PM
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A book about how the typical primate behaviour humans display around dogs confuses and upsets them. (Surprise: they aren't primates. They don't hug to show affection, f. ex. you weirdo monkey.)
The author is quite self-laudatory about how much success and experience she has human-dog training, but she has the knowledge and what she's saying is quite interesting and informative on animal behaviour.
— Jun 23, 2026 04:01AM
The author is quite self-laudatory about how much success and experience she has human-dog training, but she has the knowledge and what she's saying is quite interesting and informative on animal behaviour.
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I’ll be interested in what you think about this one. Always interested in dog books.
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Hákon wrote: "I’ll be interested in what you think about this one. Always interested in dog books."There are probably better, but this one goes into typical primate behaviour and typical dog behaviour and how we miscommunicate. There are some good points for dog owners, but a lot of it is looking at our own behaviour and how strange it is for dogs.
For example: we hug to show emotion -- affection or fear or distress. Dogs don't hug, so they don't know what we're trying to achieve when we hug them. They like us, so they tolerate it, but it doesn't send the message we think it must (because we'd understand it).
Things like that.