• determinist@kbin.earth
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    23 days ago

    This dude never met my dog - rescued from a fighting ring, serious mistrust of all other dogs. I spent years getting him at least to the point where he would only bark at them, rather than try to attack them on sight.

    Lovely dog though, if you were a person. And not a dog.

    • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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      23 days ago

      Yes, actually. One theory is that the process involved taking in wolf pups and keeping the ones that maintained pup like traits, because they were more agreeable to humans.

      Adult wolves do not wag their tails or bark, but pups do. Behavioral traits in dogs have strong genetic components and can be bred in and out in a few generations.

  • wraekscadu@vargar.org
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    23 days ago

    Cute. And then there are those ugly little rat sized “dogs” that bark and charge at anything that fkin moves. I’ve no idea how folks even find them REMOTELY cute. It’s like having a pet land pirhana.

    The bigger dogs tend to be the goodest boys. The rats though? I hope the bigger dogs eat them.