by Doug | Oct 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
In my model, anthropomorphism is the creating of a label or narrative to explain an animal’s behavior. This definition makes anthropomorphism measurable. Without its measurability, its occurrence is vague, vaguely defined, and inaccurately detected and identified. If...
by Doug | Sep 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Someone asked: Why is my dog getting into moods where he’s unsettled, pacing, and whining? BNBR, being nice and being respectful, don’t ask “why.” What dogs do is what they’re saying. (Ask me about this!) So instead of their unsettledness, pacing, and whining being a...
by Doug | Sep 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
The best, common sense explanation for common sense is its shortest. “Experts” don’t do the determination—each person’s assessment does the determination. In that sense, experts don’t exist. Common sense involves moments of patient waiting—the dismissing of one’s own...
by Doug | Sep 7, 2024 | Opinion
Evidence Is Seen or Heard All the answers to all dog questions will never be provided in a single sentence. If you think they can, then go find a dog treat to chew on. No Intelligent Answers Have Pictures of Pооp in Them No, intelligent answer is ever going to come...
by Doug | Sep 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
How Do Humans See Training? Humans think it’s “train the dog,” or 1. My job is to get them thinking it’s possibly both “train the dog,” or “train the human,” or 2. When I’ve done my job, clients figure out how the human’s at the crux of all their training issues. When...
