Why don't they look at it from the dog's perspective?

It would make so much more sense. And prepare for a laugh.

Me too!

my thoughts exactly

are you saying if we looked at the world from a dog's perspective we would laugh at the world?

Nope, I forgot to post the link

http://onebarkatatime.blogspot.com/2008/08/temper-temper.html

There. Now you won't think I'm insane. Well, I am insane. But not in that way.

Lmfao!

Thanks for sharing, lol! Interesting...

That is very funny.. and very true.

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I say again...
:rofl1:

LMFAO that was hilarious. I'm still laughing.

"man did you see the way she reacted to that rubber hand?" LMAO that was great.

Give that man a hand!

Apparently he already had too many and thats where the trouble started in the first place

I'm still laughing about that.

well, it was a lot of anthropomorphizing, but overall, entertaining nonetheless.

That is a riot !!! Must say though that I always did that with my pups ..... not rubber gloves though ! Too funny on the human side !

Lol ftw

LMAO!! :rofl1: That was great!

Well, yes, and no. It makes the point that you just met someone and they are sticking this strange and unfamiliar item into your food. Its enough to **** anyone off, which is why it might not be the best temperment test. Yes, dogs that pass it are probably very stable . . . but dogs will fail who are perfectly fine.

Let see, the buttons we are pushing:

Strange environment
Strange person
Food
Strange object
Being harassed while eating
Generally high stress level

Are there worse ways to evaluate a dog? Yes. Are there better ways, definately, also, yes.

Sometimes the "How would I feel if . . ." question is helpful. Sometimes not, as PETA refuses to learn, but sometimes its good to just look at it from the dog's perspective.

And its really funny.

It's amusing and more true than perhaps some people want to think. A woman I used to work with had an awesome dog she pulled from a shelter. Now, this shelter literally lives and dies by this method and this dog had failed the "stranger screwing with my food" test by growling. After a long argument and written agreement to absolve the shelter of responsiblity, she got the dog. You know how that ended up turning out?

As soon as the dog wasn't showing his ribs anymore, he quit being jerky about food. The dog was incredibly hungry and in a run with another dog, having to compete for food and apparently not winning too often. After he got used to knowing what a full stomach felt like, he was fine. And this woman had a small child in the house, so actually dangerous resource guarding wasn't going to be tolerated.

I'm so doing that to my boyfriend at our next meal.

*whispers* Cover me, I'm going in!