DOGGON HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND DOG STORIES
DOGS ARE NOT PEOPLE, THEY ONLY SEEM LIKE US
John, 6/24/10
The point is dogs are pack animals and they think we are part of the tribe. Hopefully we are the “alpha male” or the “alpha female”. If we aren’t in charge of them then they will become our leaders. That should be a frightening thought.
Alpha female said:
“Woof, growl, whine, whine, woof”. That means, “Circle around the baby Water Buffalo. Kappa, Lamda, Mu, Ex-cee, you followers snap at the heals of the mother & guardians, and Barbara (Human) you distract and harass the biggest bull and watch out for the horns!”
Barbara is the human that rescued the dog—“Cuddles” from the rescue pound, but failed to take over the leadership role as the alpha female. Do you really want dogs, a pack animal, running humans around, pissing and crapping anywhere, drinking poisonous car runoff fluids in street curbs, running in front of moving vehicles, knocking down garbage cans to forage, killing the neighbor’s cat and barking and biting your neighbors and even a family toddler?
“Of course not”, you would say, “Who would want that”? Well by your inaction/inability to control your dog you are creating that situation. Every week it will get a little worse, till you are yanking the chain or collar around the dog’s neck or hitting it with your hand, foot or a newspaper. That is not good doggy etiquette and the dogs will see you as a bad dog. Look how far away from “civilized” humanity, you, the dog owner, have fallen? You didn’t want to be angry and punishing with your dog, but it finally came to this and somehow you know it’s your fault.
“How can it be my fault”? you whine, “It’s just a dog, full of uncontrollable instincts” you say. But you know that you’re the human who went to school from 10-16 years , was toilet trained, learned to walk upright, to read, write and speak, so technically speaking you are superior to the dog. And yet, the dog is uncontrollable by you or anyone. Even a “Dog Whisperer” would have a hard time training you, the human, to take charge of this dog.
Passive people, liberal people, people who were dominated, but refuse to dominate anyone, people who never followed the rules, though all different from each other, would all have a difficult time controlling their own dogs. Say to yourself,
“My past human life has nothing to do with this dog. I’m a human and it’s an immature dog that is depending on me for leadership, kindness, food, water, medical treatment, grooming, play, exercise and safety. I must take over the leadership role so “Cuddles” can feel safe and happy”.
“Happy? How can a dog be happy if I’m in charge of when she: eats, walks, exercises, goes to the Vet., plays, and how she behaves? Dogs don’t want to be dominated. I even let my dog go without a leash in the public parks, because dogs need to be free”.
I hope Cuddles doesn’t bite or harass someone or something, because people will call the police on you, not on Cuddles and you may get fined. Bad owner, bad, bad, bad owner!!
Q: In my title, how did you know “US” referred to humans?
A: Dogs don’t type and maintain web-sites.
We are a class above in many ways, but in love & loyalty it’s hard to match a dog.
HUMANS MUST BE CONTROLLED ESPECIALLY IN THEIR THOUGHTS
In the early years of America most of the humans were religious, under the watch of God’s all-seeing -eye. They were self-disciplined, studying, Greek, Latin and a Romantic languages, plus philosophy, civics, religions, math, sciences, astonomy, engineering, farming, manners, etc. and all this was still in High School. The majority of people were controlled: slaves, women, poor and minorities. The rich, white, Christian class was privileged, and could vote. They owned plantations &/or went to High School and University, while the rest usually didn’t. It was easier to control people then, but once in a while order broke down and people were fined, tortured, jailed, hung or shot. So the good old days had a lot of problems and in many ways the modern 21st century is better. Anyway we can’t live in the past.
It seemed that even in the time when I grew up, the 1960’s there were a lot of rules and maybe only 10 to 30% of people were criminals or near-criminals, but the teachers were in charge of the classroom and those who couldn’t be controlled were punished and finally kicked out. We felt bad for that boy, but we also felt safer that this wild person might hurt us and ruin our calm classroom experience. My home was very loud, angry and crazy. School was a chance to see people under control and I don’t know how the teachers did it. I had to learn how to control my anxiety, temper and daydreaming. It was difficult but as long as everyone else was controlling themselves I didn’t mind, so much. The school playground at recess, where there was less supervision, was the most dangerous part of the day. My peers could hurt me, while pretending it was an accident and the boys seldom got punished for it. Even if they got warned I felt a little bit better. I felt it was wrong and a teacher agreed.
I thought the rules were too restrictive at home, school and in the neighborhood and I prayed that we could all have the freedom to do more bad things. We should be able to defend, disable, maim or kill bullies without getting in trouble by the police; play doctor with the girls without either of us getting in trouble and have the bullies put in jail by the police.
Now, that I’m grown up in the year 2010 I see a greater portion of the population committing crimes, I read that the jails are over capacity, the public schools are full of criminals and illiterates. Religious people are compromising so much that their morals seem like the bad kids of the 60’s & some are even terrorists. The TV and movies that children are allowed to see today would have been called pornography. The dating and sex that Christians and most religious & atheists do today in America & Europe would have shocked us back them. The cost to society in terms of sexual diseases, suicides, murders, divorce, single family poverty, bankruptcy and instability is helping to destroy our economy. Children were happier and safer in two parent households and a morally restrictive society, despites certain disadvantages.
If the citizens won’t control themselves then gangs, criminals, paramilitary groups, police and the military will. It will be much less pleasant, than the unfairness of having to follow the rules by controlling ourselves. America is setting itself up for a socialist, fascist or communist dictatorship. When dogs run wild, hunting parties are organized. Those who can be trained become pets; those who can’t are jailed and killed (Euthanized-good death?).
Our emotions and thoughts are like wild animal instincts: fear, cowardice, anger, laziness, possessiveness, thievery, disrespecting authority, jealousy, violence, gullibility, gluttony, growling, blasphemy, insatiable/indiscriminate sexuality, rebellion & hording. Those who are successful in life only allow thoughts and emotions to be expressed that will accomplish their intellectual & spiritual plans. There words mimic their body language and tone of voice and their actions of the past and present. People trust them with more authority, higher pay & more freedom.
You must think of your bad habits, evil or stupid thoughts, out of control emotions as wild dogs running around. People in your life, like a spouse, a boss, a professor, a child, a government worker, a politician or the police will send out the dog catcher after you. If you become trainable, domesticated, but feisty during play, when you’re supposed to have fun then the dog pound can release you.
Sometimes we are our own dog catcher. If, I don’t want to keep hurting people, getting fired, getting bad grades, getting rebuked in church, being threatened by divorce; fighting back, running away, giving in, or depressing yourself you must develop healthy emotions, thoughts and actions. In a word I/you must “train” myself/yourself to behave.
The rewards of training yourself are great and we all should be modifying our obnoxious behaviors all the time. Some people can’t do that well and they find a very controlling person to keep them straight, drop out of society, or find the most interesting thing they can do and let the experience change them for the better.
Dogs are like humans. They are the most fun to be with when they are well trained, happy, obedient, and lead by someone they admire. A disciplined dog may feel put upon at times, but it is happier than a dog wandering the streets, sleeping in ditches at night and being hounded by the dog catcher and the specter of death. Humans are happier following the rules of their parents, spouses, employers, professors, police than, the home-less, addicted, or jailed.
DOG STORIES
DOG BITE
I was bored one summer and I threw a stick on the ground towards a car driving by, in my neighborhood. The man, hit the brakes, and backed up fast. I ran and jumped over a three foot fence. The next thing the driver/pursuer heard was me screaming,
“Help, get this dog off of my leg. Let go, let go, let go!!” It was a black and grey German Shepherd & it wasn’t the least bit intimidated by me. The dog finally lost interest in my leg and went back to its corner of the yard. The owner of the house, after about 5 minutes, (She waited for the commercial to come on in her soap opera) said,
“It’s not that bad, you’ll live. It wasn’t the dog’s fault, you jumped into his yard. Don’t make me call the police on you for trespassing, now get out of here. I’m too busy to take you too the hospital, so find someone else”.
So I did go home, limped home, with a throbbing & bleeding calve muscle and I learned two valuable lessons. One, control my impulse to throw things at vehicles. Two control my urge to jump over fences without first checking to see if they have a dog.
”The dog didn’t pause and say, “I wonder if he’s here to rob us, attack my owner in the house or steal my doggy treats. Maybe I should just warn him & hope he jumps back over the fence.”
He probably said, “Two legged deer, frozen with fright, INTRUDER in my yard, attack, attack, attack!!!” The dog had its rabbi’s shots so I couldn’t get the dog owner in trouble, but I didn’t have to get rabbis treatments either & that was a relief. My parents had to pay for the hospital, because she wouldn’t because she had a closed in fence & she knew the laws and her rights.
I was in the dog house for a while with my parents. Conclusion, I got what I deserved.
I acted by the disrespect and then the fear instinct, which overode my caution and intellect and I was punished. The dog overrode its fear instinct, used the protection and territorial instincts and attacked me and then let me bleed in his yard without further attacks. I was grateful for that—good doggy. The owner controlled her fear and shock and reacted logically and with calm self-interest. She put the blame where it belonged on me. She made the correct conclusion, because she was able to use her intellect more efficiently by muting and controlling her emotional reactions.
CHIN INJURY
When I was about seven years younger, about five, my parents took me along to their friend’s house. They had a Shepherd; he was old, with the really big head. I was standing over him as I petted him and he head butted my chin. I cried and we never visited them again. They say Shepherds will do that, so don’t lean over them.
ACHILLES TENDON NIPPED
I was collecting money for my newspaper route and a small dog was yap, yap, yapping. Do you think the old lady would put the dog away, control it or think of my safety? Think again. As I collected the money and turned to leave it nipped me, scrapping my skin through my sock. I showed her and she said, “That’s nothing, a little scrape, my dog doesn’t bite”. I called the newspaper and they said to clean it with alcohol and let them know if it got infected. It didn’t so I got bit for nothing.
Lesson: Many dog owners are selfish, rude, and in denial about their dogs and the responsibilities of dog ownership. If a dog is running around a public park without a leash and chasing or intimidating leashed dogs or people, call the police immediately. The first & second time the errant dog owner might ignore the police warnings, but it will be harder to ignore fines and having the dog removed from their home. It’s one thing for a dog to protect its door step/yard but in a public park most dogs will not want to attack, but have fun with other dogs, but that’s not always the case. Adults must train their dogs, children and themselves in order to be good neighbors.
OTHER BITS & SCRATCHES & HUMPINGS
Aside from my sister’s dog biting, nipping, scratching and humping my leg, it also happened with friends’, friend of friend’s, and strange dogs too many times to recount here. And don’t get me started on cat’s scratches and bites.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING, 2011 & BEYOND
I guess I like to be with family. I’m not a person with a lot of friends. Family tolerates me because I’m family & I’m there for them. I think God wants me here, but maybe I’m here because I have no where else to go. I don’t enjoy working for 9 or 10 dollars an hour & not being able to pay all my bills or go out. If you can’t make it in America, the land of opportunity…it’s really embarrassing. That’s the situation I’ve been in most of my life. I didn’t like my family that much, because we’d always wind up in arguments. My father, an absentee Roman Catholic, gave us a code of sorts. This in honor you dad who’s birthday would have been soon. I would be amazed if you were in Heaven, but I would be surprised if you weren’t. This is for the Westerners that everyone wants to be like, but don’t measure up to the American dream. Let’s be thankful for the immense blessings we have & share with those who have less.
Charlie’s Code:
Don’t lie to dad.
Don’t steal from family.
Joke, have fun & travel
Go to work when necessary.
Don’t get caught committing crimes.
Apologize & promise not to do it again.
Confession helps the family to move on.
Discuss events, philosophies & morality.
Help the laid back, passive & lonely have fun.
Expect your children to be tough & persistent.
Don’t discuss the families’ (Monkey) business.
Pay your family back when you “borrow” from them.
If they can’t prove it, don’t admit it, deny, deny, deny.
Apologize, even though you know you can’t change or won’t.
When your family really needs you-help them, no matter what.
Never disrespect Mom, when dad is home or if he will come home.
Feed your family well, no matter how mad you are with each other.
Confront people and apologize when you’re wrong (90% of the time).
Invite the poor, desperate & shameful to your house for the holidays.
Challenge the teachings & logic of Church, science, atheism & government.
No matter how wasteful you are with money have plenty of food in the house.
Tell them why you love them & give a short list of important qualities they have.
No matter how hateful, how wrathful & how alienating, tell them you love them & need them.
Stay with your wife no matter how disrespectful & how many times you have to beg her to come back.
Insist on your children respecting you, parents, friends, relatives, teachers, doctors, police & fire persons.
Be a great care-taker, even though your relatives think you’re lazy, shiftless & ask you why you don’t get a job.
My code is:
Do for others as if you are doing it for Jesus & say, “I’m doing this in Jesus name”.
It’s the same with friends. I can’t believe everyone else is so hard to get along with. Don’t worry I get it; “It’s me & not them”. That insight is soooo…annoying, frustrating & unhelpful. For people who have damaged emotions or slight mental illness in their DNA knowing the truth about yourself can only change you, if you accept your disability & if you don’t have a genetic predisposition & if you don’t have serious trauma or seriously confused thinking. So learn to ACCEPT, ACCEPT, ACCEPT yourself & do good anyway. Time heals only when you’ve been pushing in (Forcing in) positive thoughts, positive memories & spiritual quotes. Try to have quiet, it heals when you create a peaceful area.
Meditation, positive thinking & vacations are very helpful if
You don’t live with your family, annoying people & a lot of stress.
Since long term peaceful settings happen only in Paradise, let’s get ready for real life. Of course, abilities always come with disabilities, so those of us with moderate problems can probably, write, paint, listen, be compassionate or invent something that no one else can. You just have to accept that pain is part of your life, but if you want it-joy is also present. You have to realize that people want to change you & make you normal, but you have to love them anyway. You want to change certain immoral behaviors, like disrespecting parents, insulting people, being too sensitive & ruining everyone’s day & that is worth the effort. God loves you. God can be proud of you, if you are sorry for your faults and you are courageous & do good things anyway for yourself & others! Do something positive. Stop crying & start trying. Nothing beats a failure like a try. I’ve had people dislike me, because of the way I treat my mother & sister, but I’ve had more compliments, because I’m putting my life on hold & taking care of them. Their friends & even nurses tell me I’m doing a good job under extreme circumstances. Mental illness can be an excuse to do nothing, but lie in bed or it can be a greater reason to get out of bed & do something for Jesus. God appreciates your doing good works & He doesn’t accept excuses, so kiss the Son of God by loving your friends, family & enemies or he’ll be angry with you (Psalms 2: 12). Wake up & be glorious. Just as your Father is holy so are His children. Be happy at least a few minutes everyday and remember to practice: Charlie’s Code.
