I love how dog behavior can be so breed-specific. Like, sure, it makes sense to me that broad-stroke things like “this one is more friendly, this one is more alert” can be genetic. But apparently there is a combination of genes that codes for “chase prey animals into a tight herd but don’t attack them.” And a different combination of genes that codes for “run after things, pick them up gently, and take them to a person.” It’s not just training; you can see these behaviors even in little puppies that have never been exposed to the situation before. I think that’s delightful and kind of mysterious.
One of the most delightful things about my roommate’s new corgi is that even though he’s two, he never really had a chance to really run and exercise his herding instinct as far as we know (he’s a rescue). Roommate got him an Indestructible Ball about as tall as he is and he is SO. HAPPY. to chase it full-tilt around the backyard, nipping at it and herding it around despite never having learned to do that, specifically.
This needs more context. The Monsanto seed was free, true, but required millions of dollars worth of Roundup to grow properly, (not free,) and one of the first genetic modifications allows Monsanto to produce seeds which will not produce fertile offspring. Haiti would have been desperate for seed next growing season. Several developing nations are essentially offer a barrel for Monsanto after taking “free” seed.
Haiti wasn’t stupid. They know colonizer tactics.
Yeah, Monsanto’s fucking evil, and it’s not “because GMO.” In this case it’s literally “you will be forced to buy seeds from us from now on in perpetuity, which we are hoping you’ll fall for under the guise of charity”
GMOs: great! probably the future of agriculture! very likely the way we’ll grow things on other planets!
Monsanto: literally the evil corporations in movies, just real
Norse mythology fails to convey the sense of terror that must have hung over Asgard every time Loki was gone for longer than eight months and three weeks
this is cause today i was at the beach and i forgot what sand smelled like so i decided to stick my nose into the sand and snort and it went absolutely not excellent
Hey can someone better with dogs help me figure out what Joey’s posture means? His ears are pricked forward and he seems really tense…my mom thinks he’s being playful but he looks really defensive and stiff to me…but like, I don’t know much about dogs. I just don’t want him hurting my brother’s kitten.
Ok so he looks curious and really unsure but not agressive in any way. He is behaving in a way that i would translate as “what is this tiny dog. Is it a dog? What is this tiny thing? Is it safe!” As long as you are relaxed and willing to show the dog that the cat is ok the dog should be fine.
Dogs are the opposite of humans as far as facial expressions go a lot of the time. A grin to them is agression because you are displaying teeth while a relaxed open mouth is basically a doggy smile. His forward facing pout is not an agressive expression but rather what I call “diving in nose first” smell is a dogs primary sence more than seeing so that intent sniffing is probably just trying to puzzel out what animal this is.
If you want to learn a lot about dog behavior and body language read “for the love of a dog”
My family is really involved with dog training and breeding and I have trained therapy dogs and of all the books on dog behavior I refer to this one the most.
Thank you and everyone else who responded! This helps a lot, I’m glad he’s being more “what is?” and not “how eat?” 😅 we’ll keep working with him to make sure both animals stay safe and relaxed.
He’s very confused because he’s trying to smell this critter and it’s smacking at him. I wouldn’t call it playful, he’s not necessarily trying to play, and it’s definitely good to supervise them, but he’s not going to hurt the kitten.
That tense posture is excitement and maybe a bit of concern at the smacking, he’s not scared.
never make a suicide joke again. yes this includes “i wanna die” as a figure of speech. swear off of it. actually make an effort to change how you think about things.
find something to compliment someone for at least 4 times a day. notice the little things about the world that make you happy, and use that to make other people happy.
talk to people. initiate conversation as often as you possibly can. keep your mind busy and you wont have to worry anymore
picture the bad intrusive thoughts in youe head as an edgy 13 year old and tell them to go be emo somewhere else
if someone makes you feel bad most of the time, stop talking to them. making yourself hang out with people who drain you is self harm. stop it.
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That’s some pretty good advice. I don’t know what’s left of my humor after ‘guess I’ll just die’ jokes but it’s worth a shot.
Personally i went from “guess I’ll die” jokes to “IF I HAVE TO BE HERE FOR 5 MORE MINUTES I PROMISE YOU I WILL BUY JUST, AN ARRAY OF CLOTHES.” and other wild hyperbolic stuff. Just replace the death part with something ridiculous and off topic. Its very entertaining
This also works with calling myself things like stupid, worthless, trash, etc. Even if you do this jokingly to yourself, your brain still believes it, and keeps up the cycle. Seriously, I found that when I stopped saying these things about myself, even jokingly, it made a massive difference.
Here’s a tip I picked up from a friend that’s helped me a lot — replace self deprecating jokes with ironically self aggrandizing jokes
Like every time I trip and fall, instead of saying “l’m just a disaster human” I say “I’m the epitome of grace and beauty”
Or like, when I draw a picture I’m not 100% happy with, instead of saying “my art is trash” I say something like “you know I think it’s time we replaced the Mona Lisa”
When you do that you get to make a joke, but you’re ALSO getting practice building yourself up, y’know?
And eventually it becomes a reflex and you get so used to it that you can say nice stuff about yourself even when you AREN’T joking
This needs more context. The Monsanto seed was free, true, but required millions of dollars worth of Roundup to grow properly, (not free,) and one of the first genetic modifications allows Monsanto to produce seeds which will not produce fertile offspring. Haiti would have been desperate for seed next growing season. Several developing nations are essentially offer a barrel for Monsanto after taking “free” seed.
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