Dogs' Love of Man Isn't Just a Con Job

Townhall.com ^ | September 22, 2017 | Jonah Goldberg

[dangerdoc]

Can’t imagine living without dogs.

[jeffc]

Can I have the dog in the photo?

[MarkL]

Having been through a number of MRIs, I can’t imagine how any dog could possibly stay still without being sedated.

It sounds like you’re wearing a bucket on your head and someone is pounding it with a hammer. They give you full-coverage headphones, piping in music, and you can barely hear the music due to the noise.

Mark

[Mears]

I’ve had MRIs but have never been given headphones.

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[FreedomPoster]

Never trust a culture that labels Man’s Best Friend an evil unclean beast.

[billyboy15]

Anyway, I STILL believe a dog’s primary motive to ‘love’ is driven by them knowing WHO THEIR FOOD SOURCE IS.

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How would you explain then the behavior of dogs who react so differently to different people. When we are gone for a period of time and we come home the dog will come over wag its tail and so forth as you would expect. However when certain people come over the house, clearly favorites of the dog, she goes totally berserk,crying and whining and leaning into them. She does only with a select few and these people do not feed her.

[MarkL]

Yes, there is a bond, but sometimes, a Golden just needs to play and eat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=5iTTNRE-njM

Mark

[FreedomPoster]

Did you ever read A Boy and His Dog? I did 40+ years ago.

[RegulatorCountry]

He’d have got ‘em all and won if she would have let him. Just a fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose of the game, that’s all.

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[Kaslin]

Sure you can, :)

That dog looks like my daughter's or grandson's dog. His name is Finn. My daughter, husband and son live in Amarillo

[Mears]

What a dear face.

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[Georgia Girl 2]

My dog loves me best at 7:30 AM and 4:00 PM. You guessed it breakfast and dinner. :-)

[AlaskaErik]

I have a chocolate Labrador Retriever that simply adores me. And the feeling is mutual.

[AlaskaErik]

As I’m reading this story my chocolate lab came over to me, leaned against my leg and waited for me to pet her. It’s as if she knew what I was reading!

[AzNASCARfan]

My new puppy just finished a 2700 mile road trip with me... I got lucky with an old sole puppy, so mellow, nobody believes me when I tell them he is only 8 months old.

[Uncle Sam 911]

There is a reason Dog uses the same letters as God. We have had rescue Beagles for years and the love they show us and we show them cannot be replaced or replicated. Its unconditional and solid. How sad it would be to go home to a silent house every evening, no wagging tails, barking, howls and bays of joy.

[Boomer]

Most FReepers are not worried where their next meal is coming from. I think that with dogs this is a CONSTANT concern because of their inability to reflect on past patterns due to their primitive brain function. So, ‘EATING’ dominates a dog’s thoughts whereas we take it for granted. I believe a dog’s most prevailing thought is ‘EATING FOOD’!!!!

I'll agree it's a primary thought but it isn't the most constant and important thought. My dogs have dry food out all the time, a lot of it, so they never stress about where their next meal is coming from and none are overly fat. They eat when they get hungry. They do get a bite of whatever I'm having and they get a couple of treats per day at about the same time plus a rawhide chew twice a week to keep their teeth clean.

For whatever reason; that morning treat, which I give them first thing when I wake up, is the most important thing in the world to them. I think it signals the start of the new day for them. It may have some other deeper meaning as well but it's the only time they get that excited about it. Truly fired up.

Some of them have their job to do and that's to be a good watch dog which they take very seriously and sometimes even take shifts going outside to hear better while the others nap.

I can't imagine life without dogs but sometimes I think I would get a better nights sleep without them. They do wake me sometimes while "on duty". The trade-off is well worth it though.

[doberville]

Heard at a dog show: (A)”My dog doesn’t like my BF.”
(B) “Get rid of him.” (A) The dog? (B) “No. The BF.”

[ro_dreaming]

The way I look at is, God wants our unconditional love, as he loves us unconditionally. That’s from the top down. In addition, from the bottom up, he shows us the same relationship of unconditional love.

dog - man - God.