
Two of my extremely spoiled Dachshunds (Link and Pixie). I have a third that I was recently a foster fail for, but I took this before she joined us.
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Astrogirl wrote:Lethal, nobody wants to know about your herpes.
Lethal Interjection wrote:That's good to know. I can avoid a few awkward phone calls now.
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I remember reading about the fox domestication program in Nat Geo. They selectively bred foxes for docile, nurturing traits for eventual domestication, but they also experimented with breeding foxes that were the complete opposite. The problem with the foxes bred for aggression is that a few generations in, the females would not let their young feed on her milk. So the scientists had to retrieve the pups as infants and keep them in the care of the more nurturing foxes until they were old enough to feed themselves. Their work helped them find what genes were responsible for making fox domestication possible. It was pretty fascinating, if a little nuts.DonRetrasado wrote:I don't remember any of my dogs ever howling. It's possible they did, but it must have been rare.
Fun fact: only dogs bark! It's an entirely domesticated trait, as dogs need a way to communicate with humans. It doesn't count as language, though.
Did you know that domesticated foxes exist? It didn't take long to domesticate them, either; Soviet scientists only started to domesticate foxes in the '50s.
Destructicus wrote: Alt text:
"I wonder if chemists feel bad that they're always left out of these sorts of jokes."
Since when is chemistry not a science?
My Mum's dog (Jack Russell) howls whenever he hears sirens. I don't think I've heard him howl in any other circumstance, but that one is pretty consistent.Lethal Interjection wrote:Question for you dog owners (past and present):
Did/does your dog howl? How often and under what circumstances?
I ask because both of our family dogs have howled under various circumstances (I'll elaborate later if I remember), but I can't say I've ever heard of this being a regular thing with other dogs. (With the exception of those with huskies, as that breed is known more for howling than barking.)
Kimra wrote:Next they'll be denying us the right to say "We'll rape your arse if you don't come to this fucken country."
It couldn't be learned, in this case. As this explanation of each dog's howling will explain.Kimra wrote:I think howling is a trait they learn off each other more often than not, so if one of yours did it the other probably copied. But I'm no dog expert.