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gabbar
2023 Jul 29, 3:19pm
gabbar
2023 Jul 29, 3:19pm
A dog with a good temperament can be angelic in impact to the human. But they are often bred for profit and its hard to find quality or easier to find bad temperament dogs and not know about it.
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richwicks
2023 Jul 29, 11:58pm
richwicks
2023 Jul 29, 11:58pm
Patrick says
That exists. You need to get your dog checked out though and a certificate. I almost did it with my dogs. I lived near a nursing home for a while, I often would unofficially do it.
The dogs can't freak out when they see somebody grotesquely disabled, or if they are in a wheel chair, etc. They are concerned about that.
Maybe there could be a program where the owners of docile dogs would regularly take them to nursing homes for the residents to pet and enjoy. There might be some waiver the residents need to sign in case someone gets bit, but I don't think it would be a real problem if the dogs were known to be relaxed.
That exists. You need to get your dog checked out though and a certificate. I almost did it with my dogs. I lived near a nursing home for a while, I often would unofficially do it.
The dogs can't freak out when they see somebody grotesquely disabled, or if they are in a wheel chair, etc. They are concerned about that.
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WookieMan
2023 Jul 30, 6:40am
WookieMan
2023 Jul 30, 6:40am
gabbar says
Yeah, the dog is the X factor. My 2 when alive would have been perfect for that. My new career now involves me carrying dog mace/spray. No joke. Guess the job... I'm enjoying the shit out of it and have had no interactions with dogs. Humans are more annoying. Hence getting this job, plus the pension. Lost 20lbs.
I love dogs, but with 3 kids it's not fair to the dog at this stage in the kids lives with activities. They don't get attention and when we travel we have to board them or ask for help. Just not worth it or good for anyone including the dog(s). So we're out of that game for the foreseeable future. Maybe after 48-50 when the kids go do what they're gonna do that's not gonna be in my house, we'll get another dog again.
A dog with a good temperament can be angelic in impact to the human. But they are often bred for profit and its hard to find quality or easier to find bad temperament dogs and not know about it.
Yeah, the dog is the X factor. My 2 when alive would have been perfect for that. My new career now involves me carrying dog mace/spray. No joke. Guess the job... I'm enjoying the shit out of it and have had no interactions with dogs. Humans are more annoying. Hence getting this job, plus the pension. Lost 20lbs.
I love dogs, but with 3 kids it's not fair to the dog at this stage in the kids lives with activities. They don't get attention and when we travel we have to board them or ask for help. Just not worth it or good for anyone including the dog(s). So we're out of that game for the foreseeable future. Maybe after 48-50 when the kids go do what they're gonna do that's not gonna be in my house, we'll get another dog again.
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HeadSet
2023 Jul 30, 6:48am
HeadSet
2023 Jul 30, 6:48am
WookieMan says
Mailman?
My new career now involves me carrying dog mace/spray. No joke. Guess the job..
Mailman?
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richwicks
2023 Aug 1, 3:12am
richwicks
2023 Aug 1, 3:12am
gabbar says
Our real disadvantage is we worry about the future, the far future, not the future of the day.
If you've ever had a dog, you get grounded in the moment or at most, the next few hours, when you interact them. They don't experience long term worry or long term regret. I have had terribly abused and broken dogs which NO HUMAN BEING could ever recover from, but they can. They'll have echoes of it, but it's not debilitating like it is with a human being. A year or two of being nice and kind to them, they almost entirely forget their past, but they retain their habits of distrust.
A good memory is what everybody says they want, not really. You don't want to remember the trauma you experienced at 5, over a relatively trivial issue.
Patrick says
The human has the disadvantage of the big brain
Our real disadvantage is we worry about the future, the far future, not the future of the day.
If you've ever had a dog, you get grounded in the moment or at most, the next few hours, when you interact them. They don't experience long term worry or long term regret. I have had terribly abused and broken dogs which NO HUMAN BEING could ever recover from, but they can. They'll have echoes of it, but it's not debilitating like it is with a human being. A year or two of being nice and kind to them, they almost entirely forget their past, but they retain their habits of distrust.
A good memory is what everybody says they want, not really. You don't want to remember the trauma you experienced at 5, over a relatively trivial issue.
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Patrick
2023 Dec 17, 3:24pm
Patrick
2023 Dec 17, 3:24pm
https://notthebee.com/article/study-shows-that-elderly-dog-owners-have-less-chance-of-getting-dementia-than-cat-owners
A study with 11,000 participants pretty much proved what we already knew: the crazy cat lady stereotype is a real thing. Elderly cat-owners were significantly more likely to develop dementia than elderly dog owners.
But, before we start dunking on cats, it's good to note that people without any pets had about the same chance of developing dementia as cat owners.
The fact that people with dogs did better than those with cats or those without pets shows there's something about a dog that keeps elderly folks wits about them.
I don't know how you'd get more children to visit, and it would no doubt be prohibited by the Vaxx Nazis anyway, but maybe dogs would work.
Maybe there could be a program where the owners of docile dogs would regularly take them to nursing homes for the residents to pet and enjoy. There might be some waiver the residents need to sign in case someone gets bit, but I don't think it would be a real problem if the dogs were known to be relaxed.
It would certainly do a lot of good for people who often literally have nothing left to live for.