Does Your Dog Have Any Sense Of Self-Preservation?
Discussion
Our dog is scared of fireworks, thunder and gunshot.
Yesterday he didn't leave the house (not even for a poo) for 24 hours because it was a bit humid and a storm was threatened.
However, if he sees a leaf, or a feather on the breeze he will run out in front of traffic.
Last autumn, he ate a daffodil bulb. If you've never seen the effects of this, they are spectacular. The very next day he ate another one.
Three days ago, he found a toad, licked (or bit) it and foamed at the mouth for over an hour. Today, he's done the same thing again.
He constantly tries to eat bees.
Is he a moron, or just a dog?
Yesterday he didn't leave the house (not even for a poo) for 24 hours because it was a bit humid and a storm was threatened.
However, if he sees a leaf, or a feather on the breeze he will run out in front of traffic.
Last autumn, he ate a daffodil bulb. If you've never seen the effects of this, they are spectacular. The very next day he ate another one.
Three days ago, he found a toad, licked (or bit) it and foamed at the mouth for over an hour. Today, he's done the same thing again.
He constantly tries to eat bees.
Is he a moron, or just a dog?
Doofus said:
Monkeylegend said:
What are the effects of eating daffodil bulbs? Serious question.
Impressive and prolonged vomiting and diarrhea.We have daffodils in our garden, lucky the dogs don't seem interested in them. The cats like to eat various plants and grasses though.
It's the lack of awareness of the dangers of traffic that gets me. Mine would expect, I think, to be able to fight a car off, if it ran out in front of one and didn't like it getting too close. Needless to say it's always on a (non-extending) lead. Surely a creature which can work out how to open doors can work that out? But no. Not a chance. It must think it's invincible.
Best "dog eating unsuitable matter" incident I can recall was my sister's Labrador swallowing a bar of Vanish soap which had been dropped on the floor. It was not well for a long while after that.
Best "dog eating unsuitable matter" incident I can recall was my sister's Labrador swallowing a bar of Vanish soap which had been dropped on the floor. It was not well for a long while after that.
A thought I voiced a couple of months ago.....
Is it a first birthday celebration or.... Yay! we managed to keep you alive for a year celebration.
Pretty sure they're morons!
Any notion of traffic and roads must only come from training.
No, you're not getting to play in that fast flowing high level river!
Don't eat that! What are you eating? Here, spit it out!
Is it a first birthday celebration or.... Yay! we managed to keep you alive for a year celebration.
Pretty sure they're morons!
Any notion of traffic and roads must only come from training.
No, you're not getting to play in that fast flowing high level river!
Don't eat that! What are you eating? Here, spit it out!
My German Shepherd wasn't afraid of much, except horses and cattle. He'd bark at both, but would hide behind me if they got too close. He was fond of eating wasps and had to be prevented from doing so.
My OH's shih tzu is too stupid to be afraid of anything, and has recently taken to lunging towards noisy vehicles while on his lead. It's a matter of speculation in the house whether he will eventually succeed in offing himself by attacking a moving Amazon van or by eating something he shouldn't. He's already had a good go at the latter by attempting to swallow an unchewed lamb bone, but will attempt to scoff anything he finds on a walk before it can be confiscated. I wouldn't like to bet.
My OH's shih tzu is too stupid to be afraid of anything, and has recently taken to lunging towards noisy vehicles while on his lead. It's a matter of speculation in the house whether he will eventually succeed in offing himself by attacking a moving Amazon van or by eating something he shouldn't. He's already had a good go at the latter by attempting to swallow an unchewed lamb bone, but will attempt to scoff anything he finds on a walk before it can be confiscated. I wouldn't like to bet.
Some are inherently stupid. Others not.
We have one of each. One ...10yrs old is inherently stupid. The other 2yrs old sensible.
Stupid dog has zero road sense.... whilst on a lead, car comes, he pulls to walk in the middle of the road. Pull into the drive he insists on running out & all round the car. He will get squashed one day. We live in the countryside....gun goes off..... he bolts in the direction of home no matter how far away we are. On one occasion he didn't bolt home, but dived in a bush & wouldn't come out. Tries to eat bees & wasps, despite having done so once when his mouth blew up like a balloon. Wanders off whilst on a walk & gets himself lost, we have to send the younger one off to find him, which she usually does & brings him back. He eats sand at the beach despite the painfull side effects next day. Gobbles his food so quickly he will throw it up a few minutes later.
We have one of each. One ...10yrs old is inherently stupid. The other 2yrs old sensible.
Stupid dog has zero road sense.... whilst on a lead, car comes, he pulls to walk in the middle of the road. Pull into the drive he insists on running out & all round the car. He will get squashed one day. We live in the countryside....gun goes off..... he bolts in the direction of home no matter how far away we are. On one occasion he didn't bolt home, but dived in a bush & wouldn't come out. Tries to eat bees & wasps, despite having done so once when his mouth blew up like a balloon. Wanders off whilst on a walk & gets himself lost, we have to send the younger one off to find him, which she usually does & brings him back. He eats sand at the beach despite the painfull side effects next day. Gobbles his food so quickly he will throw it up a few minutes later.
My dog would run out in front of a tank if he saw something he wanted to chase......
He has no sense of self-preservation whatsoever and also no sense of his own size - despite being 20kgs, he's convinced he fits in small spaces and can climb on things he has no right to climb on.
He eats whatever tastes nice. He barks at whatever annoys/scares him or barks at him first.
I've concluded that dogs are just 100% instinctual - they have no sense of if they should do something their instincts are telling them to, they just do it.
He has no sense of self-preservation whatsoever and also no sense of his own size - despite being 20kgs, he's convinced he fits in small spaces and can climb on things he has no right to climb on.
He eats whatever tastes nice. He barks at whatever annoys/scares him or barks at him first.
I've concluded that dogs are just 100% instinctual - they have no sense of if they should do something their instincts are telling them to, they just do it.
I take my flipping massive Golden Retriever b
h Munro walking quite a lot (where the terrain looks sensible). Last weekend we were up a hill when we got to a section of the two foot wide path that had a 1,000 foot drop on the left hand side. The dog did her usual thing of bounding up - as did I - but I got so nervous about the way back down I had to find a different way off the hill, which was easier said than done. She just bounds straight downhill without a care and I reckoned that the downhill version would be curtains.
We also have a Flatcoat who has never been Munro bagging as she is far too sensible to expose herself to death on a stick.
h Munro walking quite a lot (where the terrain looks sensible). Last weekend we were up a hill when we got to a section of the two foot wide path that had a 1,000 foot drop on the left hand side. The dog did her usual thing of bounding up - as did I - but I got so nervous about the way back down I had to find a different way off the hill, which was easier said than done. She just bounds straight downhill without a care and I reckoned that the downhill version would be curtains.We also have a Flatcoat who has never been Munro bagging as she is far too sensible to expose herself to death on a stick.
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