[ SHOWGSD-L ] we're not that important
- From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
- To: f.fasano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 07:52:36 EDT
In a message dated 5/1/2006 3:51:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
f.fasano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
most dogs that bond well will with their owners will bond to the next care
giver
Cases on point: military dogs. The handlers are rotated, the dogs aren't
and every so many months the dog bonds w/ a new handler. How could any
relationship be closer than those who trust each other to stay alive? Ditto
service
dogs. At four moths, they are often fostered, where they bond to a family,
then return to a training facility where they bond to their trainer and
finally they meet and bond to their "person", and again, can you imagine a
relationship closer (not AS close, but closer), than the relationship someone
w/ a
special need has with their service dog or the relationship of a k9 handler
and their partner? I can't.
Of course, we are talking about sound dogs, secure dogs. Perhaps it's
flattering to a person when a clingy, insecure dog acts as if their world
starts
and ends with that person, won't eat and/or drink, whines, paces and all the
rest when their person isn't available for any reason but IMO it's not quite
right in the scheme of things and that's why for the mental stability of the
dogs I encourage new owners to get them out, let them stay places and let them
stand on their own (four!) feet.
Kathy
three generations of Dual Titled Champions live here!
visit _Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs_
(http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/)
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