What makes a dog person?

[TexasHogDogs]

Its a God given talent that a person is born with.  I think some stages of it can be learned threw a lot of experience but the core of it you either got it are you don't .  Dogs see Children in a different matter so you will not know if the kid has it are not till he is older and grown .  Just my take .

[DWEST]

Its a God given talent that a person is born with.  I think some stages of it can be learned threw a lot of experience but the core of it you either got it are you don't .  Dogs see Children in a different matter so you will not know if the kid has it are not till he is older and grown .  Just my take .

I agree, but I think sometimes you can see it shine through at a young age

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[ked]

People that are born with it, whatever it is, can handle all animals, not just dogs, better than most people. It is a God given gift and can only be learned to a certain extent.

This is it in a nutshell. Born with a gift.

[Rodeo]

i agree with alot of you guys, all dogs can feel how you are from your posture. i know that's how my dogs are, i walk out there when i'm mad or pist and they seem to know that. when i'm happy they seem to want to jump around and act like liitle nuts

[Reuben]

dogs have a higher level of perception than we as humans know...my wife was going thru some severe medical treatments and she insisted on taking care of my dogs while I worked a 6 month Turn Around...when was was not ill the dogs ran and rough housed with each other and basically gave her somewhat of a hard time...when the meds mad her ill the dogs were calm and would walk along side her and were very gentle...

I had a dog at the vet because of a big cut he had and at about 2 am my pack of dogs at home started howling very mournfully for a while...I woke up my wife so she could listen to them...I told her Redman has died at the vets office...I called the vet the next morning and the vet said the dog had passed that night of water in the lungs...

I have a few more similar stories about what dogs can feel or know that we do not unless we see with our own eyes...dogs also look at body language, they smell what we are feeling, and they pay lot's of attention to the tone of our voices...one man can discipline his dogs and the dogs will run from him and another man can discipline his dogs and the dogs are not afraid of their master but want to please him...

[KevinN]

Good post Reuben...so true.

It's amazing what dogs "know". Where it comes from...who knows.

Joggeled my memory a bit. There was a story on animal planet I think. A dog that was used to anticipate seizures in a child. He was pretty much dead on and appropriate measures could be taken to ensure the safety of the child. Could have been scent related...don't know.

[justincorbell]

dogs have a higher level of perception than we as humans know...my wife was going thru some severe medical treatments and she insisted on taking care of my dogs while I worked a 6 month Turn Around...when was was not ill the dogs ran and rough housed with each other and basically gave her somewhat of a hard time...when the meds mad her ill the dogs were calm and would walk along side her and were very gentle...

I had a dog at the vet because of a big cut he had and at about 2 am my pack of dogs at home started howling very mournfully for a while...I woke up my wife so she could listen to them...I told her Redman has died at the vets office...I called the vet the next morning and the vet said the dog had passed that night of water in the lungs...

I have a few more similar stories about what dogs can feel or know that we do not unless we see with our own eyes...dogs also look at body language, they smell what we are feeling, and they pay lot's of attention to the tone of our voices...one man can discipline his dogs and the dogs will run from him and another man can discipline his dogs and the dogs are not afraid of their master but want to please him...

Coming from you I completely believe the story I have hi-lighted in red, it really is crazy to sit back and think about that though. Talking about animal behavior has always been a topic I enjoy discussing and reading into....... our 4 legged friends are pretty impressive animals when you really take the time to sit back and look at all that they are capable of and the subtle things they do in certain situations.

This reminds me of the multiple stories i've read in the past about not just dogs but all animals seeking out shelter in advance of a hurricane or large storm.....completely different situation but also quite impressive that they have the insight or instinct I should say to notice minute changes around them and adjust/adapt to survive in situations like these.......animals are pretty durn impressive as a whole.

[KevinN]

Another memory Jog....after some thought....this makes some sense....

Talking about our dogs perceptiveness, or ability to read people/other animals. Back in my bay pen (competition) days....I had a pretty dang good dog. He NEVER caught out but would get super tight on set up hogs (nose to nose) and tight on rougher hogs but not AS tight (2-3 feet). I would always have this dog facing the chute when the hog was released and This dog...I think could read these hogs right outa the chute and know how tight he could get without getting nailed right off the bat.

[Reuben]

Justin...speaking of animals and hurricanes, when I was 5 or 6 years old we were fixing to evacuate because of the great hurricane CARLA...we had a cat with kittens and I was sitting with my grandfather several days before we were to evacuate when she grabbed her kittens one by one and took them to the corn shed and set them up about 5 feet off the ground on the corn...right away I wanted to bring the kittens back and my gpa said to let her be because she was sensing bad weather coming...I don't think anyone new how bad this hurricane was until it came thru...my gpa was pretty smart about nature because they didn't have the technology back in his day...he was born in 1882 and he told me lots of stories as well as taught me some of his ways...that hurricane flooded our area so that cat new ahead of time what she needed to do...

[justincorbell]

Yep Mr. Reuben i had heard numerous stories like that in the past....interesting stuff for sure....ive read a few different possible explanations for it and in my opinion is that the sudden change in barometric pressure is noticed by animals and as we know when storms build pressure in the atmosphere changes. I read a book called "isaacs storm" about the hurricane that decimated galveston in 1902 (i believe) im not positive but i believe that the author at one point spoke about animals of all shapes and sizes pretty much disappearing in the days before the storm, the day before the storm hit the barometric pressure on galveston island  surpassed the previous record low by a substantial amount.....