WallacetheKhakiCampbell
Songster
Okay, wait wait wait, I couldn't get the second article to load but just did. There is not even the slightest mention of a CAT scan. Just about what they think of the Alpha thing. You don't have to hit your dog into obedience. But the things like walking through doors first and such just teach obedience if nothing else and makes them more well trained. I don't see what the problem is with that. A CAT scan does not read a dogs mind. A CAT scan creates an image of the brain by compiling many many 2D images into a 3D structure. Then the 2D pictures allows us to see abnormalities and stuff like tumors.Okay sorry I didn't see people were still responding to my previous threads. I saw this thread asking for ideas on pitbulls. Also to be clear, it says "Pitbulls". So I kindly wrote my response knowing this was controversial. No, I am not a APBT expert, I did not prepare a list of facts and links like some of you, I didn't even know the whole difference between APBTs and pitbulls. Thats kind of the reason I clicked on the thread. I wanted to see your side of view, and learn more, is that not why we are all on BYC? I got the response from people and expected a kind discussion of the matter. Then someone told others to "ignore" me because I wasn't listening?? Is cancel culture actually seeping into BYC? I hope not. Would I have still been responding if I wasn't listening?? Im on this thread to listen. Obviously Im not going to just give in to your view the moment you gave a few facts. Thats not how multiple sided discussions go. The more reasons you give the more I understand the topic and how you see things. I see now that there are American Pitbull Terriers and the pitbull crosses you see at animal shelters and such. As I did not know much going into this (why I went into this), I responded to what I knew as a Pitbull, a sweet loving dogs. Again, the title says "pitbulls". Then chickentrains told me my dogs are poorly trained because they aren't a fan of cats? Come on people just think before you type these things. Be nice for once. But really people, are the snotty messages and serious arguments really necessary? We are discussing dogs! Dogs are hugely important and amazing and all but arguing over them? I tried to put in as many laughing emojis as I could to show it was all light-hearted. Im still very curious about what you guys say about dominance and order within dogs. And I wanted to keep discussing that. It doesn't make sense to me that there can be no understanding of dominance, or alpha/beta, in dogs. A human commanding a dog to sit is not hardwired into their brain, yet they learn it. We cant CAT scan a dogs brain and see that it understands its name is Indy, or Finn, or whatever it is. Almost all group oriented animals have an understanding of one animal having more authority than another. From bees, to chickens, to humans, to elephants. Why can a dog not learn that one human or another dog is in charge over another. They are incrediblely smart animals. Also, reading your alpha debunking article, I believe the alpha theory and use it but never, never, hit my dogs. I can do things like telling them to stay before they walk through a door, siting before eating and I tell them when they can go. Don't worry I only wait like 10 seconds. It only teaches them obedience. They are some of the happiest most loving dogs you'll ever meet! Im training one for hunting so she needs to understand who gives directions to keep her safe and close by.
Also, is anyone else having problems with autocorrect. Every time I type "pitbull", it tries to autocorrect to "pitfall".
