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	<title>Comments on: Is Your Dog as Smart as You Think?</title>
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		<title>By: Dave Stephenson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave Stephenson</dc:creator>
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		<description>I have noticed that there is a human limitation with animal studies.  As a person I make a different type of connection to my pet, than some humans do to their theirs.  In close observation of this group of people the relationship with their family is much like I observed with the pet.  

Some people just don&#039;t seem to make, what I would call a connection, to either humans or pets.  How can they possibly observe the nuances that show the animals percection, when they monitor them like they would a inanimate object.  Even when they own the pet they still do not make the same connection so their observations seem rather unrealistic.  

I have read dozens of dog related books that made. Me wonder if they actually even had a dog.  Now I think that some people refer to dogs as just a product like a cow or chicken not a domesticated pet.  But I as well believe that we minimize most non human contact, this is what allows us to continue to kill, what we think are trivial living things.

Personally I have seen my dog be clever as she knows my schedule and where I am in the house at given times and seemingly take advantage of that to obtain something I don&#039;t want her to have but she does.   Kind of like a adolescent child.  

Look closely at the world around you, most of us are so glued to our computers that we can&#039;t see beyond our own small circle.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have noticed that there is a human limitation with animal studies.  As a person I make a different type of connection to my pet, than some humans do to their theirs.  In close observation of this group of people the relationship with their family is much like I observed with the pet.  </p>
<p>Some people just don&#8217;t seem to make, what I would call a connection, to either humans or pets.  How can they possibly observe the nuances that show the animals percection, when they monitor them like they would a inanimate object.  Even when they own the pet they still do not make the same connection so their observations seem rather unrealistic.  </p>
<p>I have read dozens of dog related books that made. Me wonder if they actually even had a dog.  Now I think that some people refer to dogs as just a product like a cow or chicken not a domesticated pet.  But I as well believe that we minimize most non human contact, this is what allows us to continue to kill, what we think are trivial living things.</p>
<p>Personally I have seen my dog be clever as she knows my schedule and where I am in the house at given times and seemingly take advantage of that to obtain something I don&#8217;t want her to have but she does.   Kind of like a adolescent child.  </p>
<p>Look closely at the world around you, most of us are so glued to our computers that we can&#8217;t see beyond our own small circle.</p>
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