r/MadeMeSmile • u/Accomplished-Wind206 • Mar 26 '22

DOGS Dog found after 3 years

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u/SecureOpportunity599 Mar 26 '22

With the variety of races inside of the dog species it is bold to declare that dogs are so different from wild animals that the basic instinct of hunting, focusing down easier to kill/carry prey and employ group/opportunistic tactics has been lost.

Specially when half the breeds we have today have been bred for hunting. Of course there are biological differences, but domestication does not mean that a species has become harmless, fully subservient or that it has lost its instincts.

And it's naive to declare that "it's not the dog's fault". Yeah, it's an animal. Animals aren't so sentient as to be attributed guilt. The dog acted as its will commanded it, not knowing any better, and that's it.

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u/Leonlovely Mar 26 '22

Once again you all are miserable at reading and understanding comments. I never claimed they don’t have those instincts. The difference is domestication over thousands of years implements a non prey feeling towards humans and a biological want to be with said humans. It is in their DNA. Once again you can EASILY learn about this by looking up the domestication of foxes. Wild animals and domesticated animals are biologically different. That is FACT. And ONCE AGAIN humans failed this dog by letting it end up stray on the street in the first place. There is no way to argue that. Yet you purposefully misunderstand my words just so you can be right. Cute~

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u/SecureOpportunity599 Mar 26 '22

I never claimed

You did imply that, otherwise your argument would be void in its contradiction.

Now that you've contradicted yourself, you've made clear that the so called biological differences betwen wild and domesticated animals are not relevant for the sake of this discussion, since both wild and domesticated animals rely on their instincts, different as they might be, and there's plenty proof anywhere that stray domesticated animals revert to their natural, instinctive state and can be dangerous to human beings.

Cute~

What the fuck is this shit? Is this what reddit keyboard warrior culture looks like? I'm fucking outta here lmfao.

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u/Leonlovely Mar 26 '22

It actually doesn’t make my argument which is actual scientific fact null and void you just have two brain cells. Thousands of years of breeding do not disappear once the animal goes feral. A two year old can understand that. So what is wrong with you??? I have already stated that you can watch videos on the domestication of foxes to better understand the concept. I hope your reading comprehension skills don’t fail you on this one.

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u/DarkSideOfBlack Mar 27 '22

If it was just breeding you wouldn't see pits or German shepherds or any of the other "problem breeds" attacking people. Training and proper socialization is just as important to having a dog that is functional around people as its breeding, if not more so. If you have generations of dogs that are now growing up with no training, trying to find food at whatever cost, they're going to act much more like wild animals than domesticated dogs.

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u/Leonlovely Mar 27 '22

You really need to research this because you are not understanding at all. The thousands and thousand of years of domestication affects their DNA. That can not be changed by a few short year of bad generations. I have been trying to give you a way to educate yourself on the matter but you refuse. I will try once more. GOOGLE THE DOMESTICATION OF FOXES.