Canis Lupus Familiaris:
The animal known as the dog. When we bring one of these into our
lives and homes we are taking on a special set or responsibilities
that we do not have even with our own children. This is a totally
different species from what we see everyday, a species different from
ourselves, but not totally unfamiliar to us.
Being as general as possible when describing a dog we would be
forced to classify them as “Animals”. As our description gets
more complex we would move to “Dog” as our description of our
family pet, more complex he becomes “Breed” and then finally
“Personality”.
This is also how we should look at our “Mans best friend” when
it comes to interacting with, training or conditioning, working with
and playing with.
We connect with our dogs on the animal level as we are both animals.
We then train them on the dog level for this is ultimately what they
are. We work with them on the breed level as this is where their
special skill sets come into play. Then finally we play with them on
the personality level as this is where their fun “genes” reside.
