Evolution of dogs from hunting partners into yappers

[Omicron]

Ever notice how there's no way pre-historical women would have domesticated dogs?

It was wondered for a long time from whence dogs were derived, until modern DNA analysis delivered a surprisingly simple anser:

Timber wolves.... modern dogs were bred from Timber wolves.

There's too big of a gap between Timber wolves and the yappy little monsters seen today, deserving only to be grabbed with leather gloves and punted like a football when they won't shut up, versus what would have been dealt with starting from pups kidnapped from a wolf-mother's den, or adopted after a wolf-mother was killed.

Guys brought dogs into the situation. We have dogs because of guys. Women were the ones to say, "Well, if you're going to do that, let's bread out of that a monsteriouly useless little bad-tempered yapper with bad fir like the french poodle".

My question is: Why do woman love yappy little dogs that look like they evolved from a different planet?

Those creatures are useless, and their yappiness is like an invitation to be picked up and hurled if not punted, yet women seem to interpret the uselessness and yappiness as friendly conversation... or something like that.

I dont get it, but I do know now that the reason we have dogs as an animal friend is because guys were the ones to adopt them, so...

... I think I know a way to "adopt" bottle-nose dolphins as a form of animal-friend like we did with dogs - and I do *not* mean like has been seen on TV-shows like Flipper - but if it happens, are the women I love going to turn the Bottlenose dolphins' descendents into pint-sized little squeelers about the size of a salmon whom it would be a blessing to see sharks eat?

 

[Nuggler]

Mehhhhhhhhhh, not so sure bout the uselessness.

A yappy little mutt such as ours will alert us to strangers on the property long before we are aware of them, and yet not open the door to civil suits by ripping anyone's arm off.

Mind you, as an Alsatian bear killer she sucks, but that ain't what she's about.

Here's the part for Retired Cdn Soldier: She can sniff out conservatives by the smell of blood on their hands.............LOL:lol: Hard to resist.

 

[SLM]

Don't blame the dog, blame the owner. It was Dr. Frankenstein that did the evil deed, the creature was only a product of his creator.

It is the treatment of small breeds as adornments and/or child substitutes that creates the problem with the yappy little buggers for the most part. And yes, it is predominently women who are guilty of it. But not all women and certainly not this woman, lol.

The dolphin thing is a non-issue. No woman is going to risk damage to her designer bag by carrying the bloody thing around, so crisis averted.

 

[petros]

It is the treatment of small breeds as adornments and/or child substitutes

You don't want to know what runs through my mind when I hear somebody say their dog(s) are their kids.....

 

[Cliffy]

You don't want to know what runs through my mind when I hear somebody say their dog(s) are their kids.....

Yes we do...

 

[petros]

Yes we do...

Ok here is a couple.....ugly dogs from an ugly bitch....

Who trained you to walk on your hind legs?

Where is your leash bitch?

That's a good girl.....

When did you boink the midget Mexican?

 

[mentalfloss]

I blame the socialists.

 

[petros]

Especially those goddam progressive commies.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

There are no bad dogs, just bad dog owners. Dogs are pack animals, you have to establish yourself consistently as the top dog, the leader of the pack, and they'll be fine, calm and submissive and trusting. If you don't, or you're inconsistent, they'll try to be the leader of the pack, and then you've got an ill-behaved, bad-mannered critter who thinks he owns you and will try to dominate you and everybody who comes to visit you. Ever watched Cesar Millan, The Dog Whisperer, on the National Geographic channel? That's all he does, really, just establish who's in charge.

 

[Omicron]

Hmm... well... it's something I've wondered about for quite some time: Do women, on average, prefer yappy dogs?

I know that not all do. My mom, a farm-woman, hated yappy little dogs, but always had a few big ones around, and she'd get mad at them if they barked at anything other than strangers (because they'd upset the livestock), but on average, by and large, when I watch how female owners of toy-breed yappers react, it's almost like the owners feel comforted by their dogs' yapping.

The worst situation I had to deal with was when involved in a situation with an Asian woman with a little yapper. It wasn't a chihuahua... it was something fuzzy and terriorish... but she clearly felt an endearment towards the little mutt when it would go on a yappng rant.

In that case, the problem was I couldn't just ignore it like I would be able to with most yappers, because it had a special pitch to its yap that felt like a drill going through my ears. It literally hurt to hear. She couldn't hear what the problem was, and thought I was being silly, and it led to some serious disagreements, because not only she, but her Asian girl-friends thought the dog's yap was "sweet".

I later on found out it was because Caucasians - especially the males - are more sensitive to high frequencies than Asians, such that Asians are not bothered by things like the sound of nails scratching on a blackboard the way it can bug Caucasians because Asians simply can't hear it the same way. This was first identified by Sony - or maybe it was Yamaha now that I think about it - as a problem back in the 70's, when American white-male audiophiles were complaining that expensive Japanese speakers sounded too "tiny".

The problem was solved by hiring Caucasian males to listen to their speakers while their engineers tinkered with the frequency distribution until it sound right to the Caucasians, and to this day they'll manufacture two lines of speakers with different frequency distributions: One for home consumption and the other for export to European/American markets.

Manufacturers of hearing aids need to produce some special version of their products that don't just boost sound, but which phase-out specific types of sound in order to make it so that if in a room with a yappy dog, that dog's yap is selectively phased out while leaving all other sounds intact.

 

[petros]

I later on found out it was because Caucasians - especially the males - are more sensitive to high frequencies than Asians, such that Asians are not bothered by things like the sound of nails scratching on a blackboard the way it can bug Caucasians because Asians simply can't hear it the same way. This was first identified by Sony - or maybe it was Yamaha now that I think about it - as a problem back in the 70's, when American white-male audiophiles were complaining that expensive Japanese speakers sounded too "tiny".

Yes there are tones that some can hear and other that can't hear certain tones. There was a Mac's store that I couldn't go to because the music they played had tones that supposedly only youth can hear and it keeps them from hanging out in foront. Well I can hear them too and it would drive me nuts so I never went back there. Why shop somewhere that deliberately makes you nauseous?

 

[SLM]

There was a Mac's store that I couldn't go to because the music they played had tones that supposedly only youth can hear and it keeps them from hanging out in foront.

A strip mall down the road from me had the same problem with the kids loitering.

So they starting piping in orchestral music. Now, no more kids.

 

[Mowich]

There are no bad dogs, just bad dog owners. Dogs are pack animals, you have to establish yourself consistently as the top dog, the leader of the pack, and they'll be fine, calm and submissive and trusting. If you don't, or you're inconsistent, they'll try to be the leader of the pack, and then you've got an ill-behaved, bad-mannered critter who thinks he owns you and will try to dominate you and everybody who comes to visit you. Ever watched Cesar Millan, The Dog Whisperer, on the National Geographic channel? That's all he does, really, just establish who's in charge.

My hero.........Cesar Milan. I've learned so much from watching his programs. My guys obey hand signals without my saying a single word. Exercise, discipline and then affection.............works for my furballs just fine.

 

[petros]

A strip mall down the road from me had the same problem with the kids loitering.

So they starting piping in orchestral music. Now, no more kids.

yeah this was orchestra too but it had special tone that allegedly only kids could hear. Well at least I know my hearing is good no matter what the wife may claim.

 

[SLM]

yeah this was orchestra too but it had special tone that allegedly only kids could hear. Well at least I know my hearing is good no matter what the wife may claim.

Maybe you're just eternally young.

 

[petros]

Basketball when I'm 90 or just good hearing?

 

[SLM]

As long as you're not drooling I say keep dribbling.

 

[Cliffy]

As long as you're not drooling I say keep dribbling.

Speaking of drooling - I was just out visiting an old hippy recluse I know. He said he avoids town as much as possible, especially in summer because all the young girls wandering the streets half naked make him drool and that really embarrasses him.

 

[SLM]

Speaking of drooling - I was just out visiting an old hippy recluse I know. He said he avoids town as much as possible, especially in summer because all the young girls wandering the streets half naked make him drool and that really embarrasses him.

Maybe he should take up basketball?

 

[petros]

Maybe he should take up basketball?

I could use a one on one partner.