the "play" drive, is not developed like the play drive of a pack of dogs, because the dogs are constantly changing. Within our group of dogs, you will may see a pack... but that is rare. As a matter of fact, out of all the hundreds of dogs we see a week, many of whom belong to families with multiple dogs, there is only one true pack of dogs I can recall. These are the Whitley dogs, Honey, Theo and Mattie. Their story is fascinating, but without going too deep into that, what is incredible is how cohesive their unit is, and how structured it is. Although they are fixed, and their lack of sexual drive disables them from practicing the entire art of survival, they act most pack like than any other companion group of dogs I have seen. I think in companion dogs, because we do not allow pack development; where dogs are separated from their family units from an early age, then altered preventing them from starting their own family unit, and additionally not allowed to practice hunting for their own food... which also kills their play drive, and predatory drive, we have created mis use for what may still be instinctual, now resulting in unbalance. Packs are not dysfunctional units, they are very functional units with common goals in life = Survival. The align themselves to be the strongest team possible, and they spend a lot of time developing relationships within, cohesion, structure and trust, so that should they need to defend, protect or hunt, they know exactly how its done. Its is not then that they determine their roles, or practice their feat.... animals that hunt are creatures of conservation... they dont waste energy. Packs are also not made up of individuals with different agendas. For example, many of our multi dog households are comprised of groups of dogs that vary in breed. Each one of these dogs have different desires, and may have very different ways of surviving. I believe this dynamics is correlated to why dogs redirect or displace aggression, because in packs, this would not happen. Its not inhibited through fear or aversion or so called "dominance" or "alpha/pack leader" its inhibited through trust and respect. This is another reason why our entities are not packs, but rather groups of dogs that have learned to co-exist. Can these groups learn to perform as in a pack dynamics? Yes, if they practiced the life skills needed for Survival together and their dependency for each other was based on survival rather than emotional support only. This dynamics is complex... it is not as simple as it is referred to especially in our world of companion dogship. IMO.
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Rabu, 01 Juni 2016
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