We adopted a steet dog from spain 8 years ago. She was very reclusive and shy at first, never played or barked but very loving in her calm way. What I noticed is that she became much more "talkactive" over the years. For example: she will make those dog "meeeehp" sounds when there is a lot of chatter in the room to chime in. Her face also became a lot more expressive. You can really tell when she is happy, exited or annoyed. What I'm getting at is that she became quite human in her mannerism compared to before when she came fresh from the street. It's also worth noting that shes the only dog in our house, so most of the time her only company are humans.
@@daynabailen4331 Twelve years ago call it midlife crisis ,whatever, I was in a bad way. Very depressed. My son found me a little Fox Terrier that was being abused. Never liked small dogs...poodles n such. I guess it's because I never knew a Terrier. Amazing dogs...aggressive, yet sweet to their family. Very intelligent and vivacious.....comical even. Yes...he saved my life twelve years ago...another thing...with good care they live long lives. My neighbors had a Ratter that lived 20Years!!! Still....his mussel..like mine, is grey now. What am I going to do when.... Please don't say...get another dog! Thats so shallow!!! I'm 65 and he's 12. Started telling him lately..'Don't worry bud...we're goin out together'.....kind of freakin me out!
@@joescott My experience based on living with 3 to 5 dogs at any given time over multiple decades is that much of dogs communication with us is very subtle. Some not so much. :) New here, subed, enjoying the content.
Came here because our wonderful Paul, who had been a member of our family for 19 years, just passed away and I am so glad he existed and was with me for so much of my own life. Never had envy for other dogs, cause I had the coolest of them all. RIP, Paul.
You make Monday better bro, thank you. I also want to thank the mofos that put down loot to keep you goin, I can't afford to help. You guys keep Joe alive for all of us.
Yesss this! Thank you everyone involved, and thank you for watching, these brighten my days too and I can afford to support him only by watching adds (never do that for most youtubers but on this channel it's the least I can do)
100% agree, my broke college ass sitting here trynna figure out how to eat this bag of flour, can't really put down money on patreon atm, but i really appreciate those who can and do. (Btw i have baking powder but no yeast - maybe i can still turn this flour into a bread-like product? 😅)
volatile0701 Lol wound up mixing it w/ a splash of oil, baking powder, water, and salt. Then put some dried herbs from the pantry on top and baked it in a glass baking dish. Not bad w/ butter :)
Good morning Joe 🌞 My German Shepherd has saved me a couple of times from bears, and once from a cougar out here in the woods of beautiful British Columbia. So I definitely think that we needed them to help us survive
German shepherds is probably the most impressive breed of dog imo. Really want to get one but I don't have the time to train one at this time. My cousin who has a military/border patrol background trained his so well that she is a great defense dog as well as a certified comfort dog for the eldery and children in hospitals. We once had a conversation outside for about 2 hours and she would drop the frisbee at our feet, we would throw it 30 feet and she would catch it mid air and bring it back to us. Didn't stop for even a short breather for the two hours we were out there. They are athletic freaks of nature's yet are still some of the most calm and caring family dogs. Really their only downside is the crazy amount of shedding lol
@@tylerjacobson3169 Not all German Shepherds are that athletic, there are a couple of different lines. Working Line and Show line. I have had show line dogs that after 15 minutes of slow walking want to fall down and rest for the entire day and some that will go for hours. In general show lines are not very athletic, they are great dogs, they love you insanely, but they are not the best when exercise goes too long. Working line dogs I have had are much more athletic and interested in constant activity. They will run and jump for hours if you can't wear them down with focused activities. The sports world is for these type, they are not for the average lazy couch potato owner. Both lines will love you, both can be the best friend you will ever have. I love these dogs
There are probably countless stories of dogs saving humans. So here's another....when an electrical fault sparked a fire in middle of the night as my sister and her partner slept, their dog's whining and scraping at the bedroom door woke and alerted them to the danger. They and the dog made it out just in time as the wooden structure was soon completely engulfed. Their mixed breed dog without a doubt saved their lives. Bless him.
We had a Border Collie first, that was so intelligent it was shocking. Losing Sammy suddenly one day was as traumatic as losing any close family member
Good luck in finding another one. It took a while but I finally found the perfect lil black dachshund pup I've been wanting for the longest time. I'm sure you'll find the right dog too. :)b
I can go down a dark road pining for lost friends, but a new dog helps ease the sorrow. Its hard to stay sad when a dog cuddles up to you and licks your face.
I have had family dogs my whole life but when I finally could afford my own place w/o roommates I got a new dog. She was awesome. She was a rescue (always get rescues please) and she was 2 months old when I got her. She went everywhere with me and one day she got so sick and she ended up dying. I was seriously broken when that happened. Months after her death my sister tricked me and took me to see some rescue puppies. I was not ready for a new dog yet but one of them came over to me and did not want to leave my side. While i was still heartbroken, she brought me out of my funk. Dogs are the greatest companion. Way better than humans.
There's one thing wrong with dogs. They don't live as long as we do. When you decide that you're going to get a puppy it means that you are going to grieve and mourn in apx. 10 years. But one should have a dog. I have had so many wonderful dogs in my life that I will never forget, and will always love.
Had dogs all my life. I still mourn each one we’ve lost. Dogs have also learned to do something that very, very few other species have (especially instinctively and/or with regularity) that actually (IMO) gives them an evolutionary advantage over almost every other species - they’ve learned to ask us (humans) for help!
I’ve had dogs all my life. Many of them have lived long and productive lives. Our Plott Hound that saved me from a burning home is very ill and close to death after 10 years (long life for this breed). As a farmer I lose animals all the time but this is the toughest ever.
I learned that horses are also very good at microexpressions in both directions. At one time my horse and I got to the point that when riding, if I turned my head in one direction, he would turn that way. This might have been communicated by slight changes in my posture - other things like touching in different places with my feet also were effective - but by paying attention I learned a lot about what my horse was thinking by observing subtle changes in his eye - even though I could not tell what the change was.
Please dont buy dogs just bc they are cute. Make sure you are a right fit for them 1st. Surprised joe got this breed type. Since breeds like this its hard for them to breathe daily. Like Bull dogs cant swim, they will likey drown. We should not breed these dogs anymore.
I completely agree, better get a crossbreed. Full breeds are overbred mostly, which brings alot of medical complecations. German shepards have a lot of problems with their hips and the chihuwauha always a headache and many more... It is sad...
I used to have retrievers as pets. Sad thing is that when they get old the hip dysplasia becomes a problem and they can hardly move. Now I try to get a cross-breed to lessen the likelihood of genetic disorders. Herding dogs are usually well bred. My profile pic is my old dog Chief. He was a German Sheperd crossed with a Kelpie.
Hey Joe, my dog competes in dog agility. In my limited experience dogs have a strong natural ability to read body language that it really does feel like a lot of it must be instinctual. When I am practicing agility a lot of the practice is learning how your dog is reading your body language so that you can better tell them what to do. There are elements of training the dog but a lot of it is actually training the human. Further the bond that you build working with a dog is incredible. It is a difficult to describe experience but is truly something amazing. Spending that time shows both you and your dog how to communicate with each other and it is surprising how much dogs and people can say to each other without a common language. If your dog ever does agility with you, you should post a behind the scenes video of it. Dogs running agility is always fun (even if they aren't jumping high or running fast).
@@joescott I've trained an award winning pack of bacteria I've gotten quite fond of... And a few yeast that can do some tricks ... And my occasional flings with random amoebae.... That's some kinky footage...😉
Crows & ravens are not only smart as hell, they’re quite possibly smarter than human beings. Of the several scientists who’ve conducted long term studies of crows in the field (no pun intended), at least two have been brave enough to suggest that they’re not only smarter than humans but that they are much more “humanitarian” to others of their species than are humans. For example, crows who become accidentally separated from their flock & unable to return to it are usually adopted by other flocks. As a rule, a strange crow will be accepted into a new flock, the only criteria being that the new crow behave according to crow laws: that is, the crow must not be a killer of other crows, must behave civilly to other crows. Such acceptance of a stranger is extremely rare among animals, particularly among birds but also among most mammals. Crows have been shown to have systems of laws by which flock members must abide, & a crow who is known to have murdered another crow is usually forced to leave the flock. If said murderer crow has more seriously transgressed crow rules re: killing other crows, that crow is often killed. And yes, they seem clearly to hold trials of the accused, jointly deciding on the fate of the transgressor, whether the decision is to oust that crow from the flock or to kill the transgressor. Friends & I have observed such actions, though of course our informal observations do not count as scientific evidence. But there is evidence of these behaviors in crows. Also, it’s now known that crows learn their language & most behaviors from their elders, a young crow being taught by both family & flock. Very little of their behavior is strictly innate/instinctual as previously believed. I was fortunate enough to have a crow live with me for several years, after I took him in as a fledgling (probably a few months old). He was stranded by himself, calling for help when I noticed his calls as I was walking home one afternoon. He was perched on a water-fountain in the yard of a guest house (in the inner city), repeatedly giving the distress call crows use. I watched him for half an hour or so, trying to determine if he needed my help. Five cats were snoozing on the nearby porch. He kept giving the distress call & no crows answered his calls, so I found the guest house owner to see if he knew anything about the crow. He only knew that the crow had been there all day giving the same loud frantic call, driving the guests crazy. When a friend & I tried to catch the crow he was rather alarmed but not like a wild crow would be, & I noticed he couldn’t fly very well. I thought his wing was damaged, but later I found out his wing had been clipped, in the way people clip a parrot’s flight feathers to prevent full flight. Still, we easily caught him & took him to my nearby apt. There it became immediately clear that he was very tame, not at all afraid of me or others. He didn’t seem able to survive on his own so I decided to keep him until he was older. Within two weeks, Hurricane Katrina swept through, & the crow & my three cats & I evacuated two weeks later to Ark., where we spent a few weeks. But the crow had already begun speaking in English words before that, had begun yelling out “wow!” after hearing our neighbor repeatedly say “wow”. He was obviously very smart, which was clear from the first day. I’d always loved crowd & had watched them & read about them so I wasn’t surprised that he was really smart. But it was eerie to have him living with me & to realize he was as smart as I was...and he wasn’t even an adult. He loved playing funny tricks on the cats, and one of the cats became friends with him. When he was about 6-8 months old (a year?), he began to exhibit the courtship behavior of crows that I’d read about. Over a period of months he courted me & asked me to be his mate. I was very flattered. But about a year after returning to N.O., where housing had become very expensive & hard to find (the ‘05 floods had destroyed 80% of the housing here), and I ended up having to rent a small room with shared bath. We lived there for about a year, but there seemed no way I could find a larger space in the foreseeable future, and the crow didn’t have room to fly or much room for anything. A close friend took him to live at his large loft space, where he had an open space of about 40’ x 20’ with 15’ ceilings & huge windows on the second floor. The crow, whose name was Shakbatina (Choctaw for wildcat), was able to build up his stamina & his flight muscles. On nice days he would be set on the fire escape platform in his large carrier cage, and two crows began to visit him daily. My friend was fairly sure one of the visitors was a female & that she & Shakbatina bonded as mates.Crows decide on a mate mutually, carry out a year long courtship, only afterwards actually mating & becoming mates for life. After months of the two crows visiting him daily, Shakbatina left with them. He had previously been allowed out of his cage on the fire escape so he could make short flights with his crow friends. Then he made the decision to live with the other crows, to start a new life among his own kind. My friend and I worried about him after he left, as it turned unusually cold that winter. We had no was of knowing if he was all right. My friend had had to move so Shakbatina couldn’t have found him at his former loft. The next spring as my friend was riding through his old neighborhood on his bike, he noticed three crows flying near him. Odd, he thought. Then one of the crows suddenly swooped down to fly beside him, yelling “wow” repeatedly & giving his typical crazy laugh. Shakbatina was alive & well, had joined the crow flock that roosted in the nearby park! By the way, Candace Savage (author of several books on crow behavior) in an interview on public radio in ‘05 was asked if she thought crows were perhaps smarter than human beings. Savage hesitantly said yes, she feared so. She also said that crows are much kinder to others of their species than are any other animal she knows of, certainly much kinder than human beings generally are to others of their kind. She & other experts on crows have stated that crows have a culture we humans would do well to adopt, for as a rule they have more egalitarian cultures than humans usually have and they take in others of their kind who’ve become separated from their flock. A worldwide society of crows, who look after one another. I’d say crows are superior to us humans in many ways, which is what Candace Savage shyly stayed in her ‘05 interview with Terri Gross, & if she were allowed to choose what life form she’d become in a future life, she’d unhesitatingly choose the crow. Actually, crow society is very like the societies of many native peoples of the Americas during pre-“contact” time, so it’s no surprise that many native peoples highly admired the crow & their cousin the raven...unlike many “old world” peoples who despised the crow & invented disparaging terms for crows & crow flocks. What I’d like to know is why is it still legal for humans to kill crows for any or no reason. Crows do not as a rule destroy crops; rather, they prefer to dig out & eat the grubs that feast on corn. Let’s hope that if another animal becomes dominant as humans have in the current world, that it is crows & ravens. We’d all fare much better. Meanwhile, we should be forming better relations with crows, not merely for crows’ sakes but for our own, as maybe we’d start learning from them how to be kinder & more egalitarian, forming partnerships rather than dominating other species as well as other humans.
Jane Garner ....I’ve always suspected crows and ravens were very smart, but your post has really intrigued me, and I’m going to do some research. What first piqued my interest was something that happened a few years ago. About a dozen crows were across the street making crow noise, it was about 6 or 7 at night, and I knew it wouldn’t last long, because at twilight a huge flock of crows, hundreds and hundreds would leave downtown Vancouver and fly about 5 or 6 miles east to a stand of trees in a neighbouring suburb where they always spent the night. Every evening in Vancouver along an east west corridor, it would be like a scene from Hitchcock’s The Birds. (The trees were threatened by development about 15 years ago, but the municipality cut a deal with the developer to build around them). I digressed....so there was a good sized murder (love the plural term) of crows on the overhead wires when I saw one of them get too close to the electrical transformer on the top of the pole. There was a huge flash and bang, half the power went out.in my house and I saw the poor crow drop like a stone to the sidewalk below. But it was what happened next that I’ll never forget. The other crows went crazy flying up and down and around, landing next to their fricasseed buddy, putting their heads close to him, flying way, all the while making a sound I had never heard before. The only way I can describe it would be to say it was like they were keening for the loss of one of their own. They were mourning his death, and then their behaviour became less random and panicked, and seemed to become more ritualistic, with one crow flying down at a time and just standing still then flying off when another one was coming to take its place. This went on for a good hour until a utility worker came to fix the transformer. I swear I think if he had come sooner they would have never let him get to the pole, but they seemed to be finished the crow funeral or whatever it was and they eventually left. I’m sure lots of crows have died by accident before, but I’ve never heard this described before. After reading what you wrote Jane, I’m wondering if the unfortunate crow was perhaps a highly revered senior member of the flock. The initial panic and fierce noise, then the keening and what now I think might have been “the paying of their respects” to their fallen flockmate was something I’ll never forget.
I grew up with a dog and he would always cheer me up and just come to me when I was upset by something my parents did or said. I miss having a dog, but as soon as I have a lifestyle that allows me to be home enough that will last a long time, I will be getting one!
Zoe is adorable. I have two Westies. And, my life is so much better because of their humor, empathy and their fearlessness. Thanks for another great video.
I’ve had my dachshund for 9 years now. I got him as a rescue pup a few weeks before my dad past(I was 19) so I loved on him and held him constantly while coping. At this point 9 years later, he’s the best dog I’ve ever been around. We have such a connection. I don’t have to talk out loud when giving him commands. I just give him different looks or hand signs bc my sister is deaf, so she can interact with him as well. I often feel like he knows exactly what I want him to do before I ever mimic a command, and I also know what he’s wanting for the most part when he’s looking at me. Dogs are truly amazing
Really liked this video, especially a shout out to those of us that bond with other animals. Definitely a life lesson to be shared with everyone. Also, I must be getting soft because I started to tear up thinking about all the animal companions I have had over the years. Including lizards, hamsters, birds, even a squirrel and yes dogs and cats too.
RE: Dogs make work easier I grew up on a cattle ranch. I have driven cattle with pickups, tractors, motorcycles, horses, and mobs of people. None of these worked as well as one man and a dog. Australian shepherds are magic. RE: Cats IME dogs are better ratters than cats.
it's a shift thing, terriers do the day shift, cats the night shift. the 2 things cats have over dogs in this respect is that you do not have to train a cat and they do their work silently
When you say Australian Shepherd, are you referring to a Kelpie, or a Blue Cattle Dog (or Blue Heeler?) My last dog was a Kelpie. The most intelligent, loyal, loving dog ever! She existed to please me, and I existed to satisfy her need for cuddles! The most perfect symbiotic relationship you can imagine.
I had a Pointer and he was a magnificent ratter! My neighbourhood was infested in rats, but there were none at home! Rats are also intelligent creatures, and they knew our house was not safe for them. That dog knew me so well! I have dozens of accounts I could tell...
Dogs have actually played a really big part in why I'm alive today. I've been through more suicide attempts than I can count, but haven't attempted in years now and I really do think dogs are a big reason why. Tasha was a dachshund mix who belonged to a friend, but we bonded so deeply while I was dog-sitting for a month that she ended up becoming mine. I've had dogs before but Tasha was a very special companion and friend. I was heartbroken when she died unexpectedly, and a large part of me felt like I was betraying her by getting another dog only a month later, but I realized that I just honestly needed a dog in my life. Found Hippie at the shelter, the calmest and cuddliest chihuahua I've ever met, and he's been my best friend for almost 4 years now.
it’s funny you say that since, in pokémon, pokémon trainers are humans already so that’s like saying humans are just humans with the ability to bond with animals
Excellent vid Joe. Great tone. Relaxed, curious and explanatory. I know being relaxed can be harder than people think but this one had a real breathable feel.
Not only do me and my dog have a strong connection. But a vital one. I’m disabled. He was not bred or trained to be an assistant. He is simply a pet. But he is so tuned to my expressions and actions, that he just..... helps! He helps me pick things up (I trained him to do that myself tho), he helps me clean up messes, defends me from threats, and.... even knows when I’m suicidal. He’ll sit in front of me, and place his head on my knee, and stares into my eyes, pleading with me to not. Then I collapse into tears as I hug him, and he simply sits there, and hugs back. He is not only beneficial. But vital. To my existence
I finally got around to watching this and catching my name - I laughed heartily when you pronounced "Mathiasen" correctly the first time but then "corrected" yourself to the most common mispronunciation. I don't care when people mispronounce it, so no worries, I just thought it was hilarious that you got it right but then miscorrected yourself! All the best, Eric MATH-eh-sun
with a ''z''..it peaves me off when i troll on here & all people can say is.''you spelt idiot wrong,''.ect..i say,,''ITS THE CONTENT RETARD,,NOT THE SPELLING.!!'' .my keyboard is stky,& i type fast,,so sht happens..stay safe..be nice to people,.
My dog died this May. It felt like just looking at her, I could tell what she felt/wanted, same with her looking at me. It's the first dog I actually have this sort of connection with. I've had plenty of different pets throughout my childhood and teenage years, dogs, cats, hamsters, a parrot, a pony, donkeys, goats, sheep, chickens. No connection like human-dog, in my experience
I am diabetic, and early after my diagnosis, I would experience low-blood-sugar episodes while sleeping. My dog, Spanky, usually slept soundly beside me without moving However, when my blood sugar began crashing, he would jump on me and pull my hair until I woke up. It is possible that he saved my life on multiple occasions. Spanky was the love of my life.
I used to have a dog. Two dogs. The oldest felt more like an old man trapped in a dog's body. Grumpy but lovable, big hugs, preferred to sleep. The youngest was the exact opposite but still lovable. I now sometimes look after the dog of a family friend when he's at work or whatever and she's the reincarnation of the latter...
“Lampreys clean out the gills of Sharks” WHAT???? That's not quite right Joe ... did you mean remoras? A Lamprey is very nasty a parasitic fish. Kind of a vampire fish =)
Remoras don't clean out shark gills either - they tend to feed on the leftovers from shark meals (insert "Jaws" music here). Other fish too, remoras are fish sluts. Off the top of my head, about the only fish I know of that clean any fish's gills would be cleaner wrasses. Nnnext...
If you want to confront something that is a living horror, pick up a wriggling lamprey and take a good, long look down its gaping maw. Sleep tight, tonight.
1:20 "I now have dog hair all over me." You and me both. 5:00 That looks like my high school gym teacher. 11:50 "The t-shirts that you buy there are not covered in dog hair." Yet.
@@joescott could be worse, cat hair is seek and destroy. I swear humans are cat hair magnets. Your in a room with a cat and you just know that hair is flying through the air at you.
I was going through a rough time, and my puppy jumped on the bed, and kissed my nose with her nose, so fast, I didn't have time to react. Dogs give you unconditional love.
I had a dog that could read my body language better than any human. He even knew commands and circumvented them if I didn't use a SPECIFIC word in my command: lie down vs lie down in place. My cats idem ditto. They knew they shouldn't beg, so they never did, as they knew they always got something at the end when I was done with eating.
The question is "why would anyone _want_ to prove themself to a useless food-pit?" The majority of pet cats don't actually hunt and dispose of vermin - they're too pampered and lazy and get fed way too regularly. If they _do_ bother hunting, it's often only for play and the vermin escapes - it's not like that inconveniences the cat; it's still going to get fed by its stupid human servant - or it's some hapless bird that's not causing you any actual harm. Cats were at their most useful when it was "you can have warm shelter here; your food keeps coming out at night and stealing our food - help yourself." As pets, they're at best pointless - at worst, they're nothing more than a potential carrier of _Toxoplasma gondii_ dropping their contaminated feces inside your house. If you really want a pointless pet, get a gerbil, hamster or goldfish - they eat less, smell less and won't give you _Toxoplasmosis_ Even the most purely-decorative non-working dog can at least make a noise to alert you to danger, even if it can't drive off your attacker on your behalf. A cat would only come down off its comfortable resting place when it gets hungry and needs to gnaw on your brutally-murdered remains. Even as pets, dogs do their share of work and they are genuinely affectionate because we are part of their pack. Pet cats do nothing and the only reason they _act_ affectionate is so that you'll spare them the effort of getting off their lazy arses to hunt for dinner.
@@LeafBoye I just think there's more of them than are actually useful/beneficial - and that's just the _pet_ ones... the _feral_ ones infesting our cities, towns and countrysides are a whole other problem. The authorities enforce licensing/registration and ownership restrictions on the wrong domesticated carnivore. It's time cat ownership was regulated at least as harshly as dog ownership.
My wolfdogs have been smart enough to understand 2 and 3 part commands. Such as : 1- go to the dining room, 2- pick up that item , 3-take it down the hall to Grandma and give it to her. They also know to go to rooms based on names (mommy's room, kitchen etc.) and pick a desired item and bring it back. My working line GSD could do 2 part commands. My first wolfdog used a certain sound when she would see me. One day I copied it and said it to her. She jumped up, her ears pricked forward and her tail wagging. I think it is a greeting or a command to gather together. When I taught the sound to my family members they got the same excited reaction. My later wolfdogs all respond to it. I went to a wolf sanctuary (pure wolves only) a few years ago and make the sound. The pack that was 20 feet away, perked up and watched me. As I continued to make the sound the younger wolves came to the fence to check me out. The older ones inched closer over time. I had the entire packs attention.
Thanks Joe! Great video! Kristen and I have been looking forward to your treatment on this topic for a long time. You never disappoint. By the way, I don't think Zoe doesn't like you or the camera, I bet she is holding out for snausages.
Neat recent theory about dogs: A year or two ago it was theorised that the reason dogs tilt their head when they are being spoken to is because they are trying to see more of your face, or more specifically the lower half of your face, in order to better read your mood. A dog has a muzzle/snout and this means it's eyes only pick up 50% of what is in front of it, the lower half of it's vision being just it's muzzle, when a dog tilts it's head it can then see both your eyes and your mouth at the same time and better understand your mood/commands. The dog is basically working it's way around a built-in handicap, that of having a long nose.
Definitely feel like my dog understands me and has learned my routine! If i tell her "go to your room", she knows I mean to go to her spot in the house. I've had several times that I gave her the "dad" look and motion toward her spot and she slinks away to lay there immediately. When I get home in the evenings I change to go for a walk or run and she's usually there waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs looking up in anticipation. There's times when the wife and I will get dressed to workout (hike, run or bike) and she'll immediately go insane whenever she sees our clothes have changed (specifically whenever its workout clothes). No, she doesn't usually do this whenever we change clothes to go out for other reasons... just in case people are thinking it. It is pretty crazy to see how much of a symbiotic relationship there is between mankind and animals. Thanks for another amazing video!!
Dogs are the best! I’ve always had dogs in my family. I hate saying “own.” They are just as much a member of the family as me or my daughter. Their loyalty is inspiring!
I had a dog I loved and still love her in my memories. Her name was Deja and she could read my emotions. She was a cross between a shelti and a collie. I don't know how long I will live but would trade a year in a heart beat to spend one more day with Deja.
My beloved Border Collie / Aussie mix and I are constantly trying to get each other to do things. Sometimes I wonder who is actually running the show. That said, super-smart, strong-headed dogs are the best. You always know what to do and you *NEVER* eat alone either. .... "No cheese, Gromit."
My German Shepherd used to jump up on the bed after I fell asleep. If I tried to encroach on what she thought was _her_ part of the bed (that is, _most_of it), she'd growl in a distinctive way. One night I awakened to that growl and the realisation that I could not straighten my legs because of a rather large mass occupying most of the foot of the bed - then I realised that the familiar "get outta my space" growl was not coming from _her_ but from *me*. Ever after that, I wondered whether I'd learned her growl or she'd learned mine - who, indeed, is running the show? Reminds me of a cartoon of two dogs talking and one's saying "I've managed to train my human - all I have to do is stand on my hind legs and he'll give me a snack..."
my baby is the most docile pitbull you can ever imagine. I was NOT a dog person-- having to tell someone what to do isn't my thing. ..I've had kitties. but I found this little girl wandering around and now she's my pupster soulmate.
My papillon knows when I'm about to have an issue with my heart. He has only been in my care for 6 months now and he knows exactly what is going on with me and knows when I'm sick before I even know. And I can tell immediately what's going on with him too. It's pretty amazing
Cats do this too. I have a friend (alas no longer with us) who was diabetic and was saved from going into comatose sleep by his cat. If I'm unwell, my cats know before I do and make a fuss. They also guard the bed and let you know if someone is at the door...very useful.
My Lab is like that. I have stomach issues. And he always knows when its going to happen... And while I'm sick he lays near me throughout the day... He wont take his attention off of me. I love him so much
I have a Frenchy too. Her name is Frances, she is my second Frenchy, and I now realize I can't exist without one. She is a joy. I researched breeds and at the time I had her I still owned a small black box theater and I wanted her to sit with me at the door. Frenchies are relatively quiet and super friendly so she was an immediate hit with our patrons. She actually figured out a neat trick, ushering customers to their seats. She would lead people to empty seats, wait for a pat on the head and then return to the front to escort the next group. Then when the lights went down she returned to my lap and snored quietly. I love her so much, I can't imagine life without her. She's only 5 so luckily that day is far off.
I suffer from severe Clinical depression, a few nights ago I had to go to the hospital at 1 am. I was very depressed. It was very obvious that my cats knew something unusual was going on and they where quite stressed. They typically show different behavior when I pack for trips but this was far different than that. It was also the first time I've had to go to the hospital since I've had them.
Aww sorry bud. Hope you find another one soon if that's what you want. I have a lil chiweenie that had a bad accident, I was really depressed over it for a while but he got better enough to at least use one foot again. So glad I can still at least have another few years with him and I'll be so sad when he does go, but I'm glad he dodged the reaper this time...
LOVE dogs! My hubby and I have volunteered with a recsue fostering dogs for many years. We have quite the pack. They are our babies and we treat them like. Dogs display unconditional love for their humans. We def have unconditional love for them too! Love all my babies, but my Crash is special. Thanks for this video!!! You are so awesome and I love you more now that I know you love dogs too :)
I think cats kind of get a bad rap. I was always a dog person until a cat was forced upon me and now I honestly prefer them to dogs, though I love dogs as well. My wife and I have 3 cats that all as affectionate as our dog. Honestly its hard to tell them a part sometimes. Both are fantastic companions.
I just got a dog. I've known him for about 4 years, but he was living with my son, and he's amazing!!! He's very protective of me, so now I sleep better. He sheds more than any cat or dog I've ever had (all put together!), and he's half yellow lab, half golden retriever. I like to wear black, so his beautiful blond hair *really* shows! He's changed my life for the better, but I gotta buy a vacuum.
My fondest memory of dogs (my friends had dogs, not me) was us bringing them camping....I felt really safe at night. I can imagine how the relationship mostly started - the docile wolves started hanging around camp sights, trading safety and food.
You should have included a part about the russian domesticated foxes project and compare it to dogs to show even more special traits. Or you could do a whole other video about it :D
Interestingly, in Tierra del Fuego at the tip of South America, the Amerind population, with never had dogs, domesticated the native culpeo foxes. They didn't use them to hunt, they were just for warmth.
The best most loyal friends i ever had was a poodle named George and a terrier mix named Gracie. I had them together for 15 years they died a few months apart from each other. They died in 2014 its 2021 and I still think of them daily.
i work in dog grooming and people are always always surprised when i say i can tell when a dog is about to try and bite or be aggressive (some dogs aren't used to grooming salons) and that dogs will also read off the people handling them, i rarely get bitten because i never show hostility towards the dog, whereas some groomers get frustrated and annoyed at difficult dogs. which leads to the dog being even more difficult or that groomer being bitten. some customers have called me a dog whisperer but it's not that complicated to read a dogs body language.
Or, we can just incorporate what other species can do and mold them the way we want them to. I will not enumerate the list of animals that we have domesticaded. But, I will say, humans are good at modifying/attuning "species behaviour" with our needs. We're doing it with our own species (humans, unsurprisingly). A symbiosis.
I got a 1 and 2/3 year old dog last August. I've had two dogs before him. Sparky, my "new" dog, was so sheltered by his prior owner that he didn't know how to swim - but he's part Black Lab and Golden Retriever. Within two weeks of taking possession of Sparky he learned to swim and now LOVES it! Since I take him for long walks off leash he has also learned to chase critters. He will chase geese along a local river as they take-off and for a couple hundred yards after they are in the air. I've even seen him chase geese that just happen to fly over him 100 feet up. He hears them "honking" as they fly over. lol He also knows that squirrels go UP trees. My first dog figured that out after a few years and my second dog figured it out when he was about 6 years old - but would still sometimes think the squirrel just disappeared as it when up the back side of the tree. All my dogs have made me laugh almost every day. And things they can do but I can't, just amazes me. I often wish I could think and smell (as in catch a scent) like my dog for just a few minutes so I could better understand how he/they sees things. Dogs really are amazing creatures. Scott W
I have been binging your channel for the past 4 days...every topic draws me in (especially the science and space topics). But I had to comment on this one as a lot of misinformation is out there to the detriment of dogs. In 2018, there was an estimated 90 million domesticated dogs in America living in 60 million homes and the year over year increase is about 4% (cats actually outnumber dogs by about 2% on average). There is an estimated 1 billion dogs globally. The trainer is incorrect. She has trained the dog to follow what is essentially treat trained responses. Hand signals in the guise of body movements. This is Pavlov at work. The reason why the dog responds so quickly is misunderstood. The dog's body and mind are able to adjust 'instantly'...notice when you you're walking your dog and if you change direction on the leash, your dog makes their physical correction to follow your input seemingly immediately? Mimicking, etc...is incorrect...dogs are processing at an incredibly quick speed...far beyond most humans. Dogs are able to process our movements not through habituation...but anticipatory analysis of rhetoric and redundancy (it's how dogs behave as predators when tracking, say a squirrel)...how many times have you heard about two dogs fighting...one dog meeting another dog...'the one dog was fine then without warning, he attacked the other dog'...this is not 'unpredictable behavior'...dogs are operating at a very quick processing speed which is normal to them but much faster than most humans can interpret...(such an attack is also due to either the interpretation or misinterpretation of the other dog's nuances). It is erroneously labelled instinct. Dogs do not 'know' where your hand is pointing to...they have learned the pattern of human physical intent. Not mimicking. They recognize the initializing few inches of movement of their human. Take the non-trained dog that does not know you...that dog will not understand your hand pointing to something...once you educate (or use treats to motivate) the dog, the dog's brain has learned...the dog is incentivized (it is not instinctive). We tacitly teach our dogs that our hands provide both affection and sustenance (and in bad environments, abuse). Dogs process at 1/10th of a second. This is provable (another leash example)...When you take your dog to a park to let them run but leave the leash on (in case animal control is around)...As you hold the leash...notice that your dog is tense and waiting...straining to run, he`s taunt on the leash but not pulling...he`s waiting eagerly for you to let go...The instant you let go of the leash, the dog registers the immediate slack (input) and before the leash has even hit the ground...your dog (maybe not Zoe since she is so chill lol) is already blasted off. That is input being processed cognitively through to physical execution. That is 1/10th of a second (actually faster) reaction time. Bruce Lee was tested in Seattle to touch a button when a light flashes...his trigger to cognitive to physical reaction was 2/10ths of a second consistently. Every dog is twice as fast. If we were all as fast as Bruce Lee, we would say 'Bruce Lee is a regular guy, he's slow'...it's the scale that is not being recognized. Because as humans, we don't think at that scale. Another point is that dogs are beyond pack animals...not just familial...but exist on variants of the three dependencies of inter, intra and co. I want to add that treat training a dysfunctional dog (reactive/dangerous/unpredictable, etc...) is passive aggressive Pavlov. It is akin to giving a drug addict more drugs. It retards a dog's emotional and cognitive maturity. Dogs can process simple emotions such as joy...they also have the rudimentary capacity to process (relatively) complex emotions such as tearful joy. Scientist say dogs can experience jealousy...which is a complex emotion consisting of possessiveness, competition, self-preservation, covet and loss of possession/position/etc...I consistently downtrain extremely dangerous dogs exceeding 150 lbs that have attacked upwards of 16 people (without treats, meds, etc...)...I have to work at a scale that is at their predatorial level...This is an interesting topic that I just had to express my opinion.
My cat has many expressions. He has ones for annoyance, affection, mischief, curiosity, etc. His eyes and ears say a lot. My family also has dogs, and they're expressive, too. You can tell when Tuco, an old grumpy dog, likes or doesn't like being pet. He makes funny sounds for both, so it can be haed to tell. Our boxer uses her ears to express her thoughts, too. Animals are fun :3
@@trufluidity7775 I mean think about it... we've domesticated cats for probably as long or close to as long as wolves. But we didn't ever domesticate big cats, afaik. Just smaller wild cats. They aren't pack animals. The relationship is different. Cats love us, but they don't need us. Dogs are conditioned to want human companionship and to work with us. Cats are just friendly companions at best. I prefer cats as house pets, but if I were living as a drifter I'd want a big dog.
@@mrgrumboldt I'm not a cat person personally but it's for those reasons I believe. Cats are loners like you stated but dogs, horses, birds, and the other animals Joe mentioned plus many more are pack animals. As are we as humans. I've never given it a seconds thought beyond the thought of "why do we need other people?" But after this video and your comment I've been thinking about much more than that. I have always wanted a pet tiger but that's not realistic. A pet wolf though? That still sounds stupid but it's also within the realm of possibility. Your comment has me thinking much deeper on this topic than I originally did. And I'm a thinker lol. So I wanna say, thank you :)
My sister's dog is so funny. When he see my mom leaving, he kinda slow tip toes and peeks around the corner basically asking with his tiny doggy eyebrows "Can I join?" because he wants a ride and it's SO CUTE.
We have a 11 year old golden retriever, he is a very smart, peaceful and patient. There was this one time, when we took him to a nearby field for a walk by car, we didn't even say or gestured for him to get in the car, he just jumped in as soon as we opened the door.
I know my cat knows when I want her to come, because she looks at me and then ignores me, usually I yell her name and say cmere and she runs like it’s the end of the world, some days when I feel sad she stays near me or at least in my room more than other days, if I feel more happy she usually is more annoying because she knows that I’ll be more patient. She can read me, and I can read her as well, like when she feels bored, so I play with her and give her treats, she feels pretty much like a dog feels to some people, and I love this fluffy jellybean I have.
Hey Joe, love the channel. Here's my dog story. Rufus and I were playing with his favorite pull toy, when he inadvertently tagged my finger when resetting his grip. I yelped and he immediately let go, scurried off to the other room and brought back one of his favorite bones and laid it down next to me. It was the best way he figured to say he was sorry. Apology accepted! Best dog ever.
i have a rescue hunting dog "Keith" (Pointer cross) and a cat "Egg" (ginger tom kitten.). Keith was left tied to a tree as a pup in the middle of summer with no water or food and it took weeks for him to understand that i wasn't a threat, and i wouldn't abandon him when i left him outside a shop. Its been two years and we are family but he still fears being left tied to anything. Egg was found days old in a bin and was reared by hand by a friend. The bond they have formed together is amazing. Keith is a nervous dog (mostly scared of men and children) wary of all cats and Egg will hide from any dog (will attack anything that moves)but together they are like loving siblings. Sure they fight now and then but two minutes later they will be grooming each other and snuggling. Family is family.
i always thought French Bulldogs were bread to chase mimes?! and that their squishy nose was caused by impacting all those glass walls...
Slow clap.
@@joescott A soundless mime slow clap, that is.
Ugh! Learn your terminology! Those are FRENCH bulldogs! They weren't bread, they were croissant!
@@miriam3848 baguette my good sir
Lmao, so good! You meant bred but other than that, very funny!
😂👍
Getting a dog changed my life. I was perfectly normal before, but I became a better person once I started sharing my life with a dog.
"They were designed to be companions, and for that they are good"
* dog visibly trying to escape his arms*
Yeah, she really helped sell that point.
She was expecting to be turned over and cleaned by Joe. She was noticeably disappointed.
@@Nehmo Or he went against the "grain" of the hairs.
@@Nehmo ehhh...the French like it that way! Filthy boogers!
Dogs slobber and smell bad and are constantly sniffing your balls or vagina.
We adopted a steet dog from spain 8 years ago. She was very reclusive and shy at first, never played or barked but very loving in her calm way. What I noticed is that she became much more "talkactive" over the years. For example: she will make those dog "meeeehp" sounds when there is a lot of chatter in the room to chime in.
Her face also became a lot more expressive. You can really tell when she is happy, exited or annoyed.
What I'm getting at is that she became quite human in her mannerism compared to before when she came fresh from the street. It's also worth noting that shes the only dog in our house, so most of the time her only company are humans.
About five years ago i attempted suicide. After the ordeal my best friend got me a beagle. That little dog has saved my life. I love that little shit.
Beagles are the perfect companion dog! Glad you two could save each other.
I'm happy you're still with us, and that your beagle has an owner that really cares.
Beagles are amasing mine had more friends at the pub than I did.
My dog saved my life too. I hope you are doing well.
@@daynabailen4331 Twelve years ago call it midlife crisis ,whatever, I was in a bad way. Very depressed. My son found me a little Fox Terrier that was being abused. Never liked small dogs...poodles n such. I guess it's because I never knew a Terrier. Amazing dogs...aggressive, yet sweet to their family. Very intelligent and vivacious.....comical even. Yes...he saved my life twelve years ago...another thing...with good care they live long lives. My neighbors had a Ratter that lived 20Years!!! Still....his mussel..like mine, is grey now. What am I going to do when.... Please don't say...get another dog! Thats so shallow!!! I'm 65 and he's 12. Started telling him lately..'Don't worry bud...we're goin out together'.....kind of freakin me out!
"Being cooperative yields the best results." Thank you, Joe. Love you, bud.
The microexpressions of my dog when he wants to go out consist on him crying and barking at the door. I'm such a good observer.
They are anything but subtle.
@@joescott My experience based on living with 3 to 5 dogs at any given time over multiple decades is that much of dogs communication with us is very subtle. Some not so much. :) New here, subed, enjoying the content.
My dogs will jump and bark at the kitchen sink if i let their water dishes go empty.
You should let him inside instead of reading his microexpressions
@@somethingsqueeky8435 inside where? the statement says "my dog [...] go out". the dog is already inside the house and wanna have a stroll
Came here because our wonderful Paul, who had been a member of our family for 19 years, just passed away and I am so glad he existed and was with me for so much of my own life. Never had envy for other dogs, cause I had the coolest of them all. RIP, Paul.
You make Monday better bro, thank you. I also want to thank the mofos that put down loot to keep you goin, I can't afford to help. You guys keep Joe alive for all of us.
Yesss this! Thank you everyone involved, and thank you for watching, these brighten my days too and I can afford to support him only by watching adds (never do that for most youtubers but on this channel it's the least I can do)
100% agree, my broke college ass sitting here trynna figure out how to eat this bag of flour, can't really put down money on patreon atm, but i really appreciate those who can and do.
(Btw i have baking powder but no yeast - maybe i can still turn this flour into a bread-like product? 😅)
@@BothHands1 water and a frying pan lmao it's... Sufficiently like food haha
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Lol wound up mixing it w/ a splash of oil, baking powder, water, and salt. Then put some dried herbs from the pantry on top and baked it in a glass baking dish. Not bad w/ butter :)
@@BothHands1 that actually sounds awesome lol. There will be a day that I'll try it. For now though I have a cabinet full of Ramon noodles 😂
'Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.' -- Mark Twain
Good morning Joe 🌞
My German Shepherd has saved me a couple of times from bears, and once from a cougar out here in the woods of beautiful British Columbia. So I definitely think that we needed them to help us survive
German shepherds is probably the most impressive breed of dog imo. Really want to get one but I don't have the time to train one at this time. My cousin who has a military/border patrol background trained his so well that she is a great defense dog as well as a certified comfort dog for the eldery and children in hospitals. We once had a conversation outside for about 2 hours and she would drop the frisbee at our feet, we would throw it 30 feet and she would catch it mid air and bring it back to us. Didn't stop for even a short breather for the two hours we were out there. They are athletic freaks of nature's yet are still some of the most calm and caring family dogs. Really their only downside is the crazy amount of shedding lol
@@tylerjacobson3169 Not all German Shepherds are that athletic, there are a couple of different lines. Working Line and Show line. I have had show line dogs that after 15 minutes of slow walking want to fall down and rest for the entire day and some that will go for hours. In general show lines are not very athletic, they are great dogs, they love you insanely, but they are not the best when exercise goes too long. Working line dogs I have had are much more athletic and interested in constant activity. They will run and jump for hours if you can't wear them down with focused activities. The sports world is for these type, they are not for the average lazy couch potato owner. Both lines will love you, both can be the best friend you will ever have. I love these dogs
@@tylerjacobson3169 Look up American Alsatian.
Think German Shepherd but about 40lbs heavier and way wolfier...
Remind me to stay out of the woods of British Columbia.
There are probably countless stories of dogs saving humans. So here's another....when an electrical fault sparked a fire in middle of the night as my sister and her partner slept, their dog's whining and scraping at the bedroom door woke and alerted them to the danger. They and the dog made it out just in time as the wooden structure was soon completely engulfed. Their mixed breed dog without a doubt saved their lives. Bless him.
We had a Border Collie first, that was so intelligent it was shocking. Losing Sammy suddenly one day was as traumatic as losing any close family member
I miss having a dog...
Get one!
i miss having my missus.?.not..
Good luck in finding another one. It took a while but I finally found the perfect lil black dachshund pup I've been wanting for the longest time. I'm sure you'll find the right dog too. :)b
I miss the taste of dog
@@thejudestofnolans r/cursedcomments
When my best friend Darby died a part of me went with him. Dogs are a man's best friend. Second to none.
Putting down a loved pet is the worst. Sorry friend.
I can go down a dark road pining for lost friends, but a new dog helps ease the sorrow. Its hard to stay sad when a dog cuddles up to you and licks your face.
I have had family dogs my whole life but when I finally could afford my own place w/o roommates I got a new dog. She was awesome. She was a rescue (always get rescues please) and she was 2 months old when I got her. She went everywhere with me and one day she got so sick and she ended up dying. I was seriously broken when that happened. Months after her death my sister tricked me and took me to see some rescue puppies. I was not ready for a new dog yet but one of them came over to me and did not want to leave my side. While i was still heartbroken, she brought me out of my funk. Dogs are the greatest companion. Way better than humans.
There's one thing wrong with dogs. They don't live as long as we do.
When you decide that you're going to get a puppy it means that you are going to grieve and mourn in apx. 10 years.
But one should have a dog. I have had so many wonderful dogs in my life that I will never forget, and will always love.
I still miss my childhood dog.
I've had a dog in my life since the tender age of 5. I remember all my dogs like family. I can't imagine life without a dog.
Same. I had a few years w/o a dog and tbh I felt more depressed during that time. Having a dog is way better than placebo pills.
Had dogs all my life. I still mourn each one we’ve lost. Dogs have also learned to do something that very, very few other species have (especially instinctively and/or with regularity) that actually (IMO) gives them an evolutionary advantage over almost every other species - they’ve learned to ask us (humans) for help!
I’ve had dogs all my life. Many of them have lived long and productive lives. Our Plott Hound that saved me from a burning home is very ill and close to death after 10 years (long life for this breed). As a farmer I lose animals all the time but this is the toughest ever.
I learned that horses are also very good at microexpressions in both directions. At one time my horse and I got to the point that when riding, if I turned my head in one direction, he would turn that way. This might have been communicated by slight changes in my posture - other things like touching in different places with my feet also were effective - but by paying attention I learned a lot about what my horse was thinking by observing subtle changes in his eye - even though I could not tell what the change was.
Please dont buy dogs just bc they are cute. Make sure you are a right fit for them 1st.
Surprised joe got this breed type. Since breeds like this its hard for them to breathe daily. Like Bull dogs cant swim, they will likey drown. We should not breed these dogs anymore.
I completely agree, better get a crossbreed. Full breeds are overbred mostly, which brings alot of medical complecations. German shepards have a lot of problems with their hips and the chihuwauha always a headache and many more... It is sad...
Yeah, I don't understand buying a dog that is an evolutionary dead end. I also wish people wouldn't breed these dogs.
Exactly
I used to have retrievers as pets. Sad thing is that when they get old the hip dysplasia becomes a problem and they can hardly move. Now I try to get a cross-breed to lessen the likelihood of genetic disorders. Herding dogs are usually well bred. My profile pic is my old dog Chief. He was a German Sheperd crossed with a Kelpie.
@@Daniel.Liddicoat i had a dingo huskey mix and she was an absolute darling and a rescue from the streets, smart and listens well
Hey Joe, my dog competes in dog agility. In my limited experience dogs have a strong natural ability to read body language that it really does feel like a lot of it must be instinctual. When I am practicing agility a lot of the practice is learning how your dog is reading your body language so that you can better tell them what to do. There are elements of training the dog but a lot of it is actually training the human.
Further the bond that you build working with a dog is incredible. It is a difficult to describe experience but is truly something amazing. Spending that time shows both you and your dog how to communicate with each other and it is surprising how much dogs and people can say to each other without a common language.
If your dog ever does agility with you, you should post a behind the scenes video of it. Dogs running agility is always fun (even if they aren't jumping high or running fast).
I'd like to see a video on crows and corvidae (unless you've already done one?) They're freaky, intelligent birds. :-)
Not a bad idea.
@@joescott Definitely up for that, if you ever do one.
@@joescott I've trained an award winning pack of bacteria I've gotten quite fond of... And a few yeast that can do some tricks ... And my occasional flings with random amoebae.... That's some kinky footage...😉
Corvids do understand "pointing". They will point with their beaks. They with LOOK at the thing they have an interest in.
@@joescott Wolves and ravens have a symbiotic relationship and they also play together!
I used to have a Staffordshire bull terrier. Thought of him as my best mate. R.I.P Munchie
Dreadnoughtus i had a pitbull american bulldog named Munchie! Was a girl though.
Munchie is an awesome pet name! I may have to steal it someday.
Well done, you two 😄
Wolves and ravens co-operate. Ravens will lead wolves to prey so they can pick the bones.
@l l Do you have a link? That's really cool.
Crows & ravens are not only smart as hell, they’re quite possibly smarter than human beings. Of the several scientists who’ve conducted long term studies of crows in the field (no pun intended), at least two have been brave enough to suggest that they’re not only smarter than humans but that they are much more “humanitarian” to others of their species than are humans. For example, crows who become accidentally separated from their flock & unable to return to it are usually adopted by other flocks. As a rule, a strange crow will be accepted into a new flock, the only criteria being that the new crow behave according to crow laws: that is, the crow must not be a killer of other crows, must behave civilly to other crows. Such acceptance of a stranger is extremely rare among animals, particularly among birds but also among most mammals. Crows have been shown to have systems of laws by which flock members must abide, & a crow who is known to have murdered another crow is usually forced to leave the flock. If said murderer crow has more seriously transgressed crow rules re: killing other crows, that crow is often killed. And yes, they seem clearly to hold trials of the accused, jointly deciding on the fate of the transgressor, whether the decision is to oust that crow from the flock or to kill the transgressor. Friends & I have observed such actions, though of course our informal observations do not count as scientific evidence. But there is evidence of these behaviors in crows.
Also, it’s now known that crows learn their language & most behaviors from their elders, a young crow being taught by both family & flock. Very little of their behavior is strictly innate/instinctual as previously believed.
I was fortunate enough to have a crow live with me for several years, after I took him in as a fledgling (probably a few months old). He was stranded by himself, calling for help when I noticed his calls as I was walking home one afternoon. He was perched on a water-fountain in the yard of a guest house (in the inner city), repeatedly giving the distress call crows use. I watched him for half an hour or so, trying to determine if he needed my help. Five cats were snoozing on the nearby porch. He kept giving the distress call & no crows answered his calls, so I found the guest house owner to see if he knew anything about the crow. He only knew that the crow had been there all day giving the same loud frantic call, driving the guests crazy. When a friend & I tried to catch the crow he was rather alarmed but not like a wild crow would be, & I noticed he couldn’t fly very well. I thought his wing was damaged, but later I found out his wing had been clipped, in the way people clip a parrot’s flight feathers to prevent full flight.
Still, we easily caught him & took him to my nearby apt. There it became immediately clear that he was very tame, not at all afraid of me or others. He didn’t seem able to survive on his own so I decided to keep him until he was older. Within two weeks, Hurricane Katrina swept through, & the crow & my three cats & I evacuated two weeks later to Ark., where we spent a few weeks. But the crow had already begun speaking in English words before that, had begun yelling out “wow!” after hearing our neighbor repeatedly say “wow”. He was obviously very smart, which was clear from the first day. I’d always loved crowd & had watched them & read about them so I wasn’t surprised that he was really smart. But it was eerie to have him living with me & to realize he was as smart as I was...and he wasn’t even an adult. He loved playing funny tricks on the cats, and one of the cats became friends with him.
When he was about 6-8 months old (a year?), he began to exhibit the courtship behavior of crows that I’d read about. Over a period of months he courted me & asked me to be his mate. I was very flattered. But about a year after returning to N.O., where housing had become very expensive & hard to find (the ‘05 floods had destroyed 80% of the housing here), and I ended up having to rent a small room with shared bath. We lived there for about a year, but there seemed no way I could find a larger space in the foreseeable future, and the crow didn’t have room to fly or much room for anything. A close friend took him to live at his large loft space, where he had an open space of about 40’ x 20’ with 15’ ceilings & huge windows on the second floor. The crow, whose name was Shakbatina (Choctaw for wildcat), was able to build up his stamina & his flight muscles. On nice days he would be set on the fire escape platform in his large carrier cage, and two crows began to visit him daily. My friend was fairly sure one of the visitors was a female & that she & Shakbatina bonded as mates.Crows decide on a mate mutually, carry out a year long courtship, only afterwards actually mating & becoming mates for life. After months of the two crows visiting him daily, Shakbatina left with them. He had previously been allowed out of his cage on the fire escape so he could make short flights with his crow friends. Then he made the decision to live with the other crows, to start a new life among his own kind.
My friend and I worried about him after he left, as it turned unusually cold that winter. We had no was of knowing if he was all right. My friend had had to move so Shakbatina couldn’t have found him at his former loft.
The next spring as my friend was riding through his old neighborhood on his bike, he noticed three crows flying near him. Odd, he thought. Then one of the crows suddenly swooped down to fly beside him, yelling “wow” repeatedly & giving his typical crazy laugh. Shakbatina was alive & well, had joined the crow flock that roosted in the nearby park!
By the way, Candace Savage (author of several books on crow behavior) in an interview on public radio in ‘05 was asked if she thought crows were perhaps smarter than human beings. Savage hesitantly said yes, she feared so. She also said that crows are much kinder to others of their species than are any other animal she knows of, certainly much kinder than human beings generally are to others of their kind. She & other experts on crows have stated that crows have a culture we humans would do well to adopt, for as a rule they have more egalitarian cultures than humans usually have and they take in others of their kind who’ve become separated from their flock. A worldwide society of crows, who look after one another. I’d say crows are superior to us humans in many ways, which is what Candace Savage shyly stayed in her ‘05 interview with Terri Gross, & if she were allowed to choose what life form she’d become in a future life, she’d unhesitatingly choose the crow. Actually, crow society is very like the societies of many native peoples of the Americas during pre-“contact” time, so it’s no surprise that many native peoples highly admired the crow & their cousin the raven...unlike many “old world” peoples who despised the crow & invented disparaging terms for crows & crow flocks. What I’d like to know is why is it still legal for humans to kill crows for any or no reason. Crows do not as a rule destroy crops; rather, they prefer to dig out & eat the grubs that feast on corn. Let’s hope that if another animal becomes dominant as humans have in the current world, that it is crows & ravens. We’d all fare much better. Meanwhile, we should be forming better relations with crows, not merely for crows’ sakes but for our own, as maybe we’d start learning from them how to be kinder & more egalitarian, forming partnerships rather than dominating other species as well as other humans.
Good one!
There’s a good TierZoo video on loads of animals partnerships
Jane Garner ....I’ve always suspected crows and ravens were very smart, but your post has really intrigued me, and I’m going to do some research. What first piqued my interest was something that happened a few years ago. About a dozen crows were across the street making crow noise, it was about 6 or 7 at night, and I knew it wouldn’t last long, because at twilight a huge flock of crows, hundreds and hundreds would leave downtown Vancouver and fly about 5 or 6 miles east to a stand of trees in a neighbouring suburb where they always spent the night. Every evening in Vancouver along an east west corridor, it would be like a scene from Hitchcock’s The Birds. (The trees were threatened by development about 15 years ago, but the municipality cut a deal with the developer to build around them).
I digressed....so there was a good sized murder (love the plural term) of crows on the overhead wires when I saw one of them get too close to the electrical transformer on the top of the pole. There was a huge flash and bang, half the power went out.in my house and I saw the poor crow drop like a stone to the sidewalk below. But it was what happened next that I’ll never forget.
The other crows went crazy flying up and down and around, landing next to their fricasseed buddy, putting their heads close to him, flying way, all the while making a sound I had never heard before. The only way I can describe it would be to say it was like they were keening for the loss of one of their own. They were mourning his death, and then their behaviour became less random and panicked, and seemed to become more ritualistic, with one crow flying down at a time and just standing still then flying off when another one was coming to take its place. This went on for a good hour until a utility worker came to fix the transformer. I swear I think if he had come sooner they would have never let him get to the pole, but they seemed to be finished the crow funeral or whatever it was and they eventually left.
I’m sure lots of crows have died by accident before, but I’ve never heard this described before. After reading what you wrote Jane, I’m wondering if the unfortunate crow was perhaps a highly revered senior member of the flock. The initial panic and fierce noise, then the keening and what now I think might have been “the paying of their respects” to their fallen flockmate was something I’ll never forget.
I grew up with a dog and he would always cheer me up and just come to me when I was upset by something my parents did or said. I miss having a dog, but as soon as I have a lifestyle that allows me to be home enough that will last a long time, I will be getting one!
Zoe is adorable. I have two Westies. And, my life is so much better because of their humor, empathy and their fearlessness. Thanks for another great video.
The eye contact my dogs have ALL used always amazed me as the gestures in the eye movements seem to be an instinctual means of communication.
Hope everyone has a good day. Stay warm and keep learning!
I’ve had my dachshund for 9 years now. I got him as a rescue pup a few weeks before my dad past(I was 19) so I loved on him and held him constantly while coping. At this point 9 years later, he’s the best dog I’ve ever been around. We have such a connection. I don’t have to talk out loud when giving him commands. I just give him different looks or hand signs bc my sister is deaf, so she can interact with him as well. I often feel like he knows exactly what I want him to do before I ever mimic a command, and I also know what he’s wanting for the most part when he’s looking at me. Dogs are truly amazing
Really liked this video, especially a shout out to those of us that bond with other animals. Definitely a life lesson to be shared with everyone. Also, I must be getting soft because I started to tear up thinking about all the animal companions I have had over the years. Including lizards, hamsters, birds, even a squirrel and yes dogs and cats too.
RE: Dogs make work easier
I grew up on a cattle ranch. I have driven cattle with pickups, tractors, motorcycles, horses, and mobs of people. None of these worked as well as one man and a dog. Australian shepherds are magic.
RE: Cats
IME dogs are better ratters than cats.
it's a shift thing, terriers do the day shift, cats the night shift. the 2 things cats have over dogs in this respect is that you do not have to train a cat and they do their work silently
When you say Australian Shepherd, are you referring to a Kelpie, or a Blue Cattle Dog (or Blue Heeler?)
My last dog was a Kelpie. The most intelligent, loyal, loving dog ever! She existed to please me, and I existed to satisfy her need for cuddles! The most perfect symbiotic relationship you can imagine.
@@Aussiemarco Not a Kelpie and not a Blue Cattle dog. Australian Shepherd. Google it.
I had a Pointer and he was a magnificent ratter! My neighbourhood was infested in rats, but there were none at home! Rats are also intelligent creatures, and they knew our house was not safe for them. That dog knew me so well! I have dozens of accounts I could tell...
@@Aussiemarco Funny enough, Australian Shepherds were developed in the US.
I think that the only down side to having a dog as a pet is there short lives 😂
Unfortunately they leave us to soon!
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Thanks
I always mix them up
How right you are !
If they could only live as long as people!
Far too soon. Hopefully someday, science will be able to tweak their DNA to extend their life spans at least somewhat.
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Dogs have actually played a really big part in why I'm alive today. I've been through more suicide attempts than I can count, but haven't attempted in years now and I really do think dogs are a big reason why. Tasha was a dachshund mix who belonged to a friend, but we bonded so deeply while I was dog-sitting for a month that she ended up becoming mine. I've had dogs before but Tasha was a very special companion and friend. I was heartbroken when she died unexpectedly, and a large part of me felt like I was betraying her by getting another dog only a month later, but I realized that I just honestly needed a dog in my life. Found Hippie at the shelter, the calmest and cuddliest chihuahua I've ever met, and he's been my best friend for almost 4 years now.
Humans are just Pokémon trainers with the ability Bonding!
it’s funny you say that since, in pokémon, pokémon trainers are humans already so that’s like saying humans are just humans with the ability to bond with animals
"Along the way in our evolution from advanced primates to.... Hairless advanced primates"
Great piece! I love dogs and I love the history of our relationships with them. Thanks for sharing!
Excellent vid Joe. Great tone. Relaxed, curious and explanatory. I know being relaxed can be harder than people think but this one had a real breathable feel.
I adore my dog and he certainly has been the best decision I ever made. Super protective, fun, sweet, funny and everything a girl could want!
Not only do me and my dog have a strong connection. But a vital one. I’m disabled. He was not bred or trained to be an assistant. He is simply a pet. But he is so tuned to my expressions and actions, that he just..... helps! He helps me pick things up (I trained him to do that myself tho), he helps me clean up messes, defends me from threats, and.... even knows when I’m suicidal. He’ll sit in front of me, and place his head on my knee, and stares into my eyes, pleading with me to not. Then I collapse into tears as I hug him, and he simply sits there, and hugs back. He is not only beneficial. But vital. To my existence
The short answer is, yes
The long answer is also yes
@ YES!
Wouldn't the long answer be yeessss!?
I finally got around to watching this and catching my name - I laughed heartily when you pronounced "Mathiasen" correctly the first time but then "corrected" yourself to the most common mispronunciation. I don't care when people mispronounce it, so no worries, I just thought it was hilarious that you got it right but then miscorrected yourself!
All the best,
Eric MATH-eh-sun
Hello cool person
with a ''z''..it peaves me off when i troll on here & all people can say is.''you spelt idiot wrong,''.ect..i say,,''ITS THE CONTENT RETARD,,NOT THE SPELLING.!!'' .my keyboard is stky,& i type fast,,so sht happens..stay safe..be nice to people,.
Hey Joe, could you do a video about "self-domestication being the “something different” that made humans special."?
You make a Monday a little more bearable, thanks.
Hmm... That's interesting.
My dog died this May. It felt like just looking at her, I could tell what she felt/wanted, same with her looking at me. It's the first dog I actually have this sort of connection with. I've had plenty of different pets throughout my childhood and teenage years, dogs, cats, hamsters, a parrot, a pony, donkeys, goats, sheep, chickens. No connection like human-dog, in my experience
Let's hear it for mongrels. Interesting question you pose though, Joe.
Most wonderful dog I had was a mongrel, a mastif mix. He was a big dog, but sweet as a kitty.
genetically, mongrels tend to be healthier and longer lived. This is particularly true for the medium-sized ones. @@foujj
I am diabetic, and early after my diagnosis, I would experience low-blood-sugar episodes while sleeping. My dog, Spanky, usually slept soundly beside me without moving However, when my blood sugar began crashing, he would jump on me and pull my hair until I woke up. It is possible that he saved my life on multiple occasions. Spanky was the love of my life.
Liked the channel for awhile now Joe but now I know you have a dog and cat, well a whole new respect!
I used to have a dog. Two dogs.
The oldest felt more like an old man trapped in a dog's body. Grumpy but lovable, big hugs, preferred to sleep. The youngest was the exact opposite but still lovable.
I now sometimes look after the dog of a family friend when he's at work or whatever and she's the reincarnation of the latter...
“Lampreys clean out the gills of Sharks” WHAT???? That's not quite right Joe ... did you mean remoras? A Lamprey is very nasty a parasitic fish. Kind of a vampire fish =)
Remoras don't clean out shark gills either - they tend to feed on the leftovers from shark meals (insert "Jaws" music here). Other fish too, remoras are fish sluts. Off the top of my head, about the only fish I know of that clean any fish's gills would be cleaner wrasses. Nnnext...
If you want to confront something that is a living horror, pick up a wriggling lamprey and take a good, long look down its gaping maw. Sleep tight, tonight.
I had the same question. My assumption could be wrong though
My parents are blind so I grew up with service dogs as part of our family unit. My life would have been much harder without them. Thanks for this!
1:20 "I now have dog hair all over me."
You and me both.
5:00 That looks like my high school gym teacher.
11:50 "The t-shirts that you buy there are not covered in dog hair." Yet.
(In creepy Yoda voice)
You will be...
@@joescott could be worse, cat hair is seek and destroy. I swear humans are cat hair magnets. Your in a room with a cat and you just know that hair is flying through the air at you.
I was going through a rough time, and my puppy jumped on the bed, and kissed my nose with her nose, so fast, I didn't have time to react. Dogs give you unconditional love.
I had a dog that could read my body language better than any human. He even knew commands and circumvented them if I didn't use a SPECIFIC word in my command: lie down vs lie down in place. My cats idem ditto. They knew they shouldn't beg, so they never did, as they knew they always got something at the end when I was done with eating.
It’s been a while since you answered but if you see this…any hints on a 60 y/o learning sign language? Sooner is better than later…
@@viscache1 sign language? I have no knowledge of asl for deaf people
All this talk about dogs really made my weekend better! Thanks Joe! :)
Dogs love you on sight, cats, now them you gotta prove yourself.
Why do cats love resting on computer keyboards? and how can they learn so quickly how to feed another sheet out of your printer?
Cats block the screens because they want our undivided attention!
The question is "why would anyone _want_ to prove themself to a useless food-pit?"
The majority of pet cats don't actually hunt and dispose of vermin - they're too pampered and lazy and get fed way too regularly. If they _do_ bother hunting, it's often only for play and the vermin escapes - it's not like that inconveniences the cat; it's still going to get fed by its stupid human servant - or it's some hapless bird that's not causing you any actual harm. Cats were at their most useful when it was "you can have warm shelter here; your food keeps coming out at night and stealing our food - help yourself." As pets, they're at best pointless - at worst, they're nothing more than a potential carrier of _Toxoplasma gondii_ dropping their contaminated feces inside your house. If you really want a pointless pet, get a gerbil, hamster or goldfish - they eat less, smell less and won't give you _Toxoplasmosis_
Even the most purely-decorative non-working dog can at least make a noise to alert you to danger, even if it can't drive off your attacker on your behalf. A cat would only come down off its comfortable resting place when it gets hungry and needs to gnaw on your brutally-murdered remains.
Even as pets, dogs do their share of work and they are genuinely affectionate because we are part of their pack. Pet cats do nothing and the only reason they _act_ affectionate is so that you'll spare them the effort of getting off their lazy arses to hunt for dinner.
@@wolf1066 wow you really don't like cats lol
@@LeafBoye I just think there's more of them than are actually useful/beneficial - and that's just the _pet_ ones... the _feral_ ones infesting our cities, towns and countrysides are a whole other problem. The authorities enforce licensing/registration and ownership restrictions on the wrong domesticated carnivore. It's time cat ownership was regulated at least as harshly as dog ownership.
Puppies!!!!
My wolfdogs have been smart enough to understand 2 and 3 part commands. Such as : 1- go to the dining room, 2- pick up that item , 3-take it down the hall to Grandma and give it to her. They also know to go to rooms based on names (mommy's room, kitchen etc.) and pick a desired item and bring it back. My working line GSD could do 2 part commands. My first wolfdog used a certain sound when she would see me. One day I copied it and said it to her. She jumped up, her ears pricked forward and her tail wagging. I think it is a greeting or a command to gather together. When I taught the sound to my family members they got the same excited reaction. My later wolfdogs all respond to it. I went to a wolf sanctuary (pure wolves only) a few years ago and make the sound. The pack that was 20 feet away, perked up and watched me. As I continued to make the sound the younger wolves came to the fence to check me out. The older ones inched closer over time. I had the entire packs attention.
Thanks Joe! Great video! Kristen and I have been looking forward to your treatment on this topic for a long time. You never disappoint. By the way, I don't think Zoe doesn't like you or the camera, I bet she is holding out for snausages.
Neat recent theory about dogs: A year or two ago it was theorised that the reason dogs tilt their head when they are being spoken to is because they are trying to see more of your face, or more specifically the lower half of your face, in order to better read your mood. A dog has a muzzle/snout and this means it's eyes only pick up 50% of what is in front of it, the lower half of it's vision being just it's muzzle, when a dog tilts it's head it can then see both your eyes and your mouth at the same time and better understand your mood/commands.
The dog is basically working it's way around a built-in handicap, that of having a long nose.
That's an interesting theory.
I legit spent time with my dog for two hours after watching this
Definitely feel like my dog understands me and has learned my routine! If i tell her "go to your room", she knows I mean to go to her spot in the house. I've had several times that I gave her the "dad" look and motion toward her spot and she slinks away to lay there immediately. When I get home in the evenings I change to go for a walk or run and she's usually there waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs looking up in anticipation. There's times when the wife and I will get dressed to workout (hike, run or bike) and she'll immediately go insane whenever she sees our clothes have changed (specifically whenever its workout clothes). No, she doesn't usually do this whenever we change clothes to go out for other reasons... just in case people are thinking it. It is pretty crazy to see how much of a symbiotic relationship there is between mankind and animals. Thanks for another amazing video!!
DID YOU JUST ACCUSE ME OF A MIRCO-EXPRESSION!?!
Dogs are the best! I’ve always had dogs in my family. I hate saying “own.” They are just as much a member of the family as me or my daughter. Their loyalty is inspiring!
I have a dog and I love him just as much as my Mom or my Wife, I would take a bullet for him
I couldn't have said it better! My Rotty is my fur baby! She is 10 and slowing down. I don't know if I will make it thru when I lose her. 😭😭😭
That's a bit much for me but then I have a kid. The kid come first, sorry fur-babies, I'll save you after I save her if I can~ XD;;;
@@kymo6343 If I had 2 kids, I can't choose between them
@@rajj1567 Well, I only have one human kid, so I'm pretty sure I'd be a POS not to choose them over the dogs. XD;;
I had a dog I loved and still love her in my memories. Her name was Deja and she could read my emotions. She was a cross between a shelti and a collie. I don't know how long I will live but would trade a year in a heart beat to spend one more day with Deja.
I'm pretty sure squirrels and crows have agreements.
My Boxer, Rookie, was my best friend. I was incredibly lucky to experience 13 years of pure love. I will miss her forever.
My beloved Border Collie / Aussie mix and I are constantly trying to get each other to do things. Sometimes I wonder who is actually running the show. That said, super-smart, strong-headed dogs are the best. You always know what to do and you *NEVER* eat alone either. .... "No cheese, Gromit."
My German Shepherd used to jump up on the bed after I fell asleep. If I tried to encroach on what she thought was _her_ part of the bed (that is, _most_of it), she'd growl in a distinctive way.
One night I awakened to that growl and the realisation that I could not straighten my legs because of a rather large mass occupying most of the foot of the bed - then I realised that the familiar "get outta my space" growl was not coming from _her_ but from *me*. Ever after that, I wondered whether I'd learned her growl or she'd learned mine - who, indeed, is running the show? Reminds me of a cartoon of two dogs talking and one's saying "I've managed to train my human - all I have to do is stand on my hind legs and he'll give me a snack..."
my baby is the most docile pitbull you can ever imagine. I was NOT a dog person-- having to tell someone what to do isn't my thing. ..I've had kitties. but I found this little girl wandering around and now she's my pupster soulmate.
My papillon knows when I'm about to have an issue with my heart. He has only been in my care for 6 months now and he knows exactly what is going on with me and knows when I'm sick before I even know. And I can tell immediately what's going on with him too. It's pretty amazing
Cats do this too. I have a friend (alas no longer with us) who was diabetic and was saved from going into comatose sleep by his cat. If I'm unwell, my cats know before I do and make a fuss. They also guard the bed and let you know if someone is at the door...very useful.
My Lab is like that. I have stomach issues. And he always knows when its going to happen... And while I'm sick he lays near me throughout the day... He wont take his attention off of me. I love him so much
Great Video. Love dogs. George Carlin had a great routine on Competition vs Cooperation.
I have a Frenchy too. Her name is Frances, she is my second Frenchy, and I now realize I can't exist without one. She is a joy. I researched breeds and at the time I had her I still owned a small black box theater and I wanted her to sit with me at the door. Frenchies are relatively quiet and super friendly so she was an immediate hit with our patrons. She actually figured out a neat trick, ushering customers to their seats. She would lead people to empty seats, wait for a pat on the head and then return to the front to escort the next group. Then when the lights went down she returned to my lap and snored quietly. I love her so much, I can't imagine life without her. She's only 5 so luckily that day is far off.
_cooperates with a bacon sandwich_
That'll do pig, that'll do...
I've watched alot of your videos but this one is my favorite so far! Keep it up! Nice work
Dogs are not descendents of wolves, yet they share a common ancestor (now extinct).
Michael Hoover 🤨
I believe you are mistaken. They are directly descended from wolves.
Michael is correct.
I looked it up! I stand corrected.
I suffer from severe Clinical depression, a few nights ago I had to go to the hospital at 1 am. I was very depressed. It was very obvious that my cats knew something unusual was going on and they where quite stressed. They typically show different behavior when I pack for trips but this was far different than that. It was also the first time I've had to go to the hospital since I've had them.
I miss my doggo. He passed away last year. 🐶
Aww sorry bud. Hope you find another one soon if that's what you want. I have a lil chiweenie that had a bad accident, I was really depressed over it for a while but he got better enough to at least use one foot again. So glad I can still at least have another few years with him and I'll be so sad when he does go, but I'm glad he dodged the reaper this time...
LOVE dogs! My hubby and I have volunteered with a recsue fostering dogs for many years. We have quite the pack. They are our babies and we treat them like. Dogs display unconditional love for their humans. We def have unconditional love for them too! Love all my babies, but my Crash is special. Thanks for this video!!! You are so awesome and I love you more now that I know you love dogs too :)
I think cats kind of get a bad rap. I was always a dog person until a cat was forced upon me and now I honestly prefer them to dogs, though I love dogs as well. My wife and I have 3 cats that all as affectionate as our dog. Honestly its hard to tell them a part sometimes. Both are fantastic companions.
Same here used to be a dog person till I took in a cat. Now I see the light.
@@benlauson555 It's called toxoplasmosis. The parasite has chosen the cat as its god and subjugates all other species by infecting their brain.
I just got a dog. I've known him for about 4 years, but he was living with my son, and he's amazing!!! He's very protective of me, so now I sleep better. He sheds more than any cat or dog I've ever had (all put together!), and he's half yellow lab, half golden retriever. I like to wear black, so his beautiful blond hair *really* shows! He's changed my life for the better, but I gotta buy a vacuum.
I don't buy shirts that aren't covered in dog hair, So I'll take yours.
My fondest memory of dogs (my friends had dogs, not me) was us bringing them camping....I felt really safe at night. I can imagine how the relationship mostly started - the docile wolves started hanging around camp sights, trading safety and food.
"Dances with Wolves!"
You should have included a part about the russian domesticated foxes project and compare it to dogs to show even more special traits. Or you could do a whole other video about it :D
Interestingly, in Tierra del Fuego at the tip of South America, the Amerind population, with never had dogs, domesticated the native culpeo foxes. They didn't use them to hunt, they were just for warmth.
The best most loyal friends i ever had was a poodle named George and a terrier mix named Gracie. I had them together for 15 years they died a few months apart from each other. They died in 2014 its 2021 and I still think of them daily.
Good morning Joe 👋
Greetings from Atlantic City New Jersey USA
Greetings back!
@@joescott
How cool 🎆
i work in dog grooming and people are always always surprised when i say i can tell when a dog is about to try and bite or be aggressive (some dogs aren't used to grooming salons) and that dogs will also read off the people handling them, i rarely get bitten because i never show hostility towards the dog, whereas some groomers get frustrated and annoyed at difficult dogs. which leads to the dog being even more difficult or that groomer being bitten.
some customers have called me a dog whisperer but it's not that complicated to read a dogs body language.
Lol.... I thought the whole video will be about dogs... And then boom.... A tangent cam😂😂😂😂
I have learned not to cross the cat people...
@joescott Yeah,You better not.🐈❤
I work at Paws With A Cause (assistance dogs) and I appreciate this video! Dogs are amazing.
before 1st get your dogs from shelters cats also
U wot
Dogs bring out the best in people, nurturing love and what the heck silliness.
Gotta get some noodles and enjoy the next 13 minutes!
(also, first!)
Mmmmm nooooodles
French bulldogs are WONDERFUL companions! My sweet flatulent Frenchy, Spanky, was my kindred spirit.
Or, we can just incorporate what other species can do and mold them the way we want them to.
I will not enumerate the list of animals that we have domesticaded. But, I will say, humans are good at modifying/attuning "species behaviour" with our needs. We're doing it with our own species (humans, unsurprisingly). A symbiosis.
I got a 1 and 2/3 year old dog last August. I've had two dogs before him. Sparky, my "new" dog, was so sheltered by his prior owner that he didn't know how to swim - but he's part Black Lab and Golden Retriever. Within two weeks of taking possession of Sparky he learned to swim and now LOVES it!
Since I take him for long walks off leash he has also learned to chase critters. He will chase geese along a local river as they take-off and for a couple hundred yards after they are in the air. I've even seen him chase geese that just happen to fly over him 100 feet up. He hears them "honking" as they fly over. lol
He also knows that squirrels go UP trees. My first dog figured that out after a few years and my second dog figured it out when he was about 6 years old - but would still sometimes think the squirrel just disappeared as it when up the back side of the tree.
All my dogs have made me laugh almost every day. And things they can do but I can't, just amazes me. I often wish I could think and smell (as in catch a scent) like my dog for just a few minutes so I could better understand how he/they sees things. Dogs really are amazing creatures. Scott W
I have been binging your channel for the past 4 days...every topic draws me in (especially the science and space topics). But I had to comment on this one as a lot of misinformation is out there to the detriment of dogs. In 2018, there was an estimated 90 million domesticated dogs in America living in 60 million homes and the year over year increase is about 4% (cats actually outnumber dogs by about 2% on average). There is an estimated 1 billion dogs globally.
The trainer is incorrect. She has trained the dog to follow what is essentially treat trained responses. Hand signals in the guise of body movements. This is Pavlov at work. The reason why the dog responds so quickly is misunderstood. The dog's body and mind are able to adjust 'instantly'...notice when you you're walking your dog and if you change direction on the leash, your dog makes their physical correction to follow your input seemingly immediately?
Mimicking, etc...is incorrect...dogs are processing at an incredibly quick speed...far beyond most humans. Dogs are able to process our movements not through habituation...but anticipatory analysis of rhetoric and redundancy (it's how dogs behave as predators when tracking, say a squirrel)...how many times have you heard about two dogs fighting...one dog meeting another dog...'the one dog was fine then without warning, he attacked the other dog'...this is not 'unpredictable behavior'...dogs are operating at a very quick processing speed which is normal to them but much faster than most humans can interpret...(such an attack is also due to either the interpretation or misinterpretation of the other dog's nuances). It is erroneously labelled instinct.
Dogs do not 'know' where your hand is pointing to...they have learned the pattern of human physical intent. Not mimicking. They recognize the initializing few inches of movement of their human. Take the non-trained dog that does not know you...that dog will not understand your hand pointing to something...once you educate (or use treats to motivate) the dog, the dog's brain has learned...the dog is incentivized (it is not instinctive). We tacitly teach our dogs that our hands provide both affection and sustenance (and in bad environments, abuse).
Dogs process at 1/10th of a second. This is provable (another leash example)...When you take your dog to a park to let them run but leave the leash on (in case animal control is around)...As you hold the leash...notice that your dog is tense and waiting...straining to run, he`s taunt on the leash but not pulling...he`s waiting eagerly for you to let go...The instant you let go of the leash, the dog registers the immediate slack (input) and before the leash has even hit the ground...your dog (maybe not Zoe since she is so chill lol) is already blasted off. That is input being processed cognitively through to physical execution. That is 1/10th of a second (actually faster) reaction time.
Bruce Lee was tested in Seattle to touch a button when a light flashes...his trigger to cognitive to physical reaction was 2/10ths of a second consistently. Every dog is twice as fast. If we were all as fast as Bruce Lee, we would say 'Bruce Lee is a regular guy, he's slow'...it's the scale that is not being recognized. Because as humans, we don't think at that scale.
Another point is that dogs are beyond pack animals...not just familial...but exist on variants of the three dependencies of inter, intra and co.
I want to add that treat training a dysfunctional dog (reactive/dangerous/unpredictable, etc...) is passive aggressive Pavlov. It is akin to giving a drug addict more drugs. It retards a dog's emotional and cognitive maturity. Dogs can process simple emotions such as joy...they also have the rudimentary capacity to process (relatively) complex emotions such as tearful joy. Scientist say dogs can experience jealousy...which is a complex emotion consisting of possessiveness, competition, self-preservation, covet and loss of possession/position/etc...I consistently downtrain extremely dangerous dogs exceeding 150 lbs that have attacked upwards of 16 people (without treats, meds, etc...)...I have to work at a scale that is at their predatorial level...This is an interesting topic that I just had to express my opinion.
My cat has many expressions. He has ones for annoyance, affection, mischief, curiosity, etc. His eyes and ears say a lot.
My family also has dogs, and they're expressive, too. You can tell when Tuco, an old grumpy dog, likes or doesn't like being pet. He makes funny sounds for both, so it can be haed to tell. Our boxer uses her ears to express her thoughts, too.
Animals are fun :3
Could this relationship have happened if wolves weren't pack animals?
Interesting.... Now I'mma be thinking about this for a week... Lmao
@@trufluidity7775 I mean think about it... we've domesticated cats for probably as long or close to as long as wolves. But we didn't ever domesticate big cats, afaik. Just smaller wild cats. They aren't pack animals. The relationship is different. Cats love us, but they don't need us. Dogs are conditioned to want human companionship and to work with us. Cats are just friendly companions at best. I prefer cats as house pets, but if I were living as a drifter I'd want a big dog.
@@mrgrumboldt I'm not a cat person personally but it's for those reasons I believe. Cats are loners like you stated but dogs, horses, birds, and the other animals Joe mentioned plus many more are pack animals. As are we as humans. I've never given it a seconds thought beyond the thought of "why do we need other people?" But after this video and your comment I've been thinking about much more than that. I have always wanted a pet tiger but that's not realistic. A pet wolf though? That still sounds stupid but it's also within the realm of possibility. Your comment has me thinking much deeper on this topic than I originally did. And I'm a thinker lol. So I wanna say, thank you :)
My sister's dog is so funny. When he see my mom leaving, he kinda slow tip toes and peeks around the corner basically asking with his tiny doggy eyebrows "Can I join?" because he wants a ride and it's SO CUTE.
We have a 11 year old golden retriever, he is a very smart, peaceful and patient.
There was this one time, when we took him to a nearby field for a walk by car, we didn't even say or gestured for him to get in the car, he just jumped in as soon as we opened the door.
I wouldn't have survived without my dog, she's passed 6 years now and I miss her so very much and love her forever.
I know my cat knows when I want her to come, because she looks at me and then ignores me, usually I yell her name and say cmere and she runs like it’s the end of the world, some days when I feel sad she stays near me or at least in my room more than other days, if I feel more happy she usually is more annoying because she knows that I’ll be more patient. She can read me, and I can read her as well, like when she feels bored, so I play with her and give her treats, she feels pretty much like a dog feels to some people, and I love this fluffy jellybean I have.
Hey Joe, love the channel.
Here's my dog story. Rufus and I were playing with his favorite pull toy, when he inadvertently tagged my finger when resetting his grip. I yelped and he immediately let go, scurried off to the other room and brought back one of his favorite bones and laid it down next to me. It was the best way he figured to say he was sorry. Apology accepted!
Best dog ever.
LOL! I love it when you call out all the names at the end. You look like you are maneuvering your way over a spiked board.
i have a rescue hunting dog "Keith" (Pointer cross) and a cat "Egg" (ginger tom kitten.). Keith was left tied to a tree as a pup in the middle of summer with no water or food and it took weeks for him to understand that i wasn't a threat, and i wouldn't abandon him when i left him outside a shop. Its been two years and we are family but he still fears being left tied to anything. Egg was found days old in a bin and was reared by hand by a friend. The bond they have formed together is amazing. Keith is a nervous dog (mostly scared of men and children) wary of all cats and Egg will hide from any dog (will attack anything that moves)but together they are like loving siblings. Sure they fight now and then but two minutes later they will be grooming each other and snuggling. Family is family.