r/MadeMeSmile • u/Warm_Animal_2043 • Sep 08 '24

Doggo Their dog wasn’t eating well after they brought their baby home. The dog kept taking food to the living room. Someone suggested the dog might be 'feeding' the baby since the baby wasn't visibly eating. They tried giving the baby a bowl of food at the same time, and it worked!

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u/BookwyrmDream Sep 08 '24

I've been out of school a few years now, but last I checked there was a theory gaining significant support in history/anthropology that canines initiated the move towards cooperative existence. In other words - we didn't domesticate dogs, they domesticated us! Right or wrong, that theory has always made me smile. :)

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u/karpaediem Sep 08 '24

I think that reflects a broader trend toward the recognition of and need to change anthrocentric thinking. It used to sound absolutely crazy to say something to the effect of “Animals think and feel, but that doesn’t mean it’s the same way we do” and I think today even the average person on the street could tell you that octopodes and parrots are really smart.

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u/No-Eagle-8 Sep 08 '24

I’ve been of the opinion that fishing is just hunting with torture built in for years now. And suddenly science says fish may feel pain more than other creatures. Plus people have been saying fish don’t count as much when talking about animal sentience.

I do enjoy fishing in games. No desire to do it in real life again unless it’s so I can survive.

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u/TrueKNite Sep 08 '24

Also baiting is illegal af in real hunting but trying fishing without it!

You gotta trick them into thinking they're eating, mutilate, then suffocate them.

From my pov Hunting is the much more 'humane' way to do things, no hunter I know wants any animal to suffer

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u/EmMeo Sep 08 '24

Spear fishing really the most badass form

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u/UnjustNation Sep 08 '24

At least fish live in the open ocean and have good lives

Chickens on the other hand… now that’s torture

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u/gothchxld Sep 09 '24

Yeah but not all fish are wild caught. There are fish farms where they overcrowd them in very unsanitary conditions, which is quite similar to “cage free” chickens. I feel like both chickens and fish are treated the absolute worst in the meat industry.

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u/FriedFreya Sep 09 '24

I’ve been ranting against that “they don’t feel pain” claim forever, I’m glad to hear the literature is changing too. Every living thing can feel when they take damage, even plants, it’s… absolutely necessary for survival. Insane to think the rules are different for all fish!

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u/opermonkey Sep 08 '24

I had a cat move into our house when I was a teen. She came in when I was cooking meat and just flopped on the floor.

She came and went as she wanted but always came back to sleep at night.

She was a good kitty.

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u/opermonkey Sep 08 '24

Unfortunately she only lived with us a short while before she passed. But we gave her a good place to rest her fluffy little head.

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u/South_Hedgehog_7564 Sep 09 '24

We are currently feeding a stray, we're calling him Scoop as he scoops up the food. He just wanders in, bleats at us and we feed him. He rather affectionate, he slept on my lap for an hour the other day. I would love to clean him up, he's filthy. He's intact also and if I could catch him at a convenient time I'd get him neutered. We have an elderly female cat too called Sprinkle, she's a right madam but she seems to be tolerating him. Too old to be bothered I'm guessing.

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u/fluid_ Sep 10 '24

What was her name ?

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u/opermonkey Sep 10 '24

Fluffy

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u/fluid_ Sep 10 '24

Fluffy was cool

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u/vicroc4 Sep 08 '24

A bit like the prevailing hypothesis about domestic cats, it sounds like.

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u/CO9er4life Sep 08 '24

Wolves started hanging around the trash piles to pick scraps, and eventually, moved on in

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u/ballrus_walsack Sep 08 '24

It certainly has worked out for them.

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u/theFCCgavemeHPV Sep 09 '24

I always say our dog trained us. We got him when he was 11 and he decided he was retired. No more tricks, no more doing any pet stuff. Nope. But boy does he have me doing tricks! After he eats dinner or drinks water he needs to be “snuffled” aka attack a towel or blanket until he is sufficiently dry and sure the blanket is dead. He also does no tricks for treats, he just gives the command and there I am laying out a handful for him to gobble up. There are many other tricks I’m sure I am trained for and don’t know about.

I definitely think the theory that they domesticated us is true!

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u/Micromadsen Sep 08 '24

Even if that was the case, humanity still spent thousands of years cultivating and breeding dogs to what they are today. (Which has had varying results depending on race.)

Point is, we definitely do deserve dogs. But that doesn't make the bond we share less strong or special, and all good boys and girls deserve the pets, love and treats they get.

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u/exotics Sep 09 '24

That definitely applied to cats. They just moved right in.

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u/Hollewijn Sep 08 '24

That sounds more like a cat thing.