News Dogs really do rock

[cHodAX]

Heart warming story of one dog protecting a fellow dog that was injured in the Tsunami, has a nice ending too for once, could do with a few more in Japan at the moment.

Dog Guards Injured Dog In Aftermath Of Japan's Disaster (VIDEO)

 

[Cerb]

Dogs > cats.

Inb4 you ahve to earn cats affection.

I'd like to see a cat do that.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Yeah, dogs rock all sorts of stuff over cats.

Was about to post a thread about getting a dog, suggestions, mut or a breed etc.

Probably going to get one from a shealter, just to give the girl a home.

On the subject, best doggie picture of year;

 

[leviathane]

hahaha fucking lol. I love dogs.

/edit and on the subject of the topic, how sweet.

 

[Cerb]

Yeah that vid had me tre close to sheding a tear.

 

[Influenza]

On a slightly different note , i was talking about this with one of my m8s today , happened a few year ago but its still heart warming.

BBC NEWS | England | Seal saves drowning dog

 

[Thorwyn]

I'd like to see a cat do that.

You don´t know jack shit about cats.

Scarlett (cat) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Chosen]

You don´t know jack shit about cats.

Scarlett (cat) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Touching story indeed. But not the same imo, as there is probably 100s of storys of mothers of different species sacrificing their lives to save their children(Instinct).

But seeing a animal saving another animal, when they are not related at all, impresses me more.

 

[Punishment]

You don´t know jack shit about cats.

Scarlett (cat) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thats maternal instict not loyalty, every animal to evolve over the last 500m years has it built in thats just an evolutionary must

 

[megadave]

Touching story indeed. But not the same imo, as there is probably 100s of storys of mothers of different species sacrificing their lives to save their children(Instinct).

But seeing a animal saving another animal, when they are not related at all, impresses me more.

Got a story of a dog doing that? All this dog did was sit next to it

 

[Punishment]

Got a story of a dog doing that? All this dog did was sit next to it

Once again its maternal instinct so apples and oranges, alot of cats will eat the runt of the litter so as to be able to make sur ethe healthy kittens are fed a dog will never do this, thats canines and felines for you tho, humans will always feel more akin to canines tho as they are more like us

 

[cHodAX]

Once again its maternal instinct so apples and oranges, alot of cats will eat the runt of the litter so as to be able to make sur ethe healthy kittens are fed a dog will never do this, thats canines and felines for you tho, humans will always feel more akin to canines tho as they are more like us

Spot on.

 

[Thorwyn]

YouTube - Cat tries to revive dead friend

satisfied now?

 

[old.Tohtori]

Once again its maternal instinct so apples and oranges, alot of cats will eat the runt of the litter so as to be able to make sur ethe healthy kittens are fed a dog will never do this, thats canines and felines for you tho, humans will always feel more akin to canines tho as they are more like us

Actually it comes more from the fact that in olden days, big ass predator wolves fought big ass birds(think chocobo) and those chocobo ate our old old ancestors, little big eyed monkeys in trees

Also because brave wolves dared venture into our garbage dumps and as such, evolved to modern dogs, which we took as friends because they were very handy in war/hunt.

 

[cHodAX]

Actually it comes more from the fact that in olden days, big ass predator wolves fought big ass birds(think chocobo) and those chocobo ate our old old ancestors, little big eyed monkeys in trees

Also because brave wolves dared venture into our garbage dumps and as such, evolved to modern dogs, which we took as friends because they were very handy in war/hunt.

I am more inclinded to believe that is because they have a similar mental structure to humans, offspring matter to dogs, they care for their babies until they are almost fully grown. Then we have the pack mentality as well, humans have been social creatures since our time in the trees and we have always tended to live in groups but we also have a long history following alpha males just as dogs do. Even in modern times when you have a dog as a pet that rule applies, someone has to be the alpha and if you are weak with your dog then it will assume the alpha role and run you ragged. We do the same in our own family relationships to a certain extent as well.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Ofcourse the pack mentality is a factor, we couldn't have cats as loyal pets because they don't have as strong of a pack mentality.

If bears had been braver long while ago, we could be having a half ton rover named grizzly on our sofa

 

[cHodAX]

Ofcourse the pack mentality is a factor, we couldn't have cats as loyal pets because they don't have as strong of a pack mentality.

If bears had been braver long while ago, we could be having a half ton rover named grizzly on our sofa

My sofa is gonna need extra nails if a half ton bear comes calling!

 

[Punishment]

Actually it comes more from the fact that in olden days, big ass predator wolves fought big ass birds(think chocobo) and those chocobo ate our old old ancestors, little big eyed monkeys in trees

Also because brave wolves dared venture into our garbage dumps and as such, evolved to modern dogs, which we took as friends because they were very handy in war/hunt.

No you see your confusing cartoons there with Evolution, according to what you just said i wouldn't be here typing this

Dogs are as cHO said more like us mentally and have similar values, just because a dog wont eat its young as quickly as a cat doesn't mean its stupid it just means the dog isn't willing to take that moral step for survival (obviously for a dog it's not so much a spiritual decision as it is a matter of kinship to its fellow dog) cats hunt and kill each other in the wild for food in many instances canines don't.

Cat's are opportunists and they settle into the owner/pet relationship as they see they can get more out of it than by going feral, with dog's its more blind loyalty which might be to a point considered dumb but it's a trait we humans respect and WE are the dominant species not Bigbird so we have almost made a completely different class of animal from them (will this speed up/slow down or endgame stagnate their eventual evolutionary plan, who knows) I for one would love to see a dog evolved to our level and have a chat with one and i think in many aspects we could find that creature more civilized what we have become.

 

[old.Tohtori]

I'm not confusing cartoons with anything, those are simply facts

The modern dog evolved from braver wolves. The reason it wont eat it's young is the same pack value that wolves(and other such pack animals) hold.

Cats wouldn't make much in hunt/war efforts, that's why dogs are our pets these days.

 

[Punishment]

I'm not confusing cartoons with anything, those are simply facts

The modern dog evolved from braver wolves. The reason it wont eat it's young is the same pack value that wolves(and other such pack animals) hold.

Cats wouldn't make much in hunt/war efforts, that's why dogs are our pets these days.

Im guessing you mean the Terror Bird, they evolved into Wild turkeys "Yum Yum" ain't Karma a bitch

YouTube - Terror Bird vs. Wolves

 

[Huntingtons]

(...) with dog's its more blind loyalty which might be to a point considered dumb but it's a trait some humans respect(...)

fixed it for ya.

Personally i think blind loyalty is a bad trait. It is what lets dictators get power over people many places, its what makes your government do stupid stuff and still keep them in powerm, etc.

its a trait i have no respect for. Maybe thats why i like cats better than dogs!


however, thanks for the link with the Terror bird, didnt know about this fella!

 

[old.Tohtori]

Im guessing you mean the Terror Bird, they evolved into Wild turkeys "Yum Yum" ain't Karma a bitch

YouTube - Terror Bird vs. Wolves

Yeah that's about the era i was talking about. Though think it was in a bit different time when the wolves were a bit bigger too.

 

[Punishment]

Yeah that's about the era i was talking about. Though think it was in a bit different time when the wolves were a bit bigger too.

Direwolves and Smiladon both died out though as they reached a stage where they werent able to kill enough prey to maintain their massive size, humans also shrank from an average height of 6'2 like 20,000 years ago to 5'7 or so thats what happens when all the mammoths die and we become farmers

We bucking the trend now tho and headed back towards 6'0

 

[old.Tohtori]

Direwolves and Smiladon both died out though as they reached a stage where they werent able to kill enough prey to maintain their massive size, humans also shrank from an average height of 6'2 like 20,000 years ago to 5'7 or so thats what happens when all the mammoths die and we become farmers

We bucking the trend now tho and headed back towards 6'0

Yeap, 'cause hippie-tree-hugger stuff will get us killed,, while chicklet cow farms are the future

 

[Huntingtons]

mega fauna was soo cool, i hate they had to die out

 

[Lamp]

dogs > cats.

a dog will be your friend for ever
a cat will be your friend when it suits it

 

[Punishment]

YouTube - Marly and Me Heading Home [Ending Song]

YouTube - Marley & Me

Watch this film without crying and you have no soul

 

[old.Tohtori]

Shouldn't go watch dog videos on youtube since you ultimately, at one point or other, end up on a RIP video. One of the rare things that actually gets to me, doggies and especially lost ones.

So umm...f*ck you Punishment and here's a rep

 

[cHodAX]

Terrible film but Marley rocked. Also adore the dog in 'My Dog Skip', he was just like my own Jack Russell that I grew up with, broke my heart when he passed away 10 years ago. Hardly a day goes by when I don't think of him, best friend I ever had.

 

[Zede]

Pics of Scarlett after the fire.


Damn Cool Pics: Scarlett, the Hero Cat, Passes Away

one brave cat indeed