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Moji pesjani ne jedo kosti, za grickat pa izjemoma dobijo tiste res velike kosti nog, ki se jih drži še precej mesa in drugih zadev. Ker so prevelike za lonec, jih samo parkrat prelijem z vrelo vodo, počakam, da se pohladijo, in ponudim psom. Ponavadi kost grickajo ali zunaj na terasi ali pa na balkonu, odvisno tudi od vremena. Iz varnostnih razlogov lahko kost naenkrat obdeluje samo eden. Prvi je vedno na vrsti Tari, ki se najprej spravi na meso. Sledi mu Shenzi, ki ne zna jest in pri kateri moram vedno paziti kaj in kako gricka, nazadnje pa pride na vrsto Momo, ki je mali profi.

Pred približno 10 dnevi so spet dobili eno tako gigantsko kost in noro uživali dokler... Dokler ni Shenzi fasala nekaj podobnega ranuli. Najprej sem mislila, da jo je pičila osa, ki jih je bilo tisti dan kar nekaj in sem jih morala kar naprej odganjati. Ko Apis do naslednjega jutra ni pomagal (poleg tega sem kasneje ugotovila, da je itak na obeh straneh), sem malce bolj pobrskala naokrog in ji po daljšem premisleku dala Calc. carb 30C. To je očitno delovalo, saj se ji je do večera oteklina na levi strani močno zmanjšala in po 3-4 dozah kuglic je bilo stanje v gobcu skoraj normalno. Poleg Calc. carb. bi v poštev prišla še Thuja. Kako je fajn, ko imaš doma kit za te zadeve. Še bolj fajn bi bilo, če bi to fasala dva dni prej, ko smo imeli veterinarja homeopata v bajti in meni ne bi bilo treba okrog obrnt MM in enega kupa homeo knjig.

To zdaj seveda ne pomeni, da ne bo nikoli več smela grickati maščobe in mesa s kakšne (velike!!!) kosti... Bomo pač bolj previdni in še bolj pozorno gledali kaj sploh počne.

Training the chicken to cross the road...
(author unknown)

Pavlov:
...we fed the chicken on the opposite side of the road
each day at 4-pm until the chickens autonomic system
actually began causing the chicken to cross the road at
4-pm without even questioning -why-.

B.F. Skinner:
...on prior occasions when the chicken voluntarily crossed
the road, this behavior was followed immediately by a
reinforcing consequence.

Cesar Milan:
I bullied, chased, poked, and intimidated the chicken
until it raced across the road, because I am a strong
leader!

Barbara Woodhouse:
You just say *Walkies* with the right accent and place
a crumpet on the other side of the road.

Karen Pryor:
...by associating R+ with road crossing and P- with
standing still, with a VR schedule, and offering a reward
in keeping with the Premack principle, we increased the
intensity and frequency of the road crossing behavior.

Bill Koehler:
...a few well-timed pops on the choke chain and the chicken
was happy to cross the road.

Nicholas Dodman:
I gave the chicken fluoxetine, sertraline, paroxetine,
carbamazepine, and azapirone and then it was happy to
cross the road.

Patti Ruzzo:
I crossed the road, pausing every step to spit a treat out
of my mouth like a human pez-dispenser, and the chicken
followed along, catching the treats.

Electric Collar Advocate:
...whenever the chicken does not cross the road I give it
an electric shock. But do not worry, the shock is no more
than you would feel if you walked on a carpet wearing socks
and it does not bother the chicken at all.
The feathers standing up and the smell of burning flesh mean
nothing. In fact, they are happier having nice clear
communication than they would be otherwise.

Yuppie:
...chickens are just like little people in feather jackets,
and if you love them and give them diamonds and feel sorry
for them all the time, they will be happy to cross the road
for you.

Paris Hilton:
Because I put it in a Gucci bag and carried it.

Shelter director:
Any chickens that do not cross the road will be euthanized
for their own good; the others we will adopt-out tomorrow
for only $200 each. Please send us money so we can keep
doing more of this important work!

HSUS member:
I do not know anything about animals, I have never been around
animals and am not really fond of animals, but we passed a law
mandating that chickens be kept without cages because animals
belong only in the wild and cannot be happy coexisting with man,
so now they are walking wherever they want.

PETA member:
...chickens have the right to live in world without roads.
Any chicken that lives within a hundred miles of a road is
suffering an inhumane existence and might eventually be hit
by a car, so we should kill it today to ensure that
it does not die tomorrow

Zanimivi članki (večina strokovnih, nekateri bolj poljudni). Priporočam uporabo Google Scholar strani.

Evolucija, ekologija, etologija + nekaj genetike in nekaj behaviorističnih (učenje) člankov:

Akey et al. (2009): Tracking footprints of artificial selection in the dog genome. www.pnas.org

AVSAB: Position Statement on the Use of Dominance Theory in Behavior Modification of Animals. American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior www.AVSABonline.org

# MacDonald, D.W. and G.M. Carr, 1995. Variation in dog society: Between resource dispersion and social flux.
In The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behaviour and Interactions with People, ed J. Serpell, 199-216. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
# Boitani, L., F. Francisci, P. Ciucci, and G. Andreoli. 1995. Population biology and ecology of feral dogs in central Italy. In The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behaviour and Interactions with People, ed J. Serpell, 217-244. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
# Drews, C. 1993. The concept and definition of dominance behavior. Behaviour 125:284-313.
# Bradshaw, J., E. Blackewell, and R. Casey. 2009. Dominance in domestic dogs: useful construct or bad habit? Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Application And Research 4(3): 135-144.

Še ne tako dolgo nazaj je šla logika približno takole: volk je najbližji sorodnik psa-> pes je volk-> pes se obnaša kot volk-> poglejmo kako se obnaša volk in vedeli bomo kako se obnaša pes.

1. Volk

Dr. Mech več kot odlično razloži kako in kaj se dejansko dogaja v krdelu volkov-KLIK!