Comments on: Discussion: Doggy Daycare Pros and Cons http://jennaandsnickers.com/2009/06/discussion-doggy-daycare/ Jenna & Snickers Promote Humane Education and Responsible Dog Ownership Sat, 05 May 2012 04:56:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Janet http://jennaandsnickers.com/2009/06/discussion-doggy-daycare/#comment-541 Janet Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:48:17 +0000 http://jennaandsnickers.com/?p=483#comment-541 LMAO! I remember that one cause someone asked me on flickr if a dog's tail had been pulled off! LMAO! I remember that one cause someone asked me on flickr if a dog’s tail had been pulled off!

]]> By: jenna http://jennaandsnickers.com/2009/06/discussion-doggy-daycare/#comment-540 jenna Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:22:12 +0000 http://jennaandsnickers.com/?p=483#comment-540 ALERT ALERT MISSING PHOTO CREDIT!! I'm a schmuck. :) That is definitely one of your photos from when you visited the NYC Shiba Meetup group and met me & Snick! ALERT ALERT
MISSING PHOTO CREDIT!!
I’m a schmuck. :) That is definitely one of your photos from when you visited the NYC Shiba Meetup group and met me & Snick!

]]> By: Janet http://jennaandsnickers.com/2009/06/discussion-doggy-daycare/#comment-538 Janet Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:55:48 +0000 http://jennaandsnickers.com/?p=483#comment-538 Now that Dad is gone and the dogs are home alone, I've been thinking of having a dog walker come in ... but then I think I should just go home and do it myself! It's hard to tear myself away from work tho... hey, that picture looks familiar! :-) Now that Dad is gone and the dogs are home alone, I’ve been thinking of having a dog walker come in … but then I think I should just go home and do it myself! It’s hard to tear myself away from work tho…

hey, that picture looks familiar! :-)

]]> By: jenna http://jennaandsnickers.com/2009/06/discussion-doggy-daycare/#comment-537 jenna Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:43:05 +0000 http://jennaandsnickers.com/?p=483#comment-537 Masako - Sounds like you have a great daycare for Winnie! With both the daycares we've used, I actually made sure they would NOT take Snickers outside the facility for a walk. I only trust a very, very few people to handle him on a leash. He holds it in daycare too though... the first thing he does when we walk out the door is pee. Hocomo - I can't even TELL you how happy it makes me when you talk about Chad enjoying daycare! Words don't suffice. prajantr - Chelsea and Kaiser have each other (and occasionally Dakota) plus they get to spend time with you and hubby. Sounds like they've got it made without daycare. :) Michelle - LOL, yes, you got a little off topic, but not entirely. All of the emotions and the "rules of engagement" that come into play with dogs in groups is an important part of the daycare conversation. The shifting population in daycare - and even more so in dog parks as you mentioned - makes it harder for dogs to sort all that out and settle into a hierarchy like they would in a more permanent grouping. Regarding the relationship between domestication and communication, Stanley Coren's book <a href="http://jennaandsnickers.com/2008/10/how-dogs-think/" rel="nofollow">How Dogs Think</a> discusses neoteny and language abilities in canines. Temple Grandin's latest book Animals Make Us Human does also apparently, but I haven't read it yet. Masako – Sounds like you have a great daycare for Winnie! With both the daycares we’ve used, I actually made sure they would NOT take Snickers outside the facility for a walk. I only trust a very, very few people to handle him on a leash. He holds it in daycare too though… the first thing he does when we walk out the door is pee.

Hocomo – I can’t even TELL you how happy it makes me when you talk about Chad enjoying daycare! Words don’t suffice.

prajantr – Chelsea and Kaiser have each other (and occasionally Dakota) plus they get to spend time with you and hubby. Sounds like they’ve got it made without daycare. :)

Michelle – LOL, yes, you got a little off topic, but not entirely. All of the emotions and the “rules of engagement” that come into play with dogs in groups is an important part of the daycare conversation. The shifting population in daycare – and even more so in dog parks as you mentioned – makes it harder for dogs to sort all that out and settle into a hierarchy like they would in a more permanent grouping.

Regarding the relationship between domestication and communication, Stanley Coren’s book How Dogs Think discusses neoteny and language abilities in canines. Temple Grandin’s latest book Animals Make Us Human does also apparently, but I haven’t read it yet.

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