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UnfairRepresent 12/09/20 1:30:10 AM #1:	Moody, unpredictable and with an striking disregard for the rules, teenagers can be hard to handle. Now it turns out the same is true for adolescent dogs. Researchers say they have found that pooches become less responsive to instructions from their carer during adolescence. And the parallels go further. Generally teenagers that have a less secure relationship with their parents are those that are more likely to show more conflict behaviour towards their parents, said Dr Lucy Asher, co-author of the research at Newcastle University. Thats the same finding that we have [between adolescent dogs and their carers]. Asher suggests that, as in humans, dogs who are less secure about their bond with their carer may play up to test its strength. In dogs, she said, that could help the animal weigh up whether it is better to stay with its carer or follow its reproductive urges to find a mate. Asher said she hoped the findings would help owners be more understanding of their dogs and cut them some slack, noting there is a spike in owners taking their dogs to shelters when the animals hit puberty. Perhaps they are not misbehaving just because they are naughty, but it is just like in humans the hormones are raging and there are things going on in the brain, she said. Writing in the journal Biology Letters, Asher and colleagues report how they explored canine adolescence by looking at the behaviour of would-be guide dogs: German shepherds, golden retrievers, labrador retrievers or crosses of the these breeds. Such breeds, said Asher, start puberty the transition from immature to mature at about six to nine months old. We know that there are hormonal changes and we know there is a big reorganisation of the brain that occurs around that time across mammals, so we are fairly confident that is something that is going on in dogs, said Asher. But, she added, until now it was not clear how this period related to canine behaviour. Among the experiments the team looked at how obedient dogs of both sexes were to commands such as sit at different ages. The results from 82 dogs aged five months, and 80 dogs aged eight months revealed that adolescents were less obedient than young pups to commands from their carers. They are nearly twice as likely to ignore the sit command when they are eight months as compared to when they are five months, said Asher. However the animals obedience to a given stranger increased over the same period. The findings were backed up by questionnaire responses regarding a wider group of 285 dogs, with a drop in trainability reported by carers, but not dog trainers who were less familiar to the animals between five and eight months old. Further work revealed signs of separation behaviour such as shaking when left alone increased around eight months of age, and was associated with lower obedience at that age. Whats more Asher noted female dogs with a less secure attachment to their carer started puberty earlier as seen in humans, potentially offering new ways to study this although cause and effect remains unclear. Dr Claudia Fugazza of the Etvs Lornd University in Hungary, who was not involved in the research, said the study is important as there is little work into canine adolescence. But, she added, the research has limitations, including that much of the work is based on questionnaires, while it is not clear how deep the similarities go between parent and child, and dog and carer when it comes to different styles of attachment, and the mechanisms behind them. However Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, professor of psychology and cognitive neuroscience at the University of Cambridge described the study as fascinating. In humans, adolescence is often associated with increased risk taking, peer influence and conflict with parents. This is probably due to multiple factors including hormonal changes, brain and cognitive development and changes in the social environment, she said. The [canine] research suggests certain behaviours that we associate with teenagers are not unique to humans. Full article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/may/13/dogs-endure-emotional-difficulties-puberty-like-humans-says-study https://i.imgur.com/ShSZxiK.jpg https://i.imgur.com/N5QUDX9.png https://i.imgur.com/0LLvX7x.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ewPpOUi.jpg https://i.imgur.com/4CYPjwx.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Ya0bo2E.jpg https://i.imgur.com/SLaePyA.jpg "NOBODY UNDERSTANDS ME!" ~ Dog --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:948090781] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>Moody, unpredictable and with an striking disregard for the rules, teenagers can be hard to handle. Now it turns out the same is true for adolescent dogs. Researchers say they have found that pooches become less responsive to instructions from their carer during adolescence. And the parallels go further. Generally teenagers that have a less secure relationship with their parents are those that are more likely to show more conflict behaviour towards their parents, said Dr Lucy Asher, co-author of the research at Newcastle University. Thats the same finding that we have [between adolescent dogs and their carers]. Asher suggests that, as in humans, dogs who are less secure about their bond with their carer may play up to test its strength. In dogs, she said, that could help the animal weigh up whether it is better to stay with its carer or follow its reproductive urges to find a mate. Asher said she hoped the findings would help owners be more understanding of their dogs and cut them some slack, noting there is a spike in owners taking their dogs to shelters when the animals hit puberty. Perhaps they are not misbehaving just because they are naughty, but it is just like in humans the hormones are raging and there are things going on in the brain, she said. Writing in the journal Biology Letters, Asher and colleagues report how they explored canine adolescence by looking at the behaviour of would-be guide dogs: German shepherds, golden retrievers, labrador retrievers or crosses of the these breeds. Such breeds, said Asher, start puberty the transition from immature to mature at about six to nine months old. We know that there are hormonal changes and we know there is a big reorganisation of the brain that occurs around that time across mammals, so we are fairly confident that is something that is going on in dogs, said Asher. But, she added, until now it was not clear how this period related to canine behaviour. Among the experiments the team looked at how obedient dogs of both sexes were to commands such as sit at different ages. The results from 82 dogs aged five months, and 80 dogs aged eight months revealed that adolescents were less obedient than young pups to commands from their carers. They are nearly twice as likely to ignore the sit command when they are eight months as compared to when they are five months, said Asher. However the animals obedience to a given stranger increased over the same period. The findings were backed up by questionnaire responses regarding a wider group of 285 dogs, with a drop in trainability reported by carers, but not dog trainers who were less familiar to the animals between five and eight months old. Further work revealed signs of separation behaviour such as shaking when left alone increased around eight months of age, and was associated with lower obedience at that age. Whats more Asher noted female dogs with a less secure attachment to their carer started puberty earlier as seen in humans, potentially offering new ways to study this although cause and effect remains unclear. Dr Claudia Fugazza of the Etvs Lornd University in Hungary, who was not involved in the research, said the study is important as there is little work into canine adolescence. But, she added, the research has limitations, including that much of the work is based on questionnaires, while it is not clear how deep the similarities go between parent and child, and dog and carer when it comes to different styles of attachment, and the mechanisms behind them. However Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, professor of psychology and cognitive neuroscience at the University of Cambridge described the study as fascinating. In humans, adolescence is often associated with increased risk taking, peer influence and conflict with parents. This is probably due to multiple factors including hormonal changes, brain and cognitive development and changes in the social environment, she said. The [canine] research suggests certain behaviours that we associate with teenagers are not unique to humans. Full article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/may/13/dogs-endure-emotional-difficulties-puberty-like-humans-says-study https://i.imgur.com/ShSZxiK.jpg https://i.imgur.com/N5QUDX9.png https://i.imgur.com/0LLvX7x.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ewPpOUi.jpg https://i.imgur.com/4CYPjwx.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Ya0bo2E.jpg https://i.imgur.com/SLaePyA.jpg "NOBODY UNDERSTANDS ME!" ~ Dog </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Evening_Dragon 12/09/20 1:31:19 AM #2:	another one for "things dog owners already knew but thanks for confirming" --- https://www.joincampaignzero.org/ Guide, it's Guide, it's that Guide <cite>Evening_Dragon posted [p:948090807] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>another one for "things dog owners already knew but thanks for confirming" </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheoryzC 12/09/20 1:31:23 AM #3:	Imagines puppies listening to Linkin Bark --- This is where my sigs suppose to be. <cite>TheoryzC posted [p:948090812] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>Imagines puppies listening to Linkin Bark </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
El_Lingo 12/09/20 1:49:17 AM #4:	Relevant pics --- It's love, it's love, it's love, make it HURT. <cite>El_Lingo posted [p:948091153] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>Relevant pics </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheSavageDragon 12/09/20 1:56:25 AM #5:	Evening_Dragon posted... another one for "things dog owners already knew but thanks for confirming" <cite>TheSavageDragon posted [p:948091292] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>Evening_Dragon posted... </cite> <quote>another one for "things dog owners already knew but thanks for confirming"</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ryuko_Chan 12/09/20 2:36:12 AM #6:	true --- https://i.imgtc.com/LCLKlZX.gif Life Fiber Kamui SENKETSU! <cite>Ryuko_Chan posted [p:948092048] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>true </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lost_All_Senses 12/09/20 2:39:28 AM #7:	That 2nd pic is upsetting. --- Name checks out "Try to talk and they ain't listening, but they'll point it out when you get ignorant" - Dreezy <cite>Lost_All_Senses posted [p:948092098] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>That 2nd pic is upsetting. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smackems 12/09/20 2:42:07 AM #8:	Dogs aren't actually brain dead walking poop fluffs, says researchers --- Common sense is stupid - some dude <cite>Smackems posted [p:948092133] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>Dogs aren't actually brain dead walking poop fluffs, says researchers </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DirkDiggles 12/09/20 2:45:57 AM #9:	@The_Doge Is this true? --- https://imgur.com/i9oVpG0 <cite>DirkDiggles posted [p:948092204] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>@The_Doge Is this true? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokison 12/09/20 2:55:26 AM #10:	Evening_Dragon posted... another one for "things dog owners already knew but thanks for confirming" --- Word from the wise: Don't run in the shower. <cite>Lokison posted [p:948092349] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>Evening_Dragon posted... </cite> <quote>another one for "things dog owners already knew but thanks for confirming"</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gilberto 12/09/20 2:56:48 AM #11:	Still easy to bait though --- Battle starts here. <cite>Gilberto posted [p:948092372] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>Still easy to bait though </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheoryzC 12/09/20 3:06:56 AM #12:	Gilberto posted... Still easy to bait though --- This is where my sigs suppose to be. <cite>TheoryzC posted [p:948092533] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>Gilberto posted... </cite> <quote>Still easy to bait though</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 12/09/20 3:37:57 AM #13:	Lost_All_Senses posted... That 2nd pic is upsetting. Give him a break he Is going through puberty --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:948092978] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>Lost_All_Senses posted... </cite> <quote>That 2nd pic is upsetting.</quote>Give him a break he Is going through puberty </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ving_Rhames 12/09/20 3:39:22 AM #14:	Evening_Dragon posted... another one for "things dog owners already knew but thanks for confirming" Yeah I thought this was common knowledge lol --- the real Irving Rameses https://imgur.com/A7f6F9h <cite>Ving_Rhames posted [p:948092996] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>Evening_Dragon posted... </cite> <quote>another one for "things dog owners already knew but thanks for confirming"</quote> Yeah I thought this was common knowledge lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AngelsNAirwav3s 12/09/20 3:42:06 AM #15:	Ving_Rhames posted... Yeah I thought this was common knowledge lol Same --- Hello world! <cite>AngelsNAirwav3s posted [p:948093023] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>Ving_Rhames posted... </cite> <quote>Yeah I thought this was common knowledge lol</quote> Same </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ShineboxPhil 12/09/20 3:44:35 AM #16:	UnfairRepresent posted... https://i.imgur.com/ewPpOUi.jpg What is this, a crossover episode... --- YoJoe posted... Offensive jokes should at least be clever and funny. <cite>ShineboxPhil posted [p:948093053] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite> <quote> https://i.imgur.com/ewPpOUi.jpg </quote> What is this, a crossover episode... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 12/09/20 9:00:44 AM #17:	Ving_Rhames posted... Yeah I thought this was common knowledge lol "Common knowledge " is often wrong like the horse dying during filming of The Neverending Story --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:948098122] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>Ving_Rhames posted... </cite> <quote>Yeah I thought this was common knowledge lol</quote>"Common knowledge " is often wrong like the horse dying during filming of The Neverending Story </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The_Doge 12/09/20 9:41:13 AM #18:	DirkDiggles posted... @The_Doge Is this true? Yes --- Wow such signature join Dogefaqs today http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/1341-dogefaqs Mayor of CE <cite>The_Doge posted [p:948099275] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>DirkDiggles posted... </cite> <quote>@The_Doge Is this true?</quote>Yes </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LostForest 12/09/20 9:44:00 AM #19:	TheoryzC posted... Imagines puppies listening to Linkin Bark Hahaha 10/10 post --- ForestLogic alt. <cite>LostForest posted [p:948099361] in Dogs endur... [t:79161753]...</cite> <quote>TheoryzC posted... </cite> <quote>Imagines puppies listening to Linkin Bark</quote> Hahaha 10/10 post </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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