tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post9109355539798565534..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: Dogs: Hopelessly Devoted to Our Stink PBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-84928493328325925332014-11-25T15:04:40.351-05:002014-11-25T15:04:40.351-05:00I like this- it goes to show the difference betwee...I like this- it goes to show the difference between hard science and an MRI and squishy powder-puff soft science like "applied animal behavior"! According to some ridiculous study I read about a few years ago dogs don't really like us- they're just showing "clinging behavior with an insecure ambivalent attachment style". This according to "animal behaviorist" Therese Rehn who used (get this) the Ainsworth Strange Situation Procedure (developed for TODDLERS by another made up profession- child psychologists) to study dogs. At the end of the study her conclusion was that dogs who do more stuff with their owners are more attached. This is a real shock to anyone who knows about dogs-eh? Anyway- the brilliant scam artist Ms. Rehn used a sample of 20 dogs to come to this earth shattering conclusion. She really earns that money for spending lots of time and energy to guess at what everybody already knows- what a benighted world without her and her ilk...Jeff T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01520811975339950553noreply@blogger.com