Everyone is familiar with Aesop's Fables. They are short stories usually about animal characters designed to make a point about human behavior. Aesop has been credited with inventing the fable. Indeed, the name Aesop has become synonymous with fables. However, animal fables existed long before Aesop. There are fables recorded in ancient artefacts of Babylon, Harappa (the ancient Indian civilization), China and Persia. Fables are the second oldest form of story known. The first is the myth: ...
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Everyone is familiar with Aesop's Fables. They are short stories usually about animal characters designed to make a point about human behavior. Aesop has been credited with inventing the fable. Indeed, the name Aesop has become synonymous with fables. However, animal fables existed long before Aesop. There are fables recorded in ancient artefacts of Babylon, Harappa (the ancient Indian civilization), China and Persia. Fables are the second oldest form of story known. The first is the myth: how ...
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Dog behavior training is more than making your dog all obedient and safe to leave home alone, process is to complex to reduce it to this. Since dog owners have to be an active part involved in dog behavior training, they come to learn and discover the unexpressed sides of their pets. In a nut shell, dog behavior training is about getting an obedient animal around the house while also getting more familiar with the needs and expectations of a close friend that doesn't speak the same language. ...
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No matter how long mankind has been domesticating animals, they are still at their core the wild creatures we took out of their native habitats long ago. All it takes is a perceived threat from any direction to set your cat off. The problem that many cat owners have is that they tend to anthropomorphize (apply human traits to) their cats. No matter what you think or do, your cat is a cat, not a human, and you cannot understand exactly what they are feeling if you try to apply human rationale to ...
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When adopting a new puppy, there are training issues that need to be addressed from the beginning.  Although the puppy is undeniably cute, if certain behaviors are not addressed from the beginning, and if alpha dominance is not established by the owner from the beginning, the puppy will grow up with destructive behaviors that will be much harder to break as an adult. You will find a lot of many simple solutions to these problem behaviors. One of which is starting training as soon as a puppy ...
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Pets can suffer the same mental and emotional anxieties and disorders that humans do.  Common compulsive disorders of pets include phobia, aggression, and separation anxiety. While these were commonly regarded as behavioral problems that can be modified with proper training and discipline, today, there are medications that are being prescribed for pets to counter these conditions. Even dogs with memory problems such as forgetting where the doggy door or the feeding bowl is located can be ...
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You visit the nearby animal shelters and see all of those adorable canines with the puppy dog eyes and pleading expressions and what can you do? Maybe you only came to volunteer or leave some dog toys for the animals there, but once there you are hooked like the proverbial fish. Well, many people can't say "No" and they find that they are soon leading a new pet home before they realize what's happened. I certainly don't blame them because I am a pushover for those rescue animals that long for ...
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Cats are simply adorable. They are cuddly and cute, and yes, they enjoy receiving so much attention. That is why sometimes, cats develop several annoying and destructive behavior and you should know how to deal with behavior problems of cats. Cats are animals, and as such do not have enough reasoning to tell and distinguish right from wrong. But you, the cat owner, knows what is good and bad, and so it is your responsibility to help your cat act accordingly. You need to deal with the behavior ...
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Dogs are certainly among man's best friends. However, in some circumstances, these animals also have the potential to be people's and other animals' worst enemy. As canines, dogs are equipped with sharp teeth and attacking techniques that make them dangerous when provoked and you have to deal with dogs' aggression. Dogs occasionally attack people and other dogs or animals. You may wonder what makes dogs behave violently. In truth, dogs are peace-loving and do not easily turn aggressive, unless ...
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Cat behavior is often misunderstood because of our inability to read their body language correctly. Cats are just like humans, use body language to communicate and broadcast information about their feelings and moods, desires, likes and dislikes. Cat behavior is not an area where mere humans can exercise a great deal of control. Cat behavior is, I think, every bit as complicated as human behavior, with the drawback that cats don't express themselves verbally, so all we have to go on is body ...
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