Heres a thought, are many people who are trying to breed working dogs selecting for too much predator, breeding based on what we ourselves do instinctually, basically not realizing that we ourselves are not functioning in a low stress manner? We evolved as predators and we tend to behave like predators when we work cattle. Predators want to circle, they want to get behind to close the distance, and when cattle run predators want to chase and at least control if not capture. Human predator instinct and behavior is very strong. Our instinct is so strong that it commonly overrides our powers of logic and reasoning. The majority of problems we encounter working stock are a result of letting our instinctive behaviors and urges guide us with regard to where we position ourselves and how we pressure the stock. Almost invariably we end up pressuring at a position, at a time and in a manner that is counterproductive dylanbiggs/counterproductive-human-behaviours.html
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:53:08 +0000
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