There is a saying in the countryside that "an old dog does not die", which means that it has been raised for a long timeDirt dogs, will not die of old age at home, butRan away from home before dyingto find their own "burial place".
Rural native dogs. Why do earth dogs have such peculiar behavior? Is this innate, or acquired?
The rural earth dog is also called in a narrow senseChinese Pastoral DogBroadly speaking, people refer to those native Chinese dogs who grew up in the countryside and ate rough food collectively as earth dogs.
The biggest feature of the earth dog isLoyalty, once the master is identified, he will never betray the other party in this life.
As soon as a stranger appears, the earth dog will bark to alert its owner.
Many people think that earth dogs are ferocious, biting breeds, but they are not, thoseDogs imported from abroad are the culprits of the dog bite incident
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Although the earth dog barks fiercely, this is only to maintain the "territory" of its owner, and in their opinion, the area where the owner frequently moves is the territory of the owner, and it is an existence that cannot be desecrated.
The intrusion of a stranger is disrespectful to the owner, and its cry is oneReminders and warnings
If it senses that you are hostile, it will attack you, and if not, it will continue to warn, so the earth dog is measured.
Other breeds of dogs imported from abroad are different, they identify the yard as their own territory, and if they break in, they will attack each other.
Don't provoke a dog in five situations.
The second characteristic of the earth dog isMastered in human nature, they are able to understand their owner's every move to a certain extent and can also react to specific language.
After getting along with their owners for a long time, the earth dog will develop a unique emotion and regard humans as its closest family.
Therefore, the first reason why the earth dog does not die at home is that he does not want to make the owner sad.
Why are dogs, as low-level species, able to observe human emotional changes? It's a pretty amazing phenomenon.
One of the explanations is that dogs use them in the process of getting along with humans day and nightA keen sense of smellto perceive the owner's emotional changes.
Dog olfactory structure.
Of course, they don't know what kind of smell represents what kind of emotion the owner represents at first, but through continuous learning, perception, and experimentation, they finally determine the relationship between smell and emotion.
It's like two peopleIt's been a long time, you can naturally speculate on the other party's current emotional state through the other party's every move.
Of course, earth dogs do not have such a strong ability to think, they can only simply judge the general emotional movements of their owners, and respond to specific emotions.
For example, when the owner is sad, many earth dogs will sit in front of the owner very obediently and accompany the owner quietly.
A laughing little earth dog.
There are also people who believe that when human beings change their emotions, they will be very strong"Aura".The keen earth dog is able to capture this information and thus perceive the emotions of the owner.
In any case, after being with humans for a long time, they know that if they die in front of their owners, they will make their owners "sad", so when they have a premonition that they are dying, they will run outside and die quietly.
It is worth mentioning that the place of death chosen by the earth dog is usually not too far from home, and as long as you look carefully, you will definitely find its corpse.
Perhaps for earth dogs, when they die, they also want their owners to be by their side, but in order not to cause trouble to their owners, they can only make this choice.
Puppy with sad eyes.
Before they were domesticated as pets by humans, dogs were natureThe famous gray wolf, is nature's apex predator.
As we all know, gray wolves are social animals, and they will travel together to share honor and disgrace.
A complete list of wolf breeds.
What people don't know is that there are almost no "old wolves" in their group, because the wolf pack has a very wide range of activities, and once a wolf enters old age, they will be"Drag your feet"., thus affecting the activity of the entire wolf pack.
So there is an underlying rule among wolves that when a wolf enters the old age and is slow to keep up with the large army, the old wolf will leave on his own initiative and wait quietly in a corner to die.
This habit was preserved when the gray wolf was domesticated into human society.
Gray wolf. The earth dog regards its owner's home as a wolf pack for its survival, and its daily job is to "stand guard".
When one day, the earth dog feels that he is not up to the job, he will leave his owner and find himself a quiet place to die.
It's just a pity that they don't know that their existence won'tDrag down the owner
However, some people say that in the deceitful natural world, how can there be any self-sacrifice? The reason why the gray wolf leaves the group in old age is because he is afraid of being "disposed of" by the leading gray wolf.
If it can get out of the pack in time, it might live a few more days.
In the same way, the local dog in the family also adheres to this idea, fearing that they will become the "ration" of the owner.
View from the hillside.
Compared with the latter, I personally think the former is more convincing, after all, in the days of getting along day and night, dogs and humans have long been formedSome kind of bondNot to mention that in the cruel natural world, there is also warmth.
For example, the story of the antelope bowing to the hunter and begging to spare its child is just the embodiment of the warmth of nature.
We have reason to believe that the earth dogs have the same affection for us as people do for their dogs.
Dogs hiding in kennels.
Speaking of which, many friends may be curious, why does the earth dog know that his "limit is coming"? Not only earth dogs, but many animals in nature have foreknowledge of their natural deaths.
It is said that dogs are spiritual creatures that canPerceive the time of your own death, they know because of "feeling".
Of course, there is also this layer of "metaphysics" factors in it, after all, many people will have certain signs before dying, which is something that science cannot explain.
What's more, they are based on themselvesPhysical conditionto judge.
Dog vs. Human Age Comparison Chart.
For example, when they run, they feel noticeably strained, or their bodies become heavier than before, and sometimes they feel that they can't walk, and so on.
At this point, they become vigilant.
Dogs must not know the exact time of death, so they will run out every once in a while.
If the body returns to its previous state, or if the condition does not worsen, it will return to the presence of the owner, and if the physical condition becomesIt's even worse, they will wait for death.
Pay attention to the puppy's physical condition.
Therefore, many people's native dogs are fed at home, and they often disappear after a period of time in old age.
If your dog has disappeared for a while inexplicably and suddenly appears, you should be happy for it because it is thereVictory in the fight against death
They are there until they say goodbye to their ownersSignsAfter all, after so many years of relationship, when it comes to separation, the dog is reluctant to the owner.
Dogs are man's best friend.
They are very clingy for a while before saying goodbye, staying next to their owners, and if you look closely enough, you will notice that it has a different look.
As the most loyal companion of human beings, dogs can be said to accompany us all their lives, so once we have a dog, we must be responsible for it and cannot discard it casually.