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Re:A whale who tried to mimic human speech (2014) by warent on Sunday May 02, 2021 @12:25PM (#27016490)
well you could say this about any behavior. Why teach children to stop peeing their pants, isn't that just trying to force them out of their nature?

There's nothing abusive about training a dog about proper behavior. Anyway, I think a dog's nature is more about obeying humans than digging holes. That's kind of the deal we made thousand of years ago

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Re:A whale who tried to mimic human speech (2014) by gverrilla on Sunday May 02, 2021 @01:00PM (#27016782)
peeing their pants will make them smell and mprobably irritate the skin. digging holes is a completely normal behavior for a dog (unless it's excessive or coupled with abnormal behavior).
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Re:A whale who tried to mimic human speech (2014) by seg_lol on Sunday May 02, 2021 @01:31PM (#27017064)
I was at the beach a couple days ago and dug two excellent holes, one was artistic in nature an the other was a nice holder for a bottle of wine.

Nice way to pass the time while chatting with friends.

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Re:A whale who tried to mimic human speech (2014) by vagrantJin on Sunday May 02, 2021 @01:19PM (#27016962)
> Anyway, I think a dog's nature is more about obeying humans than digging holes

The international Canis organizations call such speech slavery and a canine revolutionary uprising is nigh.

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