6 myths that dogs would debunk if They Could Talk
Myths about dogs began to appear several thousand years ago, when people only tamed these animals. Dogs are cheerful, charming and interesting, but if they had the opportunity, they probably wouldn't mind refuting some common myths about themselves.
And now let's imagine what the dogs would tell us!
1. Dogs don't distinguish colors
This myth has been around since the 1930s. Then Will Judy, a big fan of everything related to dog life, and the creator of a nationwide festive event called "Dog Week", said that we dogs see only shades of black and gray. This is not the case at all. We really have fewer color-sensitive receptors than humans, that is, our color spectrum is a little narrower, but we still distinguish colors better than cats!
2. A dog's mouth is cleaner than a human mouth
Have you ever seen a person eating scraps from a garbage pail, cat excrement or licking something incomprehensible off the sidewalk? So I didn't see it, but we dogs do it periodically. It's fun, and we like it. I'm sorry, but we're not ashamed of it! However, our mouths have various useful things. For example, the tongue, with which it is easy to remove dirt from wounds, or saliva, which is the first obstacle to infection. Life is such that we dogs eat a lot of obscene things, and there are many bacteria living in our mouth cavities, many of which are potentially harmful. We understand why you don't want us to rush to lick you, but that doesn't mean we'll stop doing it!
3. The dog feels guilty
We bow our heads or close our eyes after chewing a notebook or breaking a trash can, but this happens because you are yelling at us! It is difficult for us to understand that all this is not considered normal in the human world.
By the way, do you even know how boring you are? We need to be more cheerful! Chew a shoe at least once in your life!
As soon as we see that you are upset about something, we immediately use our ability to calm you down. We can pretend to be sorry, but in fact we are not. We just know how to behave in such a situation. Can you really blame us for this?
4. Dogs eat grass if they get sick
Don't jump to conclusions when you see us nibbling grass on your lawn. Before you put us in the car and take us to the vet to give us an ambulance, pay attention to how much grass we eat and whether we spit it back out. Sometimes we like to eat weed. But if we do it often, we eat tons of grass, if we vomit later, then it's better to take us to the vet. It is not necessarily that we are sick with something - this behavior may be a sign of something else.
5. Dogs naturally have an unpleasant smell from the mouth
I admit, some of us really have a stink from our mouths, but it's not that our mouths by definition exude an unpleasant smell, and it's not that we eat smelly and disgusting waste. A bad smell usually does not appear because of food stuck between the fangs. These can be problems both in the oral cavity and in the abdomen. If you feel a bad smell, you should contact a veterinarian and make sure that there are no serious health problems. Perhaps we should learn how to brush our teeth properly.
6. You can't train an old dog
The older the animal, the smarter it is, and dogs can be trained in at least some techniques at any age. Training can provide age-related dogs with certain benefits. It gives us confidence and strengthens our friendship with the owner.
But it is necessary to train people so that they do not demand too much from old dogs, whose bodies and brains are no longer the same. We can't always perform the same tricks as our younger and more agile counterparts. Be patient when teaching us new skills or weaning us off unwanted habits. Believe me, if there is a reward for this, most of us will rush into battle regardless of age!
If any ideas about the behavior of dogs are passed from owner to owner, they are not necessarily true. Feel free to ask the vet about something if you have questions about your dog.
