I Think That Autistic Brains Tend To

I'm A Child Of The 50s. I Was Expected To Have Table Manners. There Needs To Be Some Expectations For Behavior. I'm Seeing Some Children Today, They Don't Push Them Enough.

You Have To Use Food Motivation Whereas A Dog Will Do Things For You Just For Social Motivation, Praise And Petting. Also With Any Animal You Want To Stroke It. Don't Pat It, Stroke It. Most Don't Like Patting.

We Breed Dogs To Be More Social Than The Wolf. There Is Very Interesting Research That Has Been Done With A Wolf And A Domestic Dog. If You Have A Tamed Wolf And You Have Him Sit In Front Of The Experimenter Or Stand In Front Of His Master And His Two Dishes, One To The Right, One To The Left – So That The Dog Or Wolf See The Food Put In The Left Hand Dish But The Owner Points To The Right – The Domesticated Will Go Where Owner Points, Whereas The The Wolf Goes Right Where He Saw The Meat Thing Put. In Other Words, In A Dog Social Cue From A Master Can Override Where He Saw The Being Placed.

We've Had Several Cats. I Had A Cat When I Was A Kid. My Aunt Had Lots Of Cats And I Got Lots Of Calls About Cats.

I Believe That The Place Where An Animal Dies Is A Sacred One. There Is A Need To Bring Ritual Into The Conventional Slaughter Plants And Use As A Means To Shape People's Behavior. It Would Help Prevent People From Becoming Numbed, Callous, Or Cruel. The Ritual Could Be Something Very Simple, Such As A Moment Of Silence. In Addition To Developing Better Designs And Making Equipment To Insure The Humane Treatments Of All Animals, That Would Be My Contribution.