Ellis Balmer I did think of that, but then I thought would they really die out if they couldn't get scraps? Dogs love to chase rodents, i'm sure if they were hungry enough they'd eat them. Only the strongest dogs would survive though. I can't see a british bulldog doing much in the wild lol
That the problem most of the big dogs will die out. Rodents wouldn't really feed a massive dog. They would do terrible against wolves and other wildlife.
No more lab rats? No more lab mice? That means there will no longer be a pair of rats that will try to take over the world everyday. God, i miss the 90s.
Tbh I still need my dog since he prevents me from having a heart attack due to an anxiety attack. I have a hole in my heart so if an anxiety attack lasts too long, it will lead to a heart attack and he stops attacks before they can get that far. Also he got me out of depression. So really, animals are our companions and we help each other.
I agree - animals help us from just giving affection to sensing serious issues (as in your case) and we give them love and affection. It's a mutual benefit.
True, but (srry lol), although animals are still very useful in situations like this now, we still consider the possibility that technological advances, such as advancement in medical technology and physical repair, would likely reduce the usefulness of our pets in these ways.
sam is you dog trained for anxiety because i got myself a dog to help me with that but the amount of stress he is giving me at times is making me wonder if it was a good idea, dont get me wrong i love him to death. it might just be because he is a stubborn baby right now
+Lkonae Don't forget some kind of cat food and bowl of water. They have an area to crap/pee as well. This forms a triangle in which they live. Eat - poop/pee - sleep, and so on.
There's no question that my dogs would be fine. They catch their own meals all the time (pretty much any time I take them into the woods). They're also leery of confrontations with other predators, so they wouldn't end up killed by a bear or cougar like so many other dogs. My cats are pretty much completely self sufficient already. I mean, they're happy to come in and eat cat food but their diet is primarily gophers, field mice, etc. They regularly outsmart and outrun the foxes and coyotes in my area, so I don't see them becoming a meal any time soon. As for your assertion that we have bred the instinct out of them, that's completely false. It implies that a dog will be incapable of surviving in the wild regardless of how it is raised, because the instincts no longer exist. This is obviously untrue, as there are thousands of wild dogs living in the US alone. They're RAISED to be useless but that is done to each dog, individually. Their offspring, if subjected to different circumstances, will be more than capable of living in the wild. That being said, I'm only talking about real dogs. Dogs that are physically capable of running down prey and outrunning predators. All of those useless purse dogs don't stand a chance, regardless of instinct or training. They're coyote droppings waiting to happen. Same for the English and French Bulldogs, most English Mastiffs, etc. Idiot breeders have destroyed many lines of dogs in the pursuit of certain looks. That is, of course, a different issue than what you're (incorrectly) talking about, though.
+Charles Eye It sounds like your dogs are more like wild ones, and they have a pack with each other. My brother's dog seems to need you for everything, and I don't know if he could learn his way out of it. It's not a little dog either, but one I think that is bred for herding sheep. Cats are usually already wild, and I think domestication is only when people want to breed them for certain things, like certain looks, that probably wouldn't happen in the wild. For dogs it's not just the looks, but the behavior too so they see you as their leader. Maybe it's more with some than with others, but I think it's the problem for the dog. A cat can generally live with their own instincts.
+NightmirrorXx Actually, my dogs are big babies who follow me around like shadows. They're extremely social and love their air conditioned home. They just know how to catch game animals and avoid confrontations with larger animals. That hardly makes them wild. If anything, it merely makes them animals. I'll bet you'd be surprised at what your brother's dog is capable of. It really doesn't take much for them to figure out what to do (especially herders, as they're typically the most intelligent of dogs). One or two weeks of living on its own and it would likely be taking rabbits, mice and the occasional squirrel (not to mention, cats) with no problem. Dogs don't really need big game as long as there's plenty of small game to be had...and there usually is. You'd be surprised at how motivated a hungry dog can be.
"Real dogs?" My Chihuahua is a real dog. In the wild, Chihuahuas live in burrows and hunt small prey much like foxes. All dogs are real dogs. She's smart, funny, affectionate and very devoted to me as her caretaker. They were bred to be companion dogs, much like other small dogs, and they do it very well, so they are not "useless." Just the psychological benefits alone of owning a companion dog are very real and therapeutic.
With sheep, it's impossible without further breeding, they'd die within five years because they can't shed their fleece. A bit like sweetcorn, it's now so specialised it _can't_ survive on its own. In terms of attitude though, Shrek and Chris (both sheep), have proved that even such heavily domesticated animals as sheep, can survive on their own. Likewise, some street dogs in Moscow have figured out how to ride the subway system. Sure dogs look to us a lot, but one or two generations down the track, not so much.
Not really true most sheep breads lose there whool when they don't need and the breads that don't will be able too reproduce in some years before they get to much whool
My dog can barely survive on the sofa. He puts his head on my leg, rolls onto his back, falls asleep and drools. If I tossed him out, he would scratch at the door, look into my windows and stare at me, and - eventually - go to the stores where he knows all the delicious treats are.
I dunno, I kind of feel like if you dropped my pet goldfish in the middle of the wild Congo it would probably just flail on the ground until it suffocated and died. Have a nice day.
The pigeon is a domestic animal that has returned to the wild. Because they have for thousands of years have been bred to live in coops and have food and shelter provided to them they live and nest exclusively in cities on man made structures, and live almost entirely on our scraps. They still depend on humans. It is difficult for them to survive and most don't make it past their first few weeks out of the nest because they don't learn to adapt to unnatural things like eating bread instead of seeds and avoiding trains and cars. The reason there are so many is because they we domesticated them to be able to breed all year long. The ones that do survive are extremely intelligent and strong. Many can be seen sporting old injuries such as missing toes and even whole feet but yet they still limp on searching for crumbs. They are more street smart than many of the humans they live alongside. I believe that as time progresses more domestic animals will go feral and learn to live alongside man
My cat is a domestic shorthair.She's been an outside cat for most of her life.She likes to catch (and eat) lizards; and has been known to pick fights with cats at least as big as she is.So yes, I think that she could survive in the wild just fine.Now, a Persian cat, on the other hand (which are so long-haired, that they need humans to brush them every day, just so their fur doesn't get matted; and have noses so pushed in, that they have to breathe through their mouths), not so much.
How does this have so many likes? Five minutes in and he's rambling about the lack of a need of cattle for meat. That's great if I clicked on a video with the title "Do we still need domesticated animals?", but I clicked on a video with the title "Would your pets survive the wild?".
The title to this video was obvious click bait that the author seemed to have very little interest or intention of answering. Frustrating as hell I agree.
I loved that closing statement. Reverse domestication should be done gradually and carefully. And we have to accept that many human generations would be spent, before a significant reversal in domestication that took thousands of years I've watched this guy's material for a long time, he explains stuff so concisely
Dog lovers are idiot They do not realise that domestic dogs would quickly extinction for apocalypse events Domestic dogs are so lazy they can't learn adaptation survival skills in wild life
I disagree that facebook has "changed the definition of a healthy social life". I had a couple thousands friends, talked to dozens a day. After deciding to delete my account, I have a far better social life than when I had FB... FB causes you to have a sedentary lifestyle, and is really creating more antisocial people.
Yes! I got rid of my Facebook. If I want to keep in touch with a friend, I TEXT them (though still impersonal, atleast I talk to a person on an individual basis). If we don't see each other in real life or talk or text, we aren't really friends.
I feel like my pitbull and collie would eventually work together as a mini-pack and successfully hunt. Though I would be concerned about them being overly trusting of potential threats. My retriever who is a bit overweight and grouchy and kind of a loner would likely die relatively quickly following human departure.
Yeah.. people seem to be loosing their ability to ascertain an answer without it being spoon fed to them anymore. He answered it he just didn't didn't directly say yes they would or no they wouldn't and here is why.
Our cat is blind. It would not survive in the wild. It was rescued after being abandoned by it's mother who was a feral cat. It's eyes had been attacked by insects and damaged beyond repair. We have had him for 11 years now and he is a great pet who does fine in the house and even in the back yard.
I think a better question to ask would be "What would releasing populations of previously domesticated animals (cats, dogs, cows, pigs) back into the wild do to the ecosystem?" if the environment could not sustain a new population of any species, that species would go extinct. We also need to be careful about introducing invasive species into wild populations. Think about the rampant spread of stray cats and dogs in certain urban areas a all over the world, and the impact that it has on wild life as well as human life.
I don't know about other dogs, but my dog is wild. He kills small animals, learns to open doors, steal foods while I'm not looking. The only thing is my dog is a medium-sized short-legged little thing, so he won't be able to compete with other animals for food in wilderness, but I feel like his intelligence makes him incredibly self-sufficient.
domestic animals that go wild again are called "feral." All over the world there are feral populations of cats, dogs, pigs, horses, snakes, bunnies....
You're wrong about domesticated dogs not being able to survive in the wild. Once a dog realises that he's on his own he soon reverts to his natural state . This phenomenum can evidently become dangerous and many places in the world have problems with domesticated dogs gone wild and forming packs. And you were incorrect instating that domesticated dogs "COULDN'T" go through the door in the fence and fetch their food, the ones that didn't go through "WOULDN'T". Dogs are very clever and don't encourage people to misunderstand or underestimate them it's irresponsable!
Maybe you're right, but to confirm a theory you need a controlled environment that scientists and other experts can rely on to gather information and prove correct or incorrect an hypothesis. Leaving dogs alone in the wild is very tricky for various reasons first of all it's considered inhumane to leave domestics animals astray because it may cause suffering to them. Secondly, the dogs you say that formed packs and became "wild" have no confirmed background such as breed or past owners. And what do you mean by "their natural state", dogs are clearly domesticated animals that no longer possesses the exactly features of an wolf or fox, compare a Lhasa apso with a coyote, even if their behavior are similar their physical capacities differ greatly. Many others elements affect a statement like yours. Sorry for the bad English, it's not my mother language.
Technically speaking, he does refer to his natural state. However, in a dog's natural state, they are still much different from a wolf. Dogs would not revert to their pre-domesticated state. They would become feral and more scavengers rather than hunters. While some dogs have been known to form pack, many times they remain loners as strays. Also, dogs just have smaller brains than wolves.
Rosa Lina come to Belize, you will be amazed by all the wild dogs that hunt for food. They kill iguanas, turtles, armadillos, and small wild pigs. Its common to see these things here.
Pigs released into the wild will naturally become wild boars again. This happened during the Colombian exchange. Less than 50 pigs were brought to the Americas by one man. Within a generation the pigs that escaped into the wild grew back their tusks and became what we now know was American Wild Boars, before that there were no boars in the Americas. If we wanted to do this with sheep, we would need to breed them for generations to grow less wool. We've bred sheep so much to the point that if they are not regularly sheered, they will grow so much wool that it becomes physically harmful to them, like how show dogs need to be regularly groomed in order to prevent matted fur, wild wolves don't have that problem.
I feel like the bigger working dogs would get together to join a pack and potentially be able to catch rodents or something of that nature. Cats would all be fine.
Cats domesticated themselves. They realized they could be lazier with the care of people. A cat's meow was developed to get get a humans attention which is why it sounds similar to a babies cry and why people respond to it more. Cats haven't lost any of their wild skills or mindset only to human's. If you put a cat in the wild it can adapt and is still able to hunt and it will. Humans didn't breed "Big cats" in house cats they changed with the environment unlike dogs. All human's did was breed cats into different colors and shapes but didn't effect the way they interface with people.
I think it depends on the breed, and of course how it was raised. My parents spoiled the dog so much that he won't eat a hotdog unless you cut it up for him. I once tried just giving him one whole and he just looked at me like 'wtf how am I supposed to eat this' lol.
I had a cat when I was 10 and I lived in the country, my family moved and we gave the cat away. Later found out the cat made its way back to the old property. Im 24 now and got a chance to rent the house. the cat is still here and lives by hunting. ive seen it jump off my roof and take down a big crow. So yeah, my pet can survive in the wild and has for 14 years
What goes into making smeat.? You know, chemicals, growing medium, energy, fuel..... What effect does those chemicals have on the human body.? How much space does it all require.? What are those tubes made of.? What kind of pollution does it create in water, air and soil.? In short, is it really healthful and safe.?
Rats are not humans and react differently than humans.. Many animals are poisoned by things that would harm humans and vice-versa.. The amounts of test substances used are far more than a human would use in several lifetimes, so those results are not valid and test animals are of no use.. That makes those animals nothing more than objects of torture..
My mom's cat got lost about 300 feet down the street. She found out several months later while going for a walk, and brought him home.The house he had been hiding out at can be seen from my mom's front yard...
It seems to me that you have two options in dealing with little Floo-Floo. 1) assuming it took $1 million to train captured dolphins to return them to their wild birth place, I would imagine it would take a similar ammount to train a dog, given the tens of thousands of years we have been selectively breeding them. or 2) just take cute little Floo-Floo to Tanzania and drop her off in the middle of a pack of starving hyenas! The latter would cost no more than the plane ride there and would be super entertaining! haha!
I live in the flatwoods with a pack of working terriers. No fencing. They have been known to disappear for as long as a week from getting lost chasing deer and foxes. They often make it back infested with ticks. When deer hounds get lost they typically survive their first winter, become infested with parasites internal and external the following summer and not survive the subsequent winter. Pigs are a whole other story. The domestication of pigs has apparently not effected their evolved traits much and they go feral very easily, alas.
I think it's easy to forget that an animals ability to survive in the wild doesn't rely solely on its ability to catch food. Both of my cats could find enough food just fine and avoid other predators. However, while the one who is half-wildcat (Scottish wildcat) would have a dense-enough under layer or fur to manage in the cold wet weather here in the rural North of Scotland, most domestic cats would not. Similarly, some of the short haired breeds might survive in a hot climate if it could hunt well, but the half-wildcat would simply overheat.
I live in very rural area, and one of my cats spends all her summers in the forests, apparently eating squirrels and stuff. She visits home maybe once every two weeks. Come winter she doesn't even leave the house.
Have you guys read the famous novel of Jack Landon, ? Half of that book is about a well fed dog, for some reason, had to survive on its own, end up as a wolf, not just a wolf, but the leader of a wolf pack, when you put animals in survival situations, their survival instinct would lead them to success, a lot of them would fail, but I am sure some of them would succeed.
"wolf packs" are generally accepted as a product of captivity. In the wild, it's usually the parents and their offspring. The heirarchal "packs" is caused by combining unrelated, "stranger wolves" with others, causing them to form heirarchies.
bravelittleroomba I read it 19 years ago, there were 2 stories in the book, one is a dog, Buck, he became a wolf. Another story is about White Fang, he was a wolf (half wolf?) and became a dog.
***** I don't exactly remember how it was in the novel, but is that the only way to form a wolf pack as you said? I seemingly remember it was because Buck defeated the leader of the wolves, so they accepted him as a new leader? Anyway it is a novel it could be wrong, or maybe there are other ways to make a wolf pack like challenging the pack leader?
Di Dxpeo omg white fang !!! That was my favourtie book of all time and I didn't know there was another story I didn't exactly had internet back then 😂😂😂 to look up anything , anyway that story was the reason i always wanted a husky and now I finally got him
I constantly have to pull my husky/? mix away from digging up moles and shrews. He scavenged a deer carcass from who knows where (but he enjoyed running around with the spine) and once he brought me a turtle. He'd be fine in the wild. He is kind of wild.
+TheGreatMoonFrog Yeah, I think it definitely depends on the individual. I mean, there are plenty of examples of feral dogs and cats too, which survive on their own if not in the wild.
My dog would've passed the fence test in a heartbeat! I know it because she'd sniffed out where my Grandmother used to toss scraps over the fence into the farmer's cornfield and she walked from there to the end of the fence and went around and got to it. She also later found a hole in it that was closer and started using that instead! But she was a mix, not some overpriced "purebreed" :)
My poor dog would die almost inmediately, he doesn't know how to fight at all. If you take away food that you give him, he just looks at you with puppy eyes. But does nothing at all. Super pampered.
My family had two black labs that were able to provide somewhat for themselves. We fed when they hadn't caught anything in a while but they were doing very well for themselves.
I have two cats. They've already proven to my wife and I that they can handle themselves out in the wild. They don't need us, they come home much like an adult child in college. Whenever they don't feel like cooking or they're feeling home sick. Regardless, our door is always open. ^_^
I have a poodle so he'll only get so far until his fur starts matting as it continuously grows...I'm sure it would eventually kill him. Ugh, that's depressing.
Depends on the dog's breed.... I believe that, Huskies, Malamutes, Akita Inus, a Shiba Inus, Rhodesian Ridgebacks and so many other more primitive breed dogs would manage... As for cats, a Persian, a Sphynx, a Ragdoll, a Munchkin wouldn't but a Bengal, a Savannah a domestic cat, no problem!...
We made them, theyre our responsibility. and I know this isnt the topic of the video at hand as it was just a hypothetical scenario but robots wouldn't ever be able to do what animals do, more specifically what pets do. Being able to sit with something to I guess like, 'breath with' as I describe it is very calming. And the heart beats of living things also, to an extent, sync up. So thats something else to help drastically with anxiety and stress. And other things like body heat, noise, ect. You know like basic traits of living things. I really dont think robots are ever going to be able to perfectly mimic living beings. :/
My parents have 3 dogs. Two of them are really stupid. They would probably starve if they could see food but there was a fence between it and them. The other one is really smart. He'd probably do just fine on his own. They switched the doorknobs in the house from lever style to round so he would stop getting into places he shouldn't be because he would open the doors to get into any room that was closed. He even let himself out of the house a few times by going into the garage, which opens into the house and has a pneumatic closer, and waiting for someone to come home so he could go out the garage door.
my cat would just lie down and continue sleeping. it might look for a more comfy spot. it might drink something. but it think its too lazy to survive. it would be like; "ugh, im so hungry! but i dont wanna huunt!"
We have a group of ''wild horses'' in Serbia on the Old Mountain, that is the name of the mounten, but actualy they are domestic and they have survived for like 4 generations or more...
my cat ran away when i was visiting my grandma's, she lives an hour away from where I was staying. i left my cat for a week and went back to find her cause she's my cuddle buddy. I drove an hour back in the night, cause its one of the best times to look. I carried food, water and a laser to try and search the neighborhood.. but when i arrived my cat was already in front of my grandmas house. I heard her bells, I said her name and she slowly came out meowing. She was kind of scared. I lured her with food, grabbed her and put her in the car for the night (cause my grandma doesnt like pets in her house). I couldn't wait to see her in the morning. She was a different cat, her face looked different and she had more muscle than when she ran away... I thought she would have been lighter in weight. She was really happy to see me. I got licked, kneaded, bunted, rubbed on. I wonder if she would have gave up and moved on if I didn't come back, or if she would have continued to wait. My dad and grandma told me the cat wouldn't return, that she had "gone her own way." But I told them confidently "no, she'll be back." I was right, and she did.
lastwolflord no, far from it actually. I even left my carrier at my grandmas cause she offered to catch the cat if she could. I respect her wishes, as do all my other relatives that have pets. My grandmother keeps her home clean, and I understand fur shedding can be a bother for some people, some people can't stand the smell of cat poop. And besides that my cats fur felt dirty and I wasn't sure if she had tapeworms or any bugs on her, so I wouldn't have wanted my cat to roam around her home. She used to raise lots of different animals back in the day but I don't think she kept any in the house... Most of my relatives came from Trinidad, I've never seen any of my Trinidadian relatives (On the Island) keep their pets (dogs) inside. They are always sheltered from the sun/rain and tied up or fenced in. Some of my family members came here and are more Americanized, they have indoor/outdoor dogs. Others that recently came to the States rather not have pets because "they're too messy," and they can't travel to go anywhere without worrying about getting someone to take care of a pet. It also seems that there is a stigma about the cats.. Some of my cousins think they "carry diseases (even though they have shots), or they're dirty, or scary..." I guess that's because most cats in Trinidad are feral, and all over the place. I never seen a Trinidadian person with a pet cat, but some people feed the ones that roam, or end up living in their backyard. Then I got cousins that have kids that get sick easily, or don't know if their kids are allergic so nobody comes near the cats... its kind of annoying but whatever. :|
i have 3 cats, one was a barn cat and is now a house cat- she doesnt even look at the door. another is my 'old boy' Mr.Snuggles and he's not athletic and only cares about food and sleep, he also cant chew very well. the last one is 'the kitten' (he's 2 and a half years old) Puff, who doesnt even know how to eat meat- he doesnt use his teeth, which is hilarious to watch. he thinks that licking it will do the job and then gets bored when it doesnt work- i dont think they'd do too well without their mom lol
I'm paraphrasing here, but "When a dog is confused it looks to it's owner for help." In my opinion that isn't because the dog is helpless, it's because the dog is used to having a guiding hand, the owner has essentially taken the place of the alpha male in a pack. If that dog was away from its owner It would have to work it out on its own, and if it was together with other dogs and no humans, they'd quickly establish a pecking order and solve the problem. I have a cat who adopted me on a walk through the woods. Oscar was maybe 7 months old when he followed me home, and that was in august of 2014. He has been an indoor outdoor cat since I've had him and I know for a fact he could survive on his own. I can also take him on walks in the woods with no leash and he will stay with me, but goes out on his own and brings back moles and snakes and mice and bunnies, so I'm sure he'd do just fine.
I believe that within a few decades the millions of stray dogs and cats who fend for themselves will be capable of reversing the domestication process like the dingos in Australia
My hamster would surely freeze since she's a desert-animal living in Norway... unless the cat gets her first. I've already lost one rabbit to a predator so I don't think they'd fare much better either... Plus neither of those animals are native to Norway so if they DID survive they could just cause problems for the natural wildlife...
Wild breed dogs like working line GSDs and some mongrels would probably do fine in the wild. Their self sufficiency is actually problematic for owners as they can be extremely hard to dominate and also tend to hunt which usually means killing livestock and other pets. They seem more tame than domestic often. My childhood dog had been bread for generations to hunt pigs, his mother was technically a pure working line collie although in reality her and her family were very different to their farm dog ancestors, and his father was a ridgeback whippet cross. He was fast, strong and intelligent. He wasn't allowed to go hunting because he killed quickly and easily, and the dogs can't do that. He had a jaw pressure that was actually just scary but also amazing jaw control. If I hadn't raised him to be tame I don't doubt he could have been absolutely fine. We also had a top dog, a real mongrel and a runt. Bred for hunting as well, he was neglected and left to his own devices most of the time for his first few years and he became a brilliant thief (one time he brought me a sealed packet of bacon so we shared it), and small game hunter, he'd climb trees and build mountains of possums (the Australian kind) for fun he also accomplished the incredible feat of learning to be a top dog in a pig hunting pack at 7 which is unheard of. One time he punctured a lung and continued the hunt, he had thosands of dollars in vets bills by the time he died at the grand old age if 18 and he always was fine with pain. It's clear that dogs from the right breeds and with the right lifestyle would be fine in the wild, and if humans disappeared I think it would take them a few very hard generations to become successfully wild and devastate ecosystems the world over.
+Allie Doak We had a dog, an Akita mix, that would leap into the air and snatch birds mid flight right down. As we're not hunters of any kind it was impressive and somewhat distressing.
What's funny is we opened up my balcony door so my cat go outside one day, and she looked outside, paused for a second, and then ran the opposite direction as fast as she could go. I think she would get an F if she was released into the wild.
I cannot foresee a future where we choose robots over actual flesh an blood dogs. They would have to be more or less the replicate animals from blade runner, and have to be indistinguishable from the real thing. I am sure all be long dead by the time that happens. Fine by me. I love my real dog. And if you ask me, looking to a human to solve your problem is probably about the smartest thing an animal can do, since were the best at it. Dogs are just better delegaters than wolves lol
It can only be a good thing though, think about it you can have a talking dog for a pet some day?!? That would be the best thing ever, but you're probably right that we would all be long dead before something like that happens.
A title that promises something interesting: Will pets survive in the wild? And then it comes, tons of cackling and no answere of the question: If my cat could survive and breed if I threw it into the wilderness.
I have a cat, he's not declawed, he'd probably be fine, but cat domestication didn't rob cats of skills and brains the way it did dogs. The difference between a good house cat and a feral cat survivor is socialization. A house cat who moves into the wild without people and has kittens will have feral kittens that survive just fine, and if one of those kittens grows up to have kittens, and those kittens are captured and socialized with humans after weening, you'd never be able to tell their mom was feral. Which isn't to say domestication hasn't affected the behavior of the feral offshoots. Feral cats live in loose social groups called colonies, unlike the wild cats they descend from. They still hunt individually, but they actually take care of each other, giving excess kills to new mothers and sick or injured colony members. So even changes brought about by domestication might actually be beneficial to survival in the wild. My dog on the other hand in a minpin mix, I don't give him good odds at a making it a year in the wild. I'm very careful when I take him out because I don't want a coyote or eagle getting him (I live in the country, and those are both common around here).
My dog Skippy will walk along a fence to get food. he also waits at lights when crossing streets, and stays in the crosswalk. he'll do so without me guiding him.
if you are with him he may be looking to you for signals without you knowing it. A well trained dog looks to its owner before walking. As a dog trainer, all you've confirmed is you have a well trained dog.
The answer to the title of the video starts at 8:08.
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I was wondering when he would get to the topic...look up the word tangent in the dictionary and you'll find this video
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But I'm pretty sure I've seen stray dogs in groups survive without humans?
Yea but they still need humans they scavenge they eat are rubbish. They are like foxes.
Ellis Balmer I did think of that, but then I thought would they really die out if they couldn't get scraps? Dogs love to chase rodents, i'm sure if they were hungry enough they'd eat them. Only the strongest dogs would survive though. I can't see a british bulldog doing much in the wild lol
That the problem most of the big dogs will die out. Rodents wouldn't really feed a massive dog. They would do terrible against wolves and other wildlife.
+Raheem D most stray dogs of different breeds can easily been seen working together for foods in urban cities.
That's the thing. They are in domestic areas as opposed to being in the wild.
No more lab rats? No more lab mice? That means there will no longer be a pair of rats that will try to take over the world everyday. God, i miss the 90s.
I see what you did there
+Afrika Smith NAAAAARF! :D
Pet owner ship isn't only about the humans connection to it.
You can't replace a pet with a machine.
Tbh I still need my dog since he prevents me from having a heart attack due to an anxiety attack.
I have a hole in my heart so if an anxiety attack lasts too long, it will lead to a heart attack and he stops attacks before they can get that far.
Also he got me out of depression.
So really, animals are our companions and we help each other.
I agree - animals help us from just giving affection to sensing serious issues (as in your case) and we give them love and affection. It's a mutual benefit.
I agree, and no preprogrammed machine can replace that. I know all the little acts of affection and kindness from my rats mean the world to me.
True, but (srry lol), although animals are still very useful in situations like this now, we still consider the possibility that technological advances, such as advancement in medical technology and physical repair, would likely reduce the usefulness of our pets in these ways.
Sam Eggleton very true!
sam is you dog trained for anxiety because i got myself a dog to help me with that but the amount of stress he is giving me at times is making me wonder if it was a good idea, dont get me wrong i love him to death. it might just be because he is a stubborn baby right now
I had to give you a dislike because you didn't get to the topic of the video till 8
Where's the lost skeleton?
"facebook bought us a new kind of HEALTHY relationship?" I DON`T THINK SO.
+Dave Jacob BOY WERE THEY WRONG!
yup maybe they will touch this topic in the futre
My cat wouldn't give a fuck as long as it has a quiet place to sleep for 23/24 hours a day.
+Lkonae
Don't forget some kind of cat food and bowl of water. They have an area to crap/pee as well. This forms a triangle in which they live. Eat - poop/pee - sleep, and so on.
There's no question that my dogs would be fine. They catch their own meals all the time (pretty much any time I take them into the woods). They're also leery of confrontations with other predators, so they wouldn't end up killed by a bear or cougar like so many other dogs.
My cats are pretty much completely self sufficient already. I mean, they're happy to come in and eat cat food but their diet is primarily gophers, field mice, etc. They regularly outsmart and outrun the foxes and coyotes in my area, so I don't see them becoming a meal any time soon.
As for your assertion that we have bred the instinct out of them, that's completely false. It implies that a dog will be incapable of surviving in the wild regardless of how it is raised, because the instincts no longer exist. This is obviously untrue, as there are thousands of wild dogs living in the US alone. They're RAISED to be useless but that is done to each dog, individually. Their offspring, if subjected to different circumstances, will be more than capable of living in the wild.
That being said, I'm only talking about real dogs. Dogs that are physically capable of running down prey and outrunning predators. All of those useless purse dogs don't stand a chance, regardless of instinct or training. They're coyote droppings waiting to happen. Same for the English and French Bulldogs, most English Mastiffs, etc. Idiot breeders have destroyed many lines of dogs in the pursuit of certain looks. That is, of course, a different issue than what you're (incorrectly) talking about, though.
My dog being a chihuahua would be picked up by a predatory bird
hell yea
+Charles Eye It sounds like your dogs are more like wild ones, and they have a pack with each other. My brother's dog seems to need you for everything, and I don't know if he could learn his way out of it. It's not a little dog either, but one I think that is bred for herding sheep.
Cats are usually already wild, and I think domestication is only when people want to breed them for certain things, like certain looks, that probably wouldn't happen in the wild. For dogs it's not just the looks, but the behavior too so they see you as their leader. Maybe it's more with some than with others, but I think it's the problem for the dog. A cat can generally live with their own instincts.
+NightmirrorXx Actually, my dogs are big babies who follow me around like shadows. They're extremely social and love their air conditioned home. They just know how to catch game animals and avoid confrontations with larger animals. That hardly makes them wild. If anything, it merely makes them animals.
I'll bet you'd be surprised at what your brother's dog is capable of. It really doesn't take much for them to figure out what to do (especially herders, as they're typically the most intelligent of dogs). One or two weeks of living on its own and it would likely be taking rabbits, mice and the occasional squirrel (not to mention, cats) with no problem. Dogs don't really need big game as long as there's plenty of small game to be had...and there usually is. You'd be surprised at how motivated a hungry dog can be.
"Real dogs?" My Chihuahua is a real dog. In the wild, Chihuahuas live in burrows and hunt small prey much like foxes. All dogs are real dogs. She's smart, funny, affectionate and very devoted to me as her caretaker. They were bred to be companion dogs, much like other small dogs, and they do it very well, so they are not "useless." Just the psychological benefits alone of owning a companion dog are very real and therapeutic.
With sheep, it's impossible without further breeding, they'd die within five years because they can't shed their fleece. A bit like sweetcorn, it's now so specialised it _can't_ survive on its own. In terms of attitude though, Shrek and Chris (both sheep), have proved that even such heavily domesticated animals as sheep, can survive on their own. Likewise, some street dogs in Moscow have figured out how to ride the subway system. Sure dogs look to us a lot, but one or two generations down the track, not so much.
Not really true most sheep breads lose there whool when they don't need and the breads that don't will be able too reproduce in some years before they get to much whool
Dogbook.
Fido: Woof.
human: Hello Fido, look at this picture of my dinner.
Fido: sobs.
Ash reverse domesticating Pigiot was my saddest childhood memory
Really?
+Blue .Barrymore by whom? was it in the anime
Link?
I remember him doing that woth butterfree but pidgeot
My dog can barely survive on the sofa. He puts his head on my leg, rolls onto his back, falls asleep and drools.
If I tossed him out, he would scratch at the door, look into my windows and stare at me, and - eventually - go to the stores where he knows all the delicious treats are.
I dunno, I kind of feel like if you dropped my pet goldfish in the middle of the wild Congo it would probably just flail on the ground until it suffocated and died.
Have a nice day.
my goldfish is an apex I'm positive he would lead his very own piranha sworn.
+Angel Flores Unless my gold fish was still alive. My gold fish was the true apex predator, it lived a whole week before it died!
The pigeon is a domestic animal that has returned to the wild. Because they have for thousands of years have been bred to live in coops and have food and shelter provided to them they live and nest exclusively in cities on man made structures, and live almost entirely on our scraps. They still depend on humans. It is difficult for them to survive and most don't make it past their first few weeks out of the nest because they don't learn to adapt to unnatural things like eating bread instead of seeds and avoiding trains and cars. The reason there are so many is because they we domesticated them to be able to breed all year long. The ones that do survive are extremely intelligent and strong. Many can be seen sporting old injuries such as missing toes and even whole feet but yet they still limp on searching for crumbs. They are more street smart than many of the humans they live alongside. I believe that as time progresses more domestic animals will go feral and learn to live alongside man
+mikis i That's very interesting. I always wondered why pigeons behaved like they do.
8:35 I know plenty of dogs that would pass that test.
Any adult cat would also pass that test. ;)
phahaha haha this is the single greatest thumbnail I've ever seen. holy shittttt
damn
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that frenchie looks so fucking cute
I know right look at that tree
KAWAII DESU!!!
The maid reason why I clicked on here, lol.
My cat is a domestic shorthair.She's been an outside cat for most of her life.She likes to catch (and eat) lizards; and has been known to pick fights with cats at least as big as she is.So yes, I think that she could survive in the wild just fine.Now, a Persian cat, on the other hand (which are so long-haired, that they need humans to brush them every day, just so their fur doesn't get matted; and have noses so pushed in, that they have to breathe through their mouths), not so much.
That means domestic dogs are not very intelligent
They can't learn to adapt survival skills in wild life
What joke 🤣
How does this have so many likes? Five minutes in and he's rambling about the lack of a need of cattle for meat. That's great if I clicked on a video with the title "Do we still need domesticated animals?", but I clicked on a video with the title "Would your pets survive the wild?".
The title to this video was obvious click bait that the author seemed to have very little interest or intention of answering. Frustrating as hell I agree.
Why are you're videos titles so interesting I felt fooled by you every time
;-;
My dogs still work, they are security.
dogs would do exactly as people would do if you turned them wild, some would die others would live and learn.
Do think dogs have a better chance of surviving in the wild than humans
I loved that closing statement. Reverse domestication should be done gradually and carefully. And we have to accept that many human generations would be spent, before a significant reversal in domestication that took thousands of years
I've watched this guy's material for a long time, he explains stuff so concisely
Dog lovers are idiot
They do not realise that domestic dogs would quickly extinction for apocalypse events
Domestic dogs are so lazy they can't learn adaptation survival skills in wild life
I disagree that facebook has "changed the definition of a healthy social life". I had a couple thousands friends, talked to dozens a day. After deciding to delete my account, I have a far better social life than when I had FB... FB causes you to have a sedentary lifestyle, and is really creating more antisocial people.
I agree, and I don't feel like getting that kind of emotional attachment to a robotic toy that can't love you back is healthy.
Yes! I got rid of my Facebook. If I want to keep in touch with a friend, I TEXT them (though still impersonal, atleast I talk to a person on an individual basis). If we don't see each other in real life or talk or text, we aren't really friends.
I feel like my pitbull and collie would eventually work together as a mini-pack and successfully hunt. Though I would be concerned about them being overly trusting of potential threats. My retriever who is a bit overweight and grouchy and kind of a loner would likely die relatively quickly following human departure.
you are not talking about the title of the video!:
Would Your Pets Survive In The Wild?
+Emanuel Alejandro Blanco I thought the answer was pretty clearly "probably not."
+Emanuel Alejandro Blanco
Yeah I disliked for the pretty clear clickbait title
I felt like I got an answer..
Yeah.. people seem to be loosing their ability to ascertain an answer without it being spoon fed to them anymore. He answered it he just didn't didn't directly say yes they would or no they wouldn't and here is why.
The answer was "no"
Our cat is blind. It would not survive in the wild. It was rescued after being abandoned by it's mother who was a feral cat. It's eyes had been attacked by insects and damaged beyond repair. We have had him for 11 years now and he is a great pet who does fine in the house and even in the back yard.
I think a better question to ask would be "What would releasing populations of previously domesticated animals (cats, dogs, cows, pigs) back into the wild do to the ecosystem?" if the environment could not sustain a new population of any species, that species would go extinct. We also need to be careful about introducing invasive species into wild populations. Think about the rampant spread of stray cats and dogs in certain urban areas a all over the world, and the impact that it has on wild life as well as human life.
have you ever seen a robot get a duck in deep water after someone shhots a duck
shoots*
I don't know about other dogs, but my dog is wild. He kills small animals, learns to open doors, steal foods while I'm not looking. The only thing is my dog is a medium-sized short-legged little thing, so he won't be able to compete with other animals for food in wilderness, but I feel like his intelligence makes him incredibly self-sufficient.
My cat has no issues surviving, when it comes to shrews and little birds he's a serial killer. Still very apex.
***** Kill dogs? WTF is wrong with you?
+Trillest one All cats must die, Valar meowghulis
I read somewhere that Silkworms are so domesticated that they are dependent on humans for their entire life cycle(feeding, reproucing etc.)
domestic animals that go wild again are called "feral." All over the world there are feral populations of cats, dogs, pigs, horses, snakes, bunnies....
You're wrong about domesticated dogs not being able to survive in the wild. Once a dog realises that he's on his own he soon reverts to his natural state . This phenomenum can evidently become dangerous and many places in the world have problems with domesticated dogs gone wild and forming packs. And you were incorrect instating that domesticated dogs "COULDN'T" go through the door in the fence and fetch their food, the ones that didn't go through "WOULDN'T". Dogs are very clever and don't encourage people to misunderstand or underestimate them it's irresponsable!
Maybe you're right, but to confirm a theory you need a controlled environment that scientists and other experts can rely on to gather information and prove correct or incorrect an hypothesis. Leaving dogs alone in the wild is very tricky for various reasons first of all it's considered inhumane to leave domestics animals astray because it may cause suffering to them. Secondly, the dogs you say that formed packs and became "wild" have no confirmed background such as breed or past owners. And what do you mean by "their natural state", dogs are clearly domesticated animals that no longer possesses the exactly features of an wolf or fox, compare a Lhasa apso with a coyote, even if their behavior are similar their physical capacities differ greatly. Many others elements affect a statement like yours.
Sorry for the bad English, it's not my mother language.
Technically speaking, he does refer to his natural state. However, in a dog's natural state, they are still much different from a wolf. Dogs would not revert to their pre-domesticated state. They would become feral and more scavengers rather than hunters. While some dogs have been known to form pack, many times they remain loners as strays. Also, dogs just have smaller brains than wolves.
Rosa Lina come to Belize, you will be amazed by all the wild dogs that hunt for food. They kill iguanas, turtles, armadillos, and small wild pigs. Its common to see these things here.
Yea but those stupid pugs would die tho
I just wanted to know if my dog can survive or not? But now you are talking about meat cell production :/ I gave up
7:08 the true face of depression
This channel is like school, but I chose to come here XD
My cat would be fine, we declawed her front paws, but she still manages to catch and disembowel wild rabbits, it's actually kind of annoying 😓
Cj Looklin You declawed her? You’re a HORRIBLE person. You go to hell!
Pigs released into the wild will naturally become wild boars again. This happened during the Colombian exchange. Less than 50 pigs were brought to the Americas by one man. Within a generation the pigs that escaped into the wild grew back their tusks and became what we now know was American Wild Boars, before that there were no boars in the Americas. If we wanted to do this with sheep, we would need to breed them for generations to grow less wool. We've bred sheep so much to the point that if they are not regularly sheered, they will grow so much wool that it becomes physically harmful to them, like how show dogs need to be regularly groomed in order to prevent matted fur, wild wolves don't have that problem.
my miniature dachshund would immediately try to kill a wolf you can guess the rest...
My cat would find another human to enslave no matter where it went.
SOYLENT GREEN Its going to happen!
Most dogs would die a slow painful death in the wild. The solution is to cut back on breeding them, but we should take care of the ones that exist.
I feel like the bigger working dogs would get together to join a pack and potentially be able to catch rodents or something of that nature. Cats would all be fine.
Show Idea: what if Humans (modern day humans) had to survive in the wild with no tools?
+YaBoiKim search "NAKED AND AFRAID putlocker" on google and click the top link there you 5 seasons
+YaBoiKim they would build the tools again. Thats our advantage
Cats domesticated themselves. They realized they could be lazier with the care of people. A cat's meow was developed to get get a humans attention which is why it sounds similar to a babies cry and why people respond to it more. Cats haven't lost any of their wild skills or mindset only to human's. If you put a cat in the wild it can adapt and is still able to hunt and it will. Humans didn't breed "Big cats" in house cats they changed with the environment unlike dogs. All human's did was breed cats into different colors and shapes but didn't effect the way they interface with people.
I think it depends on the breed, and of course how it was raised. My parents spoiled the dog so much that he won't eat a hotdog unless you cut it up for him. I once tried just giving him one whole and he just looked at me like 'wtf how am I supposed to eat this' lol.
my dog would probably run to my StripClub
I had a cat when I was 10 and I lived in the country, my family moved and we gave the cat away. Later found out the cat made its way back to the old property. Im 24 now and got a chance to rent the house. the cat is still here and lives by hunting. ive seen it jump off my roof and take down a big crow. So yeah, my pet can survive in the wild and has for 14 years
I can't imagine my life without my 2 boxer dogs I love them to death 🐶🐶💞💞
What goes into making smeat.? You know, chemicals, growing medium, energy, fuel..... What effect does those chemicals have on the human body.? How much space does it all require.? What are those tubes made of.? What kind of pollution does it create in water, air and soil.? In short, is it really healthful and safe.?
What does it have to do with domestic animals, pets going feral.? We already see the damage done by dogs and cats that go back to the wild..
Rats are not humans and react differently than humans.. Many animals are poisoned by things that would harm humans and vice-versa.. The amounts of test substances used are far more than a human would use in several lifetimes, so those results are not valid and test animals are of no use.. That makes those animals nothing more than objects of torture..
Some dog breeds could easily live without us. But the tiny breeds and the inbred pedigree breeds would be hopeless.
My mom's cat got lost about 300 feet down the street. She found out several months later while going for a walk, and brought him home.The house he had been hiding out at can be seen from my mom's front yard...
ok, my pets now would starve but my old cat lucky was basically wild anyway.
It seems to me that you have two options in dealing with little Floo-Floo. 1) assuming it took $1 million to train captured dolphins to return them to their wild birth place, I would imagine it would take a similar ammount to train a dog, given the tens of thousands of years we have been selectively breeding them. or 2) just take cute little Floo-Floo to Tanzania and drop her off in the middle of a pack of starving hyenas! The latter would cost no more than the plane ride there and would be super entertaining! haha!
Hahaha my Siberian Husky would play with everything if she was released into the wild. XD
Trace seems more like an actor than a scientist
I loved the After Earth documentaries that talked about this. Honestly, I don't know why I watch when I know 90% of the stuff.
I live in the flatwoods with a pack of working terriers. No fencing. They have been known to disappear for as long as a week from getting lost chasing deer and foxes. They often make it back infested with ticks. When deer hounds get lost they typically survive their first winter, become infested with parasites internal and external the following summer and not survive the subsequent winter. Pigs are a whole other story. The domestication of pigs has apparently not effected their evolved traits much and they go feral very easily, alas.
I think it's easy to forget that an animals ability to survive in the wild doesn't rely solely on its ability to catch food. Both of my cats could find enough food just fine and avoid other predators. However, while the one who is half-wildcat (Scottish wildcat) would have a dense-enough under layer or fur to manage in the cold wet weather here in the rural North of Scotland, most domestic cats would not. Similarly, some of the short haired breeds might survive in a hot climate if it could hunt well, but the half-wildcat would simply overheat.
I live in very rural area, and one of my cats spends all her summers in the forests, apparently eating squirrels and stuff. She visits home maybe once every two weeks. Come winter she doesn't even leave the house.
Have you guys read the famous novel of Jack Landon, ? Half of that book is about a well fed dog, for some reason, had to survive on its own, end up as a wolf, not just a wolf, but the leader of a wolf pack, when you put animals in survival situations, their survival instinct would lead them to success, a lot of them would fail, but I am sure some of them would succeed.
"wolf packs" are generally accepted as a product of captivity. In the wild, it's usually the parents and their offspring. The heirarchal "packs" is caused by combining unrelated, "stranger wolves" with others, causing them to form heirarchies.
The dog in that novel was, I believe, part wolf? Not sure if I remember the right novel here...
bravelittleroomba I read it 19 years ago, there were 2 stories in the book, one is a dog, Buck, he became a wolf.
Another story is about White Fang, he was a wolf (half wolf?) and became a dog.
***** I don't exactly remember how it was in the novel, but is that the only way to form a wolf pack as you said? I seemingly remember it was because Buck defeated the leader of the wolves, so they accepted him as a new leader?
Anyway it is a novel it could be wrong, or maybe there are other ways to make a wolf pack like challenging the pack leader?
Di Dxpeo omg white fang !!! That was my favourtie book of all time and I didn't know there was another story I didn't exactly had internet back then 😂😂😂 to look up anything , anyway that story was the reason i always wanted a husky and now I finally got him
I constantly have to pull my husky/? mix away from digging up moles and shrews. He scavenged a deer carcass from who knows where (but he enjoyed running around with the spine) and once he brought me a turtle. He'd be fine in the wild. He is kind of wild.
+TheGreatMoonFrog Yeah, I think it definitely depends on the individual. I mean, there are plenty of examples of feral dogs and cats too, which survive on their own if not in the wild.
My dog would've passed the fence test in a heartbeat! I know it because she'd sniffed out where my Grandmother used to toss scraps over the fence into the farmer's cornfield and she walked from there to the end of the fence and went around and got to it. She also later found a hole in it that was closer and started using that instead! But she was a mix, not some overpriced "purebreed" :)
this guy goes off topic sometimes
My poor dog would die almost inmediately, he doesn't know how to fight at all. If you take away food that you give him, he just looks at you with puppy eyes. But does nothing at all. Super pampered.
This guy does have an awesome T-shirt collection.
My cat will whine and give me sad eyes if I don't cut up her treats into easily bite sized pieces...I don't think she's cut out for the wilderness lol
BabyKrogan she has you trained
My family had two black labs that were able to provide somewhat for themselves. We fed when they hadn't caught anything in a while but they were doing very well for themselves.
I'm pretty sure my pet rock will do swell in the wild and might even find a mate and produce rocklings!
I have two cats. They've already proven to my wife and I that they can handle themselves out in the wild. They don't need us, they come home much like an adult child in college. Whenever they don't feel like cooking or they're feeling home sick.
Regardless, our door is always open. ^_^
I have a poodle so he'll only get so far until his fur starts matting as it continuously grows...I'm sure it would eventually kill him. Ugh, that's depressing.
Depends on the dog's breed.... I believe that, Huskies, Malamutes, Akita Inus, a Shiba Inus, Rhodesian Ridgebacks and so many other more primitive breed dogs would manage...
As for cats, a Persian, a Sphynx, a Ragdoll, a Munchkin wouldn't but a Bengal, a Savannah a domestic cat, no problem!...
We made them, theyre our responsibility.
and I know this isnt the topic of the video at hand as it was just a hypothetical scenario but robots wouldn't ever be able to do what animals do, more specifically what pets do. Being able to sit with something to I guess like, 'breath with' as I describe it is very calming. And the heart beats of living things also, to an extent, sync up. So thats something else to help drastically with anxiety and stress. And other things like body heat, noise, ect. You know like basic traits of living things. I really dont think robots are ever going to be able to perfectly mimic living beings. :/
That thumbnail is hilarious.
My parents have 3 dogs. Two of them are really stupid. They would probably starve if they could see food but there was a fence between it and them. The other one is really smart. He'd probably do just fine on his own. They switched the doorknobs in the house from lever style to round so he would stop getting into places he shouldn't be because he would open the doors to get into any room that was closed. He even let himself out of the house a few times by going into the garage, which opens into the house and has a pneumatic closer, and waiting for someone to come home so he could go out the garage door.
my cat would just lie down and continue sleeping. it might look for a more comfy spot. it might drink something. but it think its too lazy to survive. it would be like; "ugh, im so hungry! but i dont wanna huunt!"
Batteries, light bulbs/lighting, quantum mechanics, the lymphatic/immune system. Oh, I just thought of another one: nutrition. :D
Feral animals are actually a huge worldwide conservation issue, for many different domestic species.
I would gladly have a robot pet, but it would have to be very realistic. I haven't seen anything good enough yet.
We have a group of ''wild horses'' in Serbia on the Old Mountain, that is the name of the mounten, but actualy they are domestic and they have survived for like 4 generations or more...
My dads dog once caught a bird out of the air and ate it whole. He'd be just fine. Hahaha.
my cat ran away when i was visiting my grandma's, she lives an hour away from where I was staying. i left my cat for a week and went back to find her cause she's my cuddle buddy.
I drove an hour back in the night, cause its one of the best times to look. I carried food, water and a laser to try and search the neighborhood.. but when i arrived my cat was already in front of my grandmas house. I heard her bells, I said her name and she slowly came out meowing. She was kind of scared. I lured her with food, grabbed her and put her in the car for the night (cause my grandma doesnt like pets in her house).
I couldn't wait to see her in the morning.
She was a different cat, her face looked different and she had more muscle than when she ran away... I thought she would have been lighter in weight. She was really happy to see me. I got licked, kneaded, bunted, rubbed on.
I wonder if she would have gave up and moved on if I didn't come back, or if she would have continued to wait.
My dad and grandma told me the cat wouldn't return, that she had "gone her own way." But I told them confidently "no, she'll be back." I was right, and she did.
lastwolflord no, far from it actually. I even left my carrier at my grandmas cause she offered to catch the cat if she could. I respect her wishes, as do all my other relatives that have pets. My grandmother keeps her home clean, and I understand fur shedding can be a bother for some people, some people can't stand the smell of cat poop. And besides that my cats fur felt dirty and I wasn't sure if she had tapeworms or any bugs on her, so I wouldn't have wanted my cat to roam around her home. She used to raise lots of different animals back in the day but I don't think she kept any in the house... Most of my relatives came from Trinidad, I've never seen any of my Trinidadian relatives (On the Island) keep their pets (dogs) inside. They are always sheltered from the sun/rain and tied up or fenced in. Some of my family members came here and are more Americanized, they have indoor/outdoor dogs. Others that recently came to the States rather not have pets because "they're too messy," and they can't travel to go anywhere without worrying about getting someone to take care of a pet. It also seems that there is a stigma about the cats.. Some of my cousins think they "carry diseases (even though they have shots), or they're dirty, or scary..." I guess that's because most cats in Trinidad are feral, and all over the place. I never seen a Trinidadian person with a pet cat, but some people feed the ones that roam, or end up living in their backyard. Then I got cousins that have kids that get sick easily, or don't know if their kids are allergic so nobody comes near the cats... its kind of annoying but whatever. :|
i have 3 cats, one was a barn cat and is now a house cat- she doesnt even look at the door. another is my 'old boy' Mr.Snuggles and he's not athletic and only cares about food and sleep, he also cant chew very well. the last one is 'the kitten' (he's 2 and a half years old) Puff, who doesnt even know how to eat meat- he doesnt use his teeth, which is hilarious to watch. he thinks that licking it will do the job and then gets bored when it doesnt work- i dont think they'd do too well without their mom lol
oh, and there's been a fly in my house for 3 days and nobody's succeeded in catching it
I'm paraphrasing here, but "When a dog is confused it looks to it's owner for help." In my opinion that isn't because the dog is helpless, it's because the dog is used to having a guiding hand, the owner has essentially taken the place of the alpha male in a pack. If that dog was away from its owner It would have to work it out on its own, and if it was together with other dogs and no humans, they'd quickly establish a pecking order and solve the problem.
I have a cat who adopted me on a walk through the woods. Oscar was maybe 7 months old when he followed me home, and that was in august of 2014. He has been an indoor outdoor cat since I've had him and I know for a fact he could survive on his own. I can also take him on walks in the woods with no leash and he will stay with me, but goes out on his own and brings back moles and snakes and mice and bunnies, so I'm sure he'd do just fine.
The alpha male theory has been debunked in dogs numerous amounts of times, it's an old world concept
I believe that within a few decades the millions of stray dogs and cats who fend for themselves will be capable of reversing the domestication process like the dingos in Australia
My hamster would surely freeze since she's a desert-animal living in Norway... unless the cat gets her first.
I've already lost one rabbit to a predator so I don't think they'd fare much better either... Plus neither of those animals are native to Norway so if they DID survive they could just cause problems for the natural wildlife...
There is no way in hell I'd want a robot animal instead of my pets, that are my family.
This guy takes forever to get to the main topic. He kinda answers the question the around 8 min mark.
Wild breed dogs like working line GSDs and some mongrels would probably do fine in the wild. Their self sufficiency is actually problematic for owners as they can be extremely hard to dominate and also tend to hunt which usually means killing livestock and other pets. They seem more tame than domestic often. My childhood dog had been bread for generations to hunt pigs, his mother was technically a pure working line collie although in reality her and her family were very different to their farm dog ancestors, and his father was a ridgeback whippet cross. He was fast, strong and intelligent. He wasn't allowed to go hunting because he killed quickly and easily, and the dogs can't do that. He had a jaw pressure that was actually just scary but also amazing jaw control. If I hadn't raised him to be tame I don't doubt he could have been absolutely fine. We also had a top dog, a real mongrel and a runt. Bred for hunting as well, he was neglected and left to his own devices most of the time for his first few years and he became a brilliant thief (one time he brought me a sealed packet of bacon so we shared it), and small game hunter, he'd climb trees and build mountains of possums (the Australian kind) for fun he also accomplished the incredible feat of learning to be a top dog in a pig hunting pack at 7 which is unheard of. One time he punctured a lung and continued the hunt, he had thosands of dollars in vets bills by the time he died at the grand old age if 18 and he always was fine with pain. It's clear that dogs from the right breeds and with the right lifestyle would be fine in the wild, and if humans disappeared I think it would take them a few very hard generations to become successfully wild and devastate ecosystems the world over.
+Allie Doak We had a dog, an Akita mix, that would leap into the air and snatch birds mid flight right down. As we're not hunters of any kind it was impressive and somewhat distressing.
What's funny is we opened up my balcony door so my cat go outside one day, and she looked outside, paused for a second, and then ran the opposite direction as fast as she could go. I think she would get an F if she was released into the wild.
you speak so clear the auto generated nailed almost every single word
even shmeat
the beauty of a real pet is that it has feelings for you like you do for it. Or at least thats how we percieve it.
I cannot foresee a future where we choose robots over actual flesh an blood dogs. They would have to be more or less the replicate animals from blade runner, and have to be indistinguishable from the real thing. I am sure all be long dead by the time that happens. Fine by me. I love my real dog. And if you ask me, looking to a human to solve your problem is probably about the smartest thing an animal can do, since were the best at it. Dogs are just better delegaters than wolves lol
It can only be a good thing though, think about it you can have a talking dog for a pet some day?!? That would be the best thing ever, but you're probably right that we would all be long dead before something like that happens.
A title that promises something interesting: Will pets survive in the wild? And then it comes, tons of cackling and no answere of the question: If my cat could survive and breed if I threw it into the wilderness.
Now I feel like testing my dog. Because knowing my dog she will go after that food. Like "F this fence I'm hungry"
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Pigs do just fine in the wild, that's why they're a pest species
+Natasha Taylor Pigs reverse domesticate in about an hour :)
I have a cat, he's not declawed, he'd probably be fine, but cat domestication didn't rob cats of skills and brains the way it did dogs. The difference between a good house cat and a feral cat survivor is socialization. A house cat who moves into the wild without people and has kittens will have feral kittens that survive just fine, and if one of those kittens grows up to have kittens, and those kittens are captured and socialized with humans after weening, you'd never be able to tell their mom was feral. Which isn't to say domestication hasn't affected the behavior of the feral offshoots. Feral cats live in loose social groups called colonies, unlike the wild cats they descend from. They still hunt individually, but they actually take care of each other, giving excess kills to new mothers and sick or injured colony members. So even changes brought about by domestication might actually be beneficial to survival in the wild.
My dog on the other hand in a minpin mix, I don't give him good odds at a making it a year in the wild. I'm very careful when I take him out because I don't want a coyote or eagle getting him (I live in the country, and those are both common around here).
My dog Skippy will walk along a fence to get food. he also waits at lights when crossing streets, and stays in the crosswalk. he'll do so without me guiding him.
if you are with him he may be looking to you for signals without you knowing it. A well trained dog looks to its owner before walking. As a dog trainer, all you've confirmed is you have a well trained dog.
imagine dying for a robotic dog or trying to rescue one must speak volumes