tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post2595285638328644362..comments2023-10-20T02:52:21.390-07:00Comments on The Grey-Beard Loon: Dog's lifeThe Loonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275282264449143615noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post-68814921213829367482009-09-19T14:52:28.740-07:002009-09-19T14:52:28.740-07:00Is surfer dude a job description?Is surfer dude a job description?The Loonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275282264449143615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post-64227751700539227552009-09-18T21:53:31.893-07:002009-09-18T21:53:31.893-07:00I had a cat that could tell the difference from a ...I had a cat that could tell the difference from a yard (as in the neighbors yard) away whether I was opening a can of beans versus a can of tuna..........however, I'd be really happy if my dog, having the forward looking ability, would give me a hint of my employment prospects.........Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139056766491113145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post-12969679799803095232009-09-17T20:13:20.228-07:002009-09-17T20:13:20.228-07:00Like one of those Venn-Euler diagrams, our worlds,...Like one of those Venn-Euler diagrams, our worlds, dog and human, overlap for some unknown area. In that space we all seem to understand one another pretty well. I read somewhere that dogs can sort out dozens of smells at once, so they might smell beef and red wine and thyme and bay leaf and garlic and onion and carrot all separately and individually from that smell of cooking stew. Not to mention hearing; my goofy blue dog knows the sound of a sardine can popping open, and the beloved gone-but-not-forgotten dog would come running from two rooms away to the sound of a bread knife cutting through the crust of a baguette [she loved French bread].The Loonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275282264449143615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post-48306981394779953382009-09-17T13:24:09.899-07:002009-09-17T13:24:09.899-07:00I read that whole review and found it very interes...I read that whole review and found it very interesting, and also loved the language used to describe the dog's "umwelt." In my younger days, I had this romantic notion that stories blew in on the wind, but in the case of dogs, it seems to be true. And that whole part about dogs and time brought back my trying to understand Heidegger in college! Oh, and I loved the part about dogs looking into our eyes to try to see our "umwelts." I guess they know secrets about us that we'll never ever know about.Karihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01368231735599407928noreply@blogger.com