Watch this YouTube video.
It has 82 million views as of January, 2024. Its title is
“How an experienced dog mother teaches her 8 [week] old puppies to be calm.”
A Better Title
A better title would be:
“How Nature establishes boundaries—when the brain takes over from the dog.”
There are so many things going on that could help every dog owner, but they’d have to be aware of what was happening, and most aren’t aware of them. It deals with the obscure concept of dogs and boundaries, which is something owners aren’t usually aware of. Dogs without boundaries have big problems, and those problems stem directly from not having boundaries. It’s a topic that needs its own chapter in a book, or multiple books itself.
Now that you’ve watched it, from 0:24 to 0:36, did you see six puppies shake their heads? Most don’t pay attention to it, although they see it quite clearly. (The shaking is the moment “The Brain” shows up on their insides. Until then, everything has been being driven by “The Dog” part of the package we call a puppy. You can think of the shaking of their heads as the confirmation of the collision on their insides of “The Brain” colliding with and taking over from “The Dog” which The DOuGTrainer considers to be the puppy.)
Watch how many of the puppies are making eye contact with their momma. (We’re told *NOT* to make eye contact with dogs. This caveat—do not make eye contact with a dog—is misinformation. It’s inaccurate. It’s only half right. You probably don’t know it yet, but it’s only half the story, and yet it continues to circulate. This needs to be talked about, though, because it involves the potential for aggression that cannot be addressed through texting. Voice-to-voice discussions are needed to go into detail about this.)
Watch how many of the puppies yawn.
Look at the distance every puppy now maintains from their momma, when seconds before, she was being mobbed by them. These are talk worthy points The DOuGTrainer needs to be discussing with you, and need to be discussing the reasons why they’re important enough to be discussing. Talking is easy—“talking about talking” is harder, but frankly, it’s more important than the talking itself.
Here’s another YouTube video showing similar interactions between a dam and her puppies:
Plane Dogs
While we’re at it, here are three more videos to challenge your understanding of how dogs are:
Dogs without their brains present exist in a 2D plane, without seeing into a larger, 3D space:
Physical Dog, Brain, and Mind
Here’s a video showing how the dog’s brain is separate from but side by side with its physical dog:
Dog Prosthetics, Yawning, and Progress to Submission
What happens when a dog gets artificial front limbs? How does its communication change? How does it… say… “This is so much easier?”
I don’t think “Thank you!” is in its capability. Humans think that, and humans will project “Thank you!” onto this dog and other dogs, but projection isn’t what’s happening. Only the visible, evidential behavior is what’s happening, even though there will be some humans who’ll passionately defend their opinion that their opinion is right, while ignoring the evidence right in front of them.
One More Thing…
Lastly, if you’re still unconvinced that Nature has Her patterns all over the place which we’re not aware of or which we too easily dismiss, watch this and, as others have suggested, “Let it talk to your soul.” This is from Cristóbal Vila, EtereaeStudios.com over on Vimeo:
Then there’s this from Jamie Scott on Vimeo as well: