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by Karen Anne Queen of AB on April 20th, 2009

Karen Anne Queen of AB

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As a child, I always thought that meat was meat. Just like milk was milk and had no idea it came from a cow. When did you realize that meat comes from animals and not the grocery store?

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  • by Suby the Coat on April 21st, 2009

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    I was born into a vegetarian family. So I was taught early where meat came from.
    Also we had a few cows in our yard, so there was no confusion about the source of milk.
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    What interested me about your question is something I read about Dog Psychology way back.
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    Dogs became the best friends of man when they found humans were better hunters than them.
    By being friendly to humans, dogs found they could live a comfortable life without a care about food.
    They helped humans hunt down animals and take away the meat and were happy to eat the leftovers such as bones, intestines and sinews sticking to the bones.
    Dogs considered humans the best hunters ever to stalk the wilds. Dogs were all appreciation for the human capabilities where hunting was concerned.
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    Long after dogs lost their significance as helpers in hunting, humans continue to keep dogs as pets. Dogs too have not forgotten the past help humans gave them in finding food.
    So the dogs remain loyal, respectful, loving and obedient to humans to this day.
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    Today when a dog sees its master coming home after shopping, it assumes that the master is returning after a hunting trip. The Dog assumes that the master has mastered the art of hunting without the dog's help. The dog knows the master returning home would have brought enough food for the family and the dog. It wags its tail in appreciation.
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    So the Dog assumes the food from the supermarket is really something that the master got by hunting in the jungles.
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    There are plenty of humans too who think the food from the supermarket is actually manufactured goods and not taken from killed animals.
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    I think the dog psychology and human psychology match in some respects.

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