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Do Dogs Learn From Traumatic Encounters With Wildlife?
Mon, November 7th, 2011
Category: • CVS Lifelines

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Rattlesnakes, Skunks, Spiders and Porcupines, Oh My! Dogs are often repeat offenders in their contact with dangerous creatures. One would think, from our human perspective anyway, that contact with something so painful and frightening would leave an indelible mark in a dog’s memory. The old adage of “curiosity killed the cat” seems to apply to dogs, too. From the dog’s perspective, the...