Spite Isn’t A Dog Thing ñ Separation Anxiety Is
Dog owners, when they get together, will tell stories of their amazing, brilliant, astonishing and misbehaving dogs. How many times have you heard about the pet who, displeased by its ownersí absence, left a ìpresentî of the most unpleasant kind?
The truth is ñ he didnít do it out of spite. Dogs arenít people. People are the only animals that have an idea of ìspite,î ìrevenge,î or ìgetting even.î Thatís not to say that dogs donít have emotions ñ any dog owner knows better. But most will agree that dogs arenít planners ñ they live completely in the moment – …