*EN/DE: The "racing" Disconnect / Trennung bei Rennbahnthemen / D. McKeon
Verfasst: Do 8. Mär 2018, 12:43
THE “RACING” DISCONNECT
Often, with social media, on greyhound-dedicated pages, we see where some people become very agitated and sometimes even abusive, when in broad-based discussions, or when addressing a specific, greyhound-related topic or question, a participant in the discussion refers to the greyhounds’ life, prior to adoption.
This is patently counter-intuitive, and the idea that we should remain in complete denial of a greyhound’s highly selective, purpose breeding, and their unique function---or of their bloodline, training, handling and racing experiences---and still hope to achieve a holistic understanding and appreciation of them, is entirely unrealistic.
Moreover, this gaping disconnect has sometimes resulted in well-meaning adopters causing more harm than good, by over or under-reactions to perfectly normal and understandable greyhound behaviors.
Disregarding the volumes of popular greyhound mythology that have been proliferated via social and “news” media, it is very beneficial for the adopter to have some realistic idea of what have been actual, real-life experiences for vast majority of racing greyhounds in the USA, aside from the hyperbolic propaganda
Understanding the differences between a dog that is bred only to be a pet, and one which has been bred to perform a specific function, always as a pack member, is often critical to intuiting and coping with any number of their behaviors, and foremost, to habituating the newly adopted greyhound to a completely different environment and lifestyle.
Simply assuming that a greyhound is always to be regarded as an object of pity, and failing to comprehend the various and profound effects of focused, selective breeding towards the performance of a function, and the dog’s ability and desire to perform at that function, can lead to a myriad of misunderstanding, often causing problems for both the greyhound and their adopter.
The sometimes vitriolic reactions to pertinent information that is directly a result of the greyhound’s unique breeding, purpose, racing experiences and “evolution”, to the extent that censoring this information is preferable to some, rather than availing themselves of other’s empirical knowledge, is a tragedy.
An open mind may very well be an open door to the heart and soul of your greyhound.
copyright, 2018
Dennis McKeon
Often, with social media, on greyhound-dedicated pages, we see where some people become very agitated and sometimes even abusive, when in broad-based discussions, or when addressing a specific, greyhound-related topic or question, a participant in the discussion refers to the greyhounds’ life, prior to adoption.
This is patently counter-intuitive, and the idea that we should remain in complete denial of a greyhound’s highly selective, purpose breeding, and their unique function---or of their bloodline, training, handling and racing experiences---and still hope to achieve a holistic understanding and appreciation of them, is entirely unrealistic.
Moreover, this gaping disconnect has sometimes resulted in well-meaning adopters causing more harm than good, by over or under-reactions to perfectly normal and understandable greyhound behaviors.
Disregarding the volumes of popular greyhound mythology that have been proliferated via social and “news” media, it is very beneficial for the adopter to have some realistic idea of what have been actual, real-life experiences for vast majority of racing greyhounds in the USA, aside from the hyperbolic propaganda
Understanding the differences between a dog that is bred only to be a pet, and one which has been bred to perform a specific function, always as a pack member, is often critical to intuiting and coping with any number of their behaviors, and foremost, to habituating the newly adopted greyhound to a completely different environment and lifestyle.
Simply assuming that a greyhound is always to be regarded as an object of pity, and failing to comprehend the various and profound effects of focused, selective breeding towards the performance of a function, and the dog’s ability and desire to perform at that function, can lead to a myriad of misunderstanding, often causing problems for both the greyhound and their adopter.
The sometimes vitriolic reactions to pertinent information that is directly a result of the greyhound’s unique breeding, purpose, racing experiences and “evolution”, to the extent that censoring this information is preferable to some, rather than availing themselves of other’s empirical knowledge, is a tragedy.
An open mind may very well be an open door to the heart and soul of your greyhound.
copyright, 2018
Dennis McKeon