Puppies from our Hiro or my own kennel MYTHAIDOG FCI live happily all over the world but this year for the first time Hiro’s son — Scraby Sniezne Zjawisko ( date of birth 07/12/2015, from Hiro Thai PonlamajXAstra Z Lasowpreczowskich) — was imported to Canada. His owner is Melanie Woolley who is a dog trainer, the president in Canadian Service Dog Foundation. We are very happy and proud that she has chosen Scrabi among many other pups. She is very experienced and she studied this breed before a purchase. Melanie and Killick (nick name of Scrabi) has already tought many things and the owner is very satisfied with the studing process, dog’s character, temperament and his adequate and stable behavior.
She posted on her page on FB Thai Ridgeback Dog — Canada very interesting articke and i want to post it on my web-site and i want you also read this artickle.
«Primitive breeds such as the TRD run as much on instinct as they do on brains (or rather cognitive thought, since instinct should be considered brains too). Some may confuse this with stupidity or stubbornness. This however is inaccurate. The TRD is brilliantly smart and incredibly tenacious, he is also sensitive and highly intuitive with strong primitive instincts.
Instinct or intuition is something not well understood by domestic humans but in the wild it can be the difference between life and death. There is definitely a so called sixth sense, we as modern humans just choose to ignore it or allow it do go undeveloped. We also chose to have this six sense go undeveloped in our modern dog breeds. If you think about it many of the modern dog breeds are simply a reflection of ourselves so I suppose this should come as so surprise. The primitive breeds however have retained this sixth sense, though stronger in some than others. It is still a great asset to them, and serves them well.
Think of a team of huskies crossing the arctic tundra with their sleigh load and master. The path that they take day by day is always safe and the musher knows it to be so. He encourages his team on at a breezy pace anxious to be home to his family. Suddenly the lead dog breaks and refuses to advance the team. The master could perceive his team as being bad, stupid, or stubborn. However he knows, as every good musher does, that he must trust his dogs. Those who don’t trust their team may find that they meet their maker early. You see, though invisible to the naked eye, the ice ahead was thin and would not have supported their weight. No doubt the ice would have cracked beneath them and they all may have crashed through to their icy deaths below.
With their heightened senses and their strong intuition and instinct (their sixth sense as it were) the dog «knew» they faced a hidden danger and acted accordingly. In such an environment a dog who will follow commands blindly is of little use. It’s imperative that the dog’s are able to think for themselves, to have a will of their own, and that they view themselves as a valuable member of the team (for make no mistake they view you as a valuable member of their pack). Blind subservience rarely saves lives. Though learning to trust your dog can be one of the most challenging lessons for a handler to master. Just ask any handler of a police dog, SAR dog, or service dog and they will tell you this is so.
Like the huskies in this story, TRD are special dogs. Though they are often misunderstood they are in actuality capable of a great many things. View them not as bad dogs or stupid dogs or even stubborn dogs (okay maybe they’re a little stubborn). Instead try to see them as the brilliantly smart and incredibly tenacious beings that they are. As well try to understand that your TRD is a sensitive and highly intuitive animal with strong primitive instincts. They can read their environment well and they can sense what you cannot. Trust your dog. He is your partner, your equal.
I will end here with one of my favourite quotes as I believe it most fitting for this entry:
«He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.»