<div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Canid Behavior Transferred Through Observation From One Breed to Another:</font></font></div><div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">The Learning Curve Applied to an Otherwise Non-Participatory Canine Breed in the Middle of the Night.<br>
</font></font></div><div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Theorum:</font></font></div><div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">That one breed of Canine (domestic) is capable of transferring behavior which is obnoxious to another, normally non-participatory breed and that this behavior may be manifested at will by the transferring breed to the non-participatory breed at 3 in the morning.</font></font></div>
<div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif"></font></font> </div><div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Presentation:</font></font></div><div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">1.A normal Belgian Sheepdog lives and shares his life with 3 normal Basset Hounds (that is to say the transferring canines [domestic] in a fairly normal household. (1a) Presumption is made that any household with 3 Basset hounds is normal and it is heretofore stipulated by the researcher that this needs to be explored further in another paper.</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div><div><font face="Verdana">2. That said Bassets have developed annoying habit of rousing human companion (AKA Keeper, handler, cleaner, feeder, general slave duties) to go outside in the middle of the night.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div><div><font face="Verdana">3.That said Basset Hounds often remove objects of personal value as they exit the household: toys, socks, dirty laundy specifically underware belonging to human companion.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div><div><font face="Verdana">4. That said Bassets (Here for convenience named Llewis and Conley since one Basset no longer has open access to yard) carry objects about, teasing human companion with play bows and actions designed to make human companion believe that embarrassing article is about to be returned (Altho Human Companion, (heretofore referred to as Dummy) has experience which would seem to dictate that the Basset is not, has no intention of, and quite deliberately has no intention of returning said item.)</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div><div><font face="Verdana">5. That the worse the weather the more likely this behavior HERETOFORE RESTRICTED TO PARTICIPATORY BASSET BREED is to occur and there is an adjunct that the closer to the middle of the night the higher the curve on this behavior. (Personal observation).</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div><div><font face="Verdana">Presentation 2:</font></div><div><font face="Verdana">"Normal" NON-PARTICIPATORY BREED approaches Keeper in the middle of the night (3 am) and signals intense need to exit domicile and use dog facilities outside.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div><div><font face="Verdana">1. Keeper stalls.</font></div><div><font face="Verdana">2. NON-PARICIPATORY canine (heretofore known as Cooper a Belgian Sheepdog of a practical nature) insists.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana">3. Keeper hauls ass out of bed and invites dog outside.</font></div><div><font face="Verdana">4. Dog seems oddly hesitant but on freindly invitation exits at which time Keeper notes one sock (Keeper has only two working socks left) danging from FORMERLY Non-Participatory dog's mouth at which time</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana">all bets are off!!!! damnit!!!</font></div><div><font face="Verdana">Come back, bring it, bring it, good boy, what a good boy, bring it, bring--no no not the mud no not the mud bring it Cooper please bring it good boy treat you wanna treat I'll trade you a treat look this isn't fair I have bare feet and it is raining and cold, Cooper bring it THAAAAAAAAAAATS a good boy G*%$##&&**((it!!!</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div><div><font face="Verdana">5. Keeper stomps to treat box and gets handful, returns to find dog in middle of yard (muck) wagging tail and in play bow mode. Keeper considers allowing dog to spend night outside alone in dark with door locked.</font></div>
<div> </div><div><font face="Verdana">6. Dog, in best BASSET form leaves item on pile of something only vaguely outlined in the dark and returns to house, scarfs treats, and with muddy feet leaps onto clean Keeper-Bed. Keep puts on muck boots, gets flashlight and goes outside in the rain, hearing behind her the jeering laughter of BASSET HOUNDS and retrieves article which now drooly, wet and indeed on a pile of unmentionable stuff.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana">Keeper suspects joke would be perfect if dogs knew how to lock doors and vows to carry key outside from now on.</font></div><div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div><div><font face="Verdana">I think I have a good chance at getting funded for this, if the dogs live long enough.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div><div><font face="Verdana">MomPerson, changing to dry jammies.....</font></div><div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div><div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div><div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif"> </font></font></div>
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