Comments on: Find Your Tribe – Good for the Dog; Good for You https://www.somethingwagging.com/find-your-tribe-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:20:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Karen Friesecke https://www.somethingwagging.com/find-your-tribe-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-55700 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:54:39 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8672#comment-55700 Vizslas are very “clanish” and LOVE other Vizslas!

]]> By: Mike Webster https://www.somethingwagging.com/find-your-tribe-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-55629 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:33:41 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8672#comment-55629 In reply to Kolchak & Jodi.

House definitely would NOT be in Pam’s tribe.

]]> By: houndstooth https://www.somethingwagging.com/find-your-tribe-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-55437 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:16:25 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8672#comment-55437 I think you need a balance. You need people to challenge you to see the other side of things sometimes and people who support you and help you make logical points and hone your own opinions at times. Both sides are good for you, and sometimes you might change an opinion about something if you can really listen to what someone is telling you.

My dogs definitely know their own tribe! Seeing Greyhounds who spot another Greyhound is always pretty amusing. They are usually friendly with other dogs, but a bit aloof. Throw another hound in, though, and they get a lot more animated and surprised. The Shepherds definitely know when they’ve found another of their tribe, too. Nobody plays Shepherd games like another Shepherd!

]]> By: Elizabeth https://www.somethingwagging.com/find-your-tribe-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-55433 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:53:54 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8672#comment-55433 Great post to really get you thinking! I ended up erasing seveal answers to this post, but what it really comes down to (for me) is that I like socializiing (online and in person) with people who are part of my tribe. I do however have many different tribes because I have friends from many different walks of life – but there is usually a common bond there in some form or another.

]]> By: Gizmo (@GizmoGeodog) https://www.somethingwagging.com/find-your-tribe-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-55417 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:24:46 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8672#comment-55417 Pamela please take this as a complement…This post has me speechless…I connect so deeply to what you’ve said here that I have no words to express the way I’m feeling…Know that this will be saved and reread many times…Thank you

]]> By: Ann Sowards https://www.somethingwagging.com/find-your-tribe-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-55412 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:18:28 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8672#comment-55412 Yes, tribes are a natural organizing principle for complex social animals. I always marvel at how well dogs usually react to new tribe members. After all, when we bring multiple dogs into our homes that are unrelated and they all eventually find their place in the hierarchy, the dogs are showing us humans a thing or two about the flexibility of the concept “tribe”‘, don’t your think?

]]> By: Kolchak & Jodi https://www.somethingwagging.com/find-your-tribe-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-55393 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:55:52 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8672#comment-55393 In reply to Pamela.

PS-Ill watch House with Mike if you won’t ;0)

]]> By: Kolchak & Jodi https://www.somethingwagging.com/find-your-tribe-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-55392 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:55:19 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8672#comment-55392 In reply to Mike Webster.

What a fantastic definition of “tribe”. I’ve often struggled with my own tribe since there are few common factors that tie us all together, but when I look at it from your point of view, it gels. I definitely find that spending time with my tribe heartens me up greatly and makes me able to go out and interact with other tribes, even if they aren’t quite my cup of tea. (Like these tribes of free roaming Internet trolls. There should be some sort of program designed to capture and tame them.)

]]> By: Vera Marie Badertscher https://www.somethingwagging.com/find-your-tribe-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-55377 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:17:11 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8672#comment-55377 Ironically, working in politics enlarged my tribe enormously. I learned to hear other points of view and understand it was okay to approach life differently. I learned that people of opposite politics may be actually working toward the same goals and had the same hopes and fears. (After all a politician needs votes from many kinds of people, and my job was to find out what those people were interested in and why.)

I had not thought about it, but Bogie certainly has the “don’t bother with people who are annoying” thing down pat. On walks, if we run into big lunging, growling dogs or little dogs who yap aggressively, he just keeps gong in a straight line as though they don’t exist. But he also has a real prejudice in favor of other fuzzy little guys–running to them first at the dog park.

]]> By: Amy@GoPetFriendly https://www.somethingwagging.com/find-your-tribe-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-55323 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:17:05 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=8672#comment-55323 As we’ve traveled around the country, it’s been interesting to see which real life people get added to our tribe. Because we’re on the move, it’s easy to say hello, maybe share a meal, and then move on and perhaps never be in touch again. There are a few people we’ve met, though, that stick. When I think about that group, it seems to be people I’d like to be more like – free thinkings, challengers of the status quo, people who are continually learning. It’s not so much about what they do for a living or where they’re from, it’s more about who they are at their core.

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