Epsilon Theory’s Latest: ‘Good Job!’
The following is brand new by Ben Hunt, as published over at the excellent Epsilon Theory and reposted here with permission.
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Every dog needs a job. It’s how they make sense of their place in the pack. It’s the key to a Good Dog.
You don’t have to tell dogs what their job is. They tell you. Maggie the German Shepherd? Her job is to protect. Sam the Sheltie? His job is to herd. Not sheep, of c
I blame it all on Edward Bernays, Phineas T. Farnsworth and the New Testament.
Just plain human laziness probably exacerbates most of the dismal performance results.
Why stop at just the New Testament?
I love the way this guy writes and I was as captivated (as usual) until the last few paragraphs. There are people (and dogs) past and present who are ‘good dogs’ by his definition, but I’m quite certain that Blondi loved Adolph as much as any dog would or could all the while just doing ‘her job’, alongside and as well as her master.