Now whether we discuss a group of dogs or a group of cats, these critters live by a social structure that is decided amongst their own and is lived out until one challenges the system.
They have ruling Alpha male-female, they have helpers or endorsers that assist in keeping the rule of the Alphas in line.
They have good mothers and bad mothers and ones that babysit and gives relief to those with young.
They have their fighters, who go to the front line when the group is challenged and will protect the group until recruits arrive to back them - and whether cat of dog, they will fight to the end to protect the group and territory.
You have the more meek and lesser scale group members, who are usually the ones who run and hide in times of aggression and usually know exactly where to run and hide too.
They have a give and take system and if one takes too much, others clamp down on them when they get caught in the act.
There are Gents in the pet world too. These Gents allow the young and the ladies to eat first and the Gents allow the ladies to choose their sleeping quarters.
The ladies always leave enough for the Gents and do all the cleaning of the young and (if she has one) - her gent.
Cats and Dogs, do make friends for life, even when they haven't been altered. (spayed or neutered)
And while they may mate with others, the companionship shared with another of their kind, is not hindered, only but sometimes there is jealousy, that mends itself.
Their instinct is to mate when the chemistry is right and unlike humans whose emotions kick in if guilt comes into play, pets do not have the emotional strength or intelligence of humans to stay faithful to one partner - yet looking at today's society, where sex is predominant in gum commercials, there have never been more single moms raising children in the history of mankind. And it's not neccesarily war that deprives women of husbands, it's just the general growing trend of permitting chemistry to take over - and mating.
So while animals seem much simpler to the human mind, their emotional structures and social structures are much the same to ours. Animals have adjusted to our way of life. They've adjusted to products and car rides. They've adjusted to TV's and Sterios. They've adjusted to sitting on the floor while we sit to eat at a table. They've adjusted to vacuum cleaners and rug shampooers and all the rules we instruct them with where our products are concerned.
What have we adjusted to where pets and or animals are concerned?
Food for thought.
Till next time...
