- Joined
- Aug 8, 2011
- Location
- Gettysburg area
Twenty percent of dogs in a recent study by researchers at Emory University actually preferred praise over food. That and other findings in the neuroscientists' research prove what people who love dogs have long believed -- that their dogs actually love them in return.
This suggests a new understanding of canine Civil War mascot Sallie Ann Jarrett's behavior. It was said that Sallie had so thoroughly adapted to army life that she would ride in a wagon with sacks of beef rations and never touch them. She would eat only when her soldiers invited her to do so. Maybe Sallie was not merely a well-trained and obedient dog but a dog who so deeply loved her soldiers that she would rather forego a meal than disappoint them. No wonder they considered her their fellow soldier.
This suggests a new understanding of canine Civil War mascot Sallie Ann Jarrett's behavior. It was said that Sallie had so thoroughly adapted to army life that she would ride in a wagon with sacks of beef rations and never touch them. She would eat only when her soldiers invited her to do so. Maybe Sallie was not merely a well-trained and obedient dog but a dog who so deeply loved her soldiers that she would rather forego a meal than disappoint them. No wonder they considered her their fellow soldier.