Teaching My Dog Another Language
Before the pandemic started, in 2020, I took a trip to a country in which language I didn't speak. It was an incredible trip and I am so glad I went while I could. One thing I had really wished for was that I had given myself time to learn the language more before going. So, like many, I made a goal to try to learn more (in the hopes I can return for another trip there). I was really struggling with time to invest in this goal, so I decided to incorporate it into my daily life. I talk to
Liberating Animals Even Further
Although humans have come a long way with human rights, there is still much to be learned from our past experiences with it. Animals, like humans, are currently going through the early stages of the development of their rights. They are considered to be grouped in classes by humans such as “pets”, ”livestock”, and “wild/feral”. I hope this post might help to influence a larger impact on developing basic rights for all animals and for us to start seeing them as the people they are. We, as a society, treat animals differently based on their species/appearance (known as speciesism). It is
Listening to Other Animals
You may think, how is it possible to listen to another species if they don't speak our verbal language? This is a common excuse I hear. I am very guilty of assuming this was a valid excuse during my life. The truth is, it divides humans from acknowledging and understanding others. Comparable to the dividing of humans in the past who spoke a different language or perhaps had a disability. Some consider verbal language to only make up 7% of human communication. This information was proposed in 1967 during two research studies by Mehrabian & Wiener, and Mehrabian & Ferris. When I