----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Øsleby" Subject: RE: More dog pictures
Thank you. I understand. The reason I kicked is that those letters has a very precise meaning to me. AD refers to attention problems. The H refers to high energy or Hyper activity (as you probably know). It is the combination that is really hard to cope with. The attention trouble often means that they are slow learners. When you add that up with lack of impulse control, then you very often end up in trouble. Big time trouble. About one third of them end up in prison. One other third ends up as artists. The last third simply copes with it. But all this is related to humans. I have never heard about it in dogs. The idea of 45kg of muscles and ADHD scared the shit out of me. But as I understand you now, it was more a figure of speech, describing a healthy high drive dog. I admit it is a term I use rather lightly in describing Jester, but he does show similar symptoms to an ADHD person. He is high drive and easily distracted. Because he is easily distracted, he is a bit hard to teach. Because he is a puppy, he tends to act impulsively. Combine all this with his natural bellicose attitude towards other dogs, and he can be a bit of a problem in a crowded room. He is a real people lover though, so I can forgive him a lot of sins, since one of the biggest dog problems I get in class is people aggressive animals. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
