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On 3/21/2023 at 7:19 PM, eucVibes said:

 

God advice for your next promo:  Do everyone the favor of filming with the camera in a horizontal plane. We humans have our eyes next to each other, and not above and below ;) 

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15 minutes ago, Cerbera said:

maybe it's the armour that infuriates them ?

 

It seems that the colour pattern of black and white might be very alarming to dogs.

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https://post.bark.co/fun/your-dogs-attitude-towards-clothes/

The Surprising Relationship Between Your Dog’s Anxiety And Your Clothes

As it turns out, certain color patterns serve as a warning to your dog of potentially negative outcomes.

The scientific term for this color warning system in animals is called “aposematism”, and is used defensively by prey animals to warn off predators.

Most often, their coloring indicates they have defenses in the form of poison or a bad taste.

 

One of the most common aposematic warning systems involves high contrast stripes.

You’re likely familiar with a few animals that use these warning systems, such as snakes and caterpillars.

The coral snake is highly recognizable by their admittedly beautiful red, black, and yellow stripes.

 

Depending where you live, the scariest thing your dog might run into is probably a skunk.

Dr. Chamove, a researcher at Massey University of New Zealand, wanted to see if our domesticated friends had maintained their awareness of animal warning systems.

To see if domesticated dogs have retained this instinctual reaction to aposematic warning systems, he conducted a two-part study.

 

For the first portion of the study, 22 shelter dogs were tested.

Dr. Chamoe had a study male participant walk by their cages dressed all in black except for a long sleeve shirt, which had one of five distinct patterns.

The shirts had alternating narrow black and white stripes (either horizontally or vertically placed), wide stripes, unequally spaced stripes, or no stripes at all.

The dogs were videotaped to record their responses to each of the shirts.

 

After reviewing the tapes, it turns out that the shirt the participant wore did impact the dog’s behaviour.

The dogs were most active when they saw the shirt with the narrow, evenly spaced striped pattern and least active when they saw the solid colored shirt.

 

So next time you notice your dog acting strangely, take a quick look at your outfit in the mirror.

It might just be that striped shirt you have on that has your dog worried they are about to be attacked by a snake.

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Maybe the black and white gear, make the dogs think a giant skunk is approaching?  :lol:

 

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52 minutes ago, Paul A said:

Maybe the black and white gear, make the dogs think a giant skunk is approaching?  :lol:

Interesting read. Yeah, maybe that, combined with the 'thing moving in a fast and weird way', and the fact that they usually can't see the eyes of the rider (helmet) sets them off ? I have often wondered what natural predators dogs might be instinctively nervous about.

I usually have a black waterproof jacket over my Leatts, but I am still very high contrast from the front, so maybe he's onto something...

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