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To: okie01
If a farmer puts all of his livestock out into one pasture, at the end of the day he will find the sheep with the sheep, the goats with the goats, the pigs with the pigs, the cattle with the cattle.

Your analogy is terribly flawed. You put 20 different kinds of dogs in a field and they will all play with each other.

21 posted on 11/24/2005 6:22:09 PM PST by staytrue
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To: staytrue
Your analogy is terribly flawed. You put 20 different kinds of dogs in a field and they will all play with each other.

But I didn't mention dogs, did I?


26 posted on 11/24/2005 6:46:05 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: staytrue

Sheep, goats, piga and cattle are all different species.

Dogs are members of a single species, as are humans.

Human races are much closer to the different breeds of dogs, although of course not nearly so diverse. I have never noticed any tendency of dogs to prefer the company of the same breed. I don't think they notice.


30 posted on 11/24/2005 9:00:03 PM PST by Restorer (Illegitimati non carborundum)
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To: staytrue

But some of the dogs, maybe just two in a mixed bunch of dogs, will assume leadership and become the "pack leaders." The rest will accept that leadership until one of the "pack" may fight to supplant a leader. Happens all the time with dogs (and their ancestors the wolves). My huge black Belgian sheep dog merely had to show up among other dogs and they all immediately seemed to recognize him as their logical leader. One low growl and they fell in line and stayed clear of him. Most people avoided and showed fear around him. The only people that needed to be afraid were those that tried to break into our yard and house. They left running and bleeding..


42 posted on 11/25/2005 12:32:00 PM PST by Paulus Invictus
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