Dianne,
Last winter in a conference on play, there was an paper presented on dog
play. The woman who oserved dogs in an urban park showed us a little bow
that dogs do to each other to signal the play frame - as opposed to the
"serious" behavior. If another dog does not see the bow - it may be
dangerous to jump on her/him - for thay may take it as an attack.
Bateso wrote about this framing singla which innitializes play - where the
behaviors are not interpreted the same as if they were for real.
So this is one of the "rules": you cannot play unless the other one knows
you are just playing.
Is it just an antropomorphism?
Ana
>we might see these interactions and assign a "rules" concept/value to
>what are, actually, instinctive (survival) behaviors. when dogs play they
>are interacting with behaviors, not rules.
>the difference of instinct?
>diane
>
>
>"I want you to put the crayon back in my brain."
>Homer Simpson
>
>diane celia hodges
>university of british columbia, centre for the study of curriculum and
>instruction
>vancouver, bc
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