Comments by "Gaza is not Amalek" (@Ass_of_Amalek) on "Turning stray dogs into rescue dogs after Turkey's earthquakes | Focus on Europe" video.

  1. I think there are pretty substantial efforts in turkey to spay or neuter street dogs. those collars on the dogs probably mark them as sterilised, among other things (I think there also are more limited efforts to provide general veterinary care to them). from what I hear, turks have a much friendlier relationship with their stray cats and dogs than most other countries, with many of them being treated like neighbourhood pets. that's why they're so much friendlier than stray cats and dogs almost anywhere else. it's very normal for them to act like pets and let any stranger pet them - in most countries, that's almost unheard of, or a clear sign of a recently abandoned pet.
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  2. selecting and training stray dogs for search and rescue sounds like a great idea, and in turkey, there is substantial risk of more earthquakes that would create an unsatiably large need for those dogs, so having more, even if they're not the best, is quite likely to save lives. what I don't get is what this has to do with those dog owners - search and rescue is hardly a little hobby for random pet dogs and their owners, is it? 3:00 certainly the dog owner featured there is a really bad example, her attending that course is clearly an attempt to run before she can walk. she hasn't even trained her dog to sit properly, or not pull, or be calm and attentive. she needs a basic dog training course, not a search and rescue course.
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  3. no, livestock guardian dogs are among the least "sweet-tempered", and kangals are the biggest ones. they are calm like otherhuge dogs, but their breeding to fulfil an autonomous herd protection role (with no shepherd around mcu of the time) has made them independently-minded and difficult to train, and very highly territorial and protective of the people and animals they are bonded with, for which they heavily employ threat displays and violence. large livestock guardian dogsare the qorst category of sogs to choose as pets, and kangals are the worst ones among them. they're lovely animals like most dogs, but almost all potential behavioural problems and injury risks with dogs in general are superaized in livestock guardian dogs. besides wolf-hybrids, kangals are the least pet-suitable dogs. most of those street dogs have nothing to do with kangals though. besides pet breeds common around the globe, they're mostly related to regional herding dogs, not livestock guardian dogs, which are rarer and don't make for a good genetic starting point for a successful feral dog population, as environmental factors for stray dogs quite strongly favour small to medium dogs.
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