• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      But that’s where the advantage over a human therapist comes in: not being able to understand words except maybe “walkies”, “food” and “car”.

      Also, isn’t “trauma dumping” a derogatory term about “dumping” your trauma at an inconsiderate time and/or place? Because during therapy is the PERFECT time and place as long as you do it right…

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        3 months ago

        Yeah, but if I’m not mistaken dogs can read human feeling.

        If that goes all the way to empathy (which a lot of dog owners would say it does), people around him being unhappy is probably not good for the dog.

        (Mind you, the reason I personally like dogs is because it definitelly works the other way around, and making a dog happy - and hence getting a pleasanty feeling from it through empathy - is usually pretty easy)

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        3 months ago

        Dont know if trauma dumping used derogatory. Only heard use when talking about trauma a lot, so become dump of trauma. What you mention sound more like TMI (too much information).