#Understanding Dogs beyond Anthropocentrism

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reef gust
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Im working on my design project sharing my small presentation on which i received a feedback that making product for the same is likely to control the dogs instead of setting them free from anthropocentrism (interpreting or regarding the world in terms of human values and experiences). So just need opinions and reviews for the same where i can follow some directions to work on further. This is my graduation Project and please if you have any possible solutions ideas or advice, share it or comment, or ping me , it would be a great help. THANK - YOU.

📎 Understanding_Dogs_beyond_Anthropocentrism_.pdf
runic crown
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Hey,

I like this! It's cute.

For stakeholders, I'd add pet hotels, dog walkers, and pet shops; petshops have regular customers, and a huge number of dogs will have food allergies for example i.e. someone managing a pet shop for a while, should know a bit about food allergies.

In weaknesses, I'd argue that a device on the victim dogs tail may not be enough, should it encounter an aggressive dog. Though I understand this is more about human to dog interactivity not dog to dog.

Your solutions focus heavily on technology, but what about websites with educational material for people? Dogs follow a lot of regular patterns e.g. curving is a common one when happy, and if they're playing, one dog will typically be above the other for a bit, and then they will switch and the other will be on top i.e. it's balanced. You can also learn about ways to defuse dogs e.g. licking lips, yawning, getting lower to their level (I don't necessarily recommend if it's a huge dog; I'm just giving examples), speaking in a higher pitch, etc.

For another solution, you could use AI with object tracking software, in a camera. A common behaviour I've seen is for a dog to put their head over the shoulder of another dog--it's a way to assert dominance. This then resulted in the other dog swiftly turning and biting. AI would easily be able to track and prevent this, especially in dog hotels for example. The benefit with this is it could monitor both a victim and an aggressor dog.

guesses about the dogs' emotions```
I have a problem with this. I've seen a LOT of dog fights (every dog fight at work, I had to watch the camera footage for or I simply witnessed a fight myself and had to break it up), and done a lot of first aid for dog fights. In my experience, it is a judgement rather than a guess. If you see a human start screaming at someone, you make a judgement--not a guess--that they are angry.
reef gust
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so what do you thinkk the possible solutions should be of communication awareness on educational material or just to verify the problem

runic crown
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Educational material, for all the different dog behaviours, that would then allow people to predict and understand them better

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with understanding, they'd be more comfortable

reef gust
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ohk..thanks for the help

runic crown
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np!