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Originally Posted by Shannon
I never learned Greek, but for the short (2-3 years) period of time I knew Latin well enough to read and translate it, it was cool reading all the medical names for various things. I'd always thought the names were fancy, extraordinary things; when I could break them down into their root words, though, and realize that something like "brachycephalic" really just meant "short head", it was an eye opener! :yes:
Wish I could provide dog advice. Most of my experience is with cats -- we have three cats here at the Moore residence right now (they outnumber the humans, so we're at our limit. They could effectively stage a coup, which is scary...!  )
I did grow up with at least one dog at home until my mid-teens, but we primarily had larger breed dogs. My mother favored sheepdogs, so we had an Old English sheepdog when my brother and I were young. Loving and strong, but always seemed fairly dumb to me -- he literally ate rocks.
We also had a Lahasa Apso for years. She could be annoying, and again, none too bright. My favorite of our canine companions was a Shetland Sheepdog. Medium sized, nice coat but we didn't brush it much and it didn't seem to get matted, active and inquisitive, fun to be with. |
I thoroughly enjoyed my Medical Terminology class in my 1st semester of vet tech school. Suddenly I was able to understand all that medical lingo on shows like "ER" and, because I learned the roots, suffixes and prefixes, I was able to figure out what they were saying, even if I hadn't heard the word before. Oddly enough, we don't take a Medical Terminology course in RN school. It makes no sense to me. It seems to hinder ya lot of my fellow students.
I grew up with Great Danes - gentle giants. It is rare to find a Dane that's aggressive. Heck, most of 'em are big cowards. From my experince, the bigger the breed, the sweeter the disposition. The little terriers will nail you without a second thought. Chihuahua's are just pirhanas with fur. :laugh:
Lhasas & OE Sheepdogs aren't exactly the brightest breeds but a lot of dog breeds are gray-matter deficient. On average, the "sight hounds" are known to be on the bottom of the list - Greyhounds, Salukis, Whippets, etc. The geniuses of the K9 world are the Australian Shepherd, Australian Cattle Dog, Golden Retrievers, Standard Poodles, and Labs. There's a saying about Labs, though, "they don't get their brain until they're 2". Before that, they're all energy. But I don't want to appear "breedist" - there are geniuses and dolts among all breeds & species. I had one of the few truly dumb ferrets I've ever known.