As well as initiating play, another behaviour participants experience as being helpful is the initiation of timely physical comfort, as Alan illustrates: I was feeling a bit down and I was laying in bed […] and he came upstairs, runs in bounds on the bed and then he sort of crawls up the top of the bed to where I am and he comes for a cuddle and you know things sort of (443-452). brighten up a little bit Alan appears to derive comfort and distraction from his dog’s initiation of affection. His description of the impact of Fred’s approach hints at an experiencing of his dog as being like a ray of sunshine breaking through the dark clouds of depression. Here, describes how he experiences his two dogs as joining forces to bring him out of low mood: (57). While tag team [laughs] they kind of tend to work hand in hand’ ‘they Buster typically instigates affection, Lola will persistently bark at him until he plays with her. David goes on to describe that when he is particularly down, his dogs will increase their empathic efforts and go the extra mile: I’m really, really, really down, I’ve noticed that ‘If (75-76). He provides an example: describing they will do things that they don’t like doing’ that before recently quitting smoking, when he felt really low he would go and sit outside in the rain and smoke. One of his dogs, Buster, hates to get wet: its raining, it’ll rain for three ‘if (79-80). However, despite this: days he won’t go out of the back door’ He would still go out and sit with me. Um and I could tell he absolutely hates it and it’s going against absolutely everything that’s telling him to go inside where he’s got a lovely bed and a radiator but he’ll still come (84-87). out with me David appears to offer this example as proof of what he is convinced to be true: that his dogs’ behaviours are attuned responses motivated by empathy. When at his lowest ebb, this timely,
As well as initiating play, another behaviour participants experience as being helpful is the initiation of timely physical comfort, as Alan illustrates: I was feeling a bit down and I was laying in bed […] and he came upstairs, runs in bounds on the bed and then he sort of crawls up the top of the bed to where I am and he comes for a cuddle and you know things sort of brighten up a little bit (443-452). Alan appears to derive comfort and distraction from his dog’s initiation of affection. His description of the impact of Fred’s approach hints at an experiencing of his dog as being like a ray of sunshine breaking through the dark clouds of depression. Here, describes how he experiences his two dogs as joining forces to bring him out of low mood: ‘they tag team [laughs] they kind of tend to work hand in hand’ (57). While Buster typically instigates affection, Lola will persistently bark at him until he plays with her. David goes on to describe that when he is particularly down, his dogs will increase their empathic efforts and go the extra mile: ‘If I’m really, really, really down, I’ve noticed that they will do things that they don’t like doing’ (75-76). He provides an example: describing that before recently quitting smoking, when he felt really low he would go and sit outside in the rain and smoke. One of his dogs, Buster, hates to get wet: ‘if its raining, it’ll rain for three days he won’t go out of the back door’ (79-80). However, despite this: He would still go out and sit with me. Um and I could tell he absolutely hates it and it’s going against absolutely everything that’s telling him to go inside where he’s got a lovely bed and a radiator but he’ll still come out with me (84-87). David appears to offer this example as proof of what he is convinced to be true: that his dogs’ behaviours are attuned responses motivated by empathy. When at his lowest ebb, this timely,
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