Let me go ask my dog if they’re autistic. They’re right over here, screaming about how it’s already 5:31 and I haven’t given them their 5:30 treat yet.
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Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I-can dogs even be autistic?
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Of course, it’s a cognitive spectrum that probably effects all mammals at least, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s far more prevalent then that
Today@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Children from international adoptions sometimes have something like an acquired autism - life is completely regulated and food and water and needed items are delivered and removed on schedules and the child has no impact on their environment. I had a couple of greyhounds that were trained to race as pups. They had some AU tendencies. I bet some other pups develop those to.
olafurp@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s a question that is very hard to answer. Dogs have a similar-ish brain structure but there’s a good chance you need a massive prefrontal cortex to have a chance of getting autism.
meco03211@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Honestly I think my dog might be. Very particular. Likes routine. Has sensory related triggers. Always finds the dark secluded corner of things get noisy in the house.
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 1 day ago
That’s a normal dog thing
guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 1 day ago
That’s the joke