To play is to understand, even if the understanding passes between different species.
Are animals people? Theologians have scoffed at the notion as heretical: humans are numinous, animals savage. Behaviorists warn that warm feelings will cause us to misunderstand the ways animals live and react. Hunters fervently dismiss the thought as ridiculous and extreme. Bioethicist Jessica Pierce cautions that it is a mistake to apply the concept personhood to other animals.
For Fergus the Relentless, any time is a good time for play. He develops and draws on an extensive vocabulary for play. For Fergus the Relentless and, it seems, for dogs in general, nouns denote action.Thus “ring” uttered with some urgency means both “go find your ring” with the built-in inference “let’s play with the ring.” When flipped, the ring bounces unpredictably, like furtive prey would, and this is exciting. So is chewing on the rubbery toy.
In a final instance, Red Ball shows how closely the predatory instinct travels with the playful impulse. Red Ball is actually three spheres smooshed together like the Michelin Man. When thrown, it rebounds high and low, left and right, or back and forth. Retrieving Red Ball in three dimensions takes some doing. But the challenge is fun. What America’s baby doctor, Benjamin Spock, once concluded of humans is also true of our loyal mutts: We all play not because it is easy but because it is hard.
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