Dogs, like humans, respond in direct relation to their environment.
"The child who throws a tantrum is at least responding to his environment."
The Bristol research has shown that bone responds to its working environment.
The only thing any of us can truly control is how we respond to other people and our environment.
In other words, it appears they haven't responded to their environment.
Background Organisms must be able to respond to their environment to survive.
Remember that a fundamental part of its job is to respond to its environment.
Ion channels can be classified by how they respond to their environment.
At that point, they can respond to their environment and start to develop a mind of their own.
Using this mechanism, they can respond to their external environment in an appropriate manner.