Posted on 01/01/2016 7:11:33 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
My husband and I are like the author, we always notice dogs on the side of the road when we are out driving. We notice dogs first before other things.
My dog keeps alerting on it.
The deer never do.
I have been a dog owner for well over 40 years and have had many different breeds to observe up close and personal. Their level of intelligence is on a much different plain than our as is many other animals. No, they can’t read or write but they do understand not only words but attitudes and feelings.
And it is not just dogs, most animals recognize their own kind. Oh and dogs know other dogs as either friend or foe and they have a great memory and they do hold grudges or remember “friends” even after a long period of separation.
Mine will let me bite his ear (gently)
That’s serious trust from a dog.
Leave the bar before, “last call”!
I had a dog who watched television. He liked light comedy and would walk out of the room for police procedurals. He could spot a dog and bark at it, no matter how small or obscure on the screen. He would bark at CARTOON dogs on TV - even Snoopy, who if you think about it doesn’t really look like a dog. My brother thought that this was indicative of abstract thinking, which seemed to be impossible.
My FIL thought that we were insane until he came over and watched a Sopranos marathon with my dog. When he put the DVR on pause so that he could go to the bathroom, the dog would turn around and give him a dirty look. After that, he believed and told other people about it.
There is still a lot we don’t know about dogs, or how much they may have evolved during their symbiotic relationship with Man.
They can tell from the smell.
I’ve seen dogs fart and not know it was their own fart. Some even growl and act startled and amazed. My theory is that their sense of smell is such that they think there is another invisible dog around who has been eating the same exact food they themselves have, and they don’t like this invisible food thief hanging around back there.
Freegards
Indeed.
I had a Border Collie named Torey(RIP) who liked Classical Music. Her favorite was the “Farandole” from Bizet’s “L’Arlesian Suite”. She also loved when I played anything by Beethoven on the piano.
My Chowbrador, Lynn-Dah, has different tastes. She likes Pink Floyd.
That looks like the “gimme a treat”stare.
I had a dog that would growl and snap at his own tail like another dog was encroaching into his territory. Never though that he was growling at his own farts.
They should have thrown in some fox and coyote pictures to see what happened. My dog knows that a coyote is the enemy, not a potential new friend, a range where I can’t tell it from a dog.
Only the racist ones.
Okay. I looked up the actual study, but it is behind a pay-wall. So I couldn’t see the photos that were used in the study.
“Do Dogs Know Other Dogs Are Dogs?”
Duh. How do you think they figure out how to procreate? Yes, with OTHER dogs! And not only that, they also figure out which ones are the male dogs and which one are the female dogs! Pretty clever, those dogs.
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