Posted on 12/19/2013 7:28:57 PM PST by Innovative
HELSINKI, FINLAND (CBS) – Your dog may be able to recognize your face in a photo.
That’s the latest from the University of Helsinki, which published the results of its study in the journal Animal Cognition this December.
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Some do. Some try, and do pretty well, but they’re nearsighted, and you can see them squinting and sniffing.
What did the dog that Obama ate thought as he was being eaten by the future Alinsky POTUS?
Probably somewhat deflating when you set your 8 x 11 glossy in front of Fido, and he lifts up his leg and takes a whizz on it...
M00-chelle recognizes Buttcrack with a picture, so what?
Our cat can recognize the sound of our approaching vehicles and arrange to be at the back door just in time to get in and hit the food dish. (The dog is almost always in the vehicle when a vehicle is on a “trip”- but if asked about various people and dog buddies by name will go to the house windows to see if they have really shown up to have a love-in.)
Not to forget voices, and the inflection in that voice.
Maybe they just recognize your scent in the photo.
My current pup will look behind a mirror if possible. It fascinates him. The cat feels as though mere representations are beneath her, she demands the original.
When I was 20, my Dobermann watched a horse crack my head open 500 yards away.
He then watched the ambulance come and haul me off.
He was going berserk the whole time I was in his sight.
While I was in a coma for 11 days, my gramma said he sat staring at the last place he saw me, howling mournfully.
She knew I’d woken up when he suddenly stopped howling.
She said he then abandoned his place of sorrowful vigil and went to the front door of his kennel and *waited*, instead.
I didn’t actually get home for another 5 hours but he was there jumping, wagging and crying with happiness when I pulled in the driveway.
Dogs are more than we know.
By the way I had a dog who was blind and deaf for about the last 5 or so years of its life (which was 18 total). Even after I’d been away for a month or so at a time, it could still recognize me, so scent must play a chief role in their recognition.
“Dogs are more than we know.”
I agree and I believe every word of your story, thanks for sharing it.
Dogs can have phenomenal memories for that which really interests them.
They absolutely do.
I believe this, too. My husband and I were returning from a trip and our pet sitter commented on the fact that our two had been sitting in front of the window, waiting for us to pull up in our driveway and that they started their vigil when our plane landed. Yes, indeed, animals are FAR more than modern science can (or ever will be able to)explain.
Not all dogs are nearsighted. The hunting breeds are noted for their extremely good sight,
I agree. That’s why I said some. My golden retriever was a squinter, though.
This is nice to know info for non-dog owners!! Dog owners have suspected this for years!!! My only question is, would these scientists have done this study if they were working on their own, or for a for profit making entity rather than on the the givernment for?
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