Dogs Don't Remember

www.psychologytoday.com ^ | May 01, 2010 | by Ira Hyman

[Red Badger]

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

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[gorush]

Lock your dog and your wife in the trunk. Come back in an hour and see which one is happy to see you.

[freedumb2003]

>> Dogs don’t remember what happened yesterday and don’t plan for tomorrow.<<

How DARE you call dogs members of the democratic party!

[Yashcheritsiy]

Dogs don't remember what happened yesterday and don't plan for tomorrow.

Neither do a lot of people I know.

[headstamp 2]

Oh yeah? My Jack Scnauzer mix used to remember where he saw all the squirrels. We had to check out those spots every time I walked him.

He also looked upward into the trees to find them.

[Scrambler Bob]

see which one is happy to see you. —

That would be the bitch.

[circlecity]

HA! My dog remembers every place I’ve ever stashed snacks in the last 5 years and every day he makes the circuit checking to see if I might have done so again.

[camle]

if this is true, how can they be trained?

[defconw]

I have tried to explain this concept to my husband. If we do not catch the little darling in the act, she does not understand.

[gdani]

My dog remembers every place I’ve ever stashed snacks in the last 5 years and every day he makes the circuit checking to see if I might have done so again.

I was going to say something similar. Plus, I've had dogs that will bury bones & dig them up later and hide their own treats & toys from their pesky feline housemates.

[tallyhoe]

HA! My dog remembers every place I’ve ever stashed snacks in the last 5 years and every day he makes the circuit checking to see if I might have done so again.

Yep and if I tell my dog she gets a treat for going outside she heads right to the treat stash after she does her duty...

[grobdriver]

Dogs don't remember what happened yesterday and don't plan for tomorrow.

Isn't burying a bone "planning for tomorrow"?

I think I call BS on them not remembering yesterday - I'm treating our dog for a bit of redeye with an ointment.
She gets a squirt of ointment on the eye, I rub it around, and then she gets a cookie (dog treat). This animal is very food-centric and it's how we've taught her everything - and reward for everything.

So if she can't remember yesterday, why is it she knows she gets a cookie after her medicine when I give her the morning dose?

[Red Badger]

Different part of the brain is involved.................

[Red Badger]

Dogs bury bones and then relocate with smell........................

[blackdog]

Let's not confuse complete loyalty and a willingness to forgive with a lack of memory.

My dog has responded with............."If humans have such a good memory and keen ability to plan for what's ahead, why do they keep making such stupid choices?" = Rose, the red heeler

[S.O.S121.500]

My mini dachshund remembers ‘her’ favorite people after four years absence and resumes the relationship exactly where it stopped. Quickly brings the same toy she and the human played with the last time they both were present. So I am unconvinced of the above.

[Ransomed]

I’ve observed some dogs being shocked at their own farts, especially when they are sleeping. Sometimes they even growl and raise their hackles, outraged. My theory is that there is now evidence wafting about of another dog who has been eating the exact same food as them, and they want them to scram.

FReegards

[defconw]

Maybe it’s just the concept of time. The dog doesn’t think “Oh this happened yesterday”. The dog thinks, “they have the medicine, I get a treat”

[The Sons of Liberty]

Dogs don't remember what happened yesterday and don't plan for tomorrow.

Neither do libs.