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Dogs can use surprisingly complex tricks to deceive humans [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | March 10, 2017 | Phoebe Weston

Posted on 03/10/2017 7:13:54 AM PST by C19fan

Dogs aren't as honest and obedient as they might like to have us think.

We think we're in control but new research shows that dogs can be very deceptive - especially when it involves them getting an extra sausage.

Scientists found that dogs can be sneaky and manipulative in order to get what they want from humans.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: doggyping; dogs
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To: pinkandgreenmom

Mine also gets a biscuit whenever she comes back in from bathroom break. Lately, she rushes in straight to the closet where the biscuits are, so as to get her biscuit before I close the door, then pushes the screen door open with her nose to go out a second time, then comes right back in for another biscuit.


21 posted on 03/10/2017 7:33:35 AM PST by LambSlave
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To: C19fan

My borzoi uses her good looks to charm people into giving her treats.

It’s hard to resist her when she puts her Dickens Bleak House look at you crossed with a Les Deplorables sad look.

As if to say:

“Look how skinny I am, my owner does not feed me.”
“Please don’t hate me cause I’m beautiful.”

Then if you are ‘in her club’, she will jump up and snug you and try to lick your ears.

Manipulative bitch!

And...I absolutely love her. Best little special snowflake in the world.


22 posted on 03/10/2017 7:33:57 AM PST by Sapwolf (Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty. -Sowell)
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To: BobinIL

Far smarter than cats and, as an added bonus, if you die they are far less likely than cats to eat your liver.


23 posted on 03/10/2017 7:36:16 AM PST by louie2 (Simply a diversion)
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To: BobinIL

Scientists found that dogs can be sneaky and manipulative in order to get what they want from humans.


Anyone who has spent much time around dogs knows this. Dogs also have personalities. Some dogs are more sneaky than others.


24 posted on 03/10/2017 7:36:47 AM PST by marktwain (We wanted to tell our side of the story. We hope by us telling our story...)
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To: C19fan

They paid for a study to figure this out? They could of saved the money and simply asked any dog owner this question.


25 posted on 03/10/2017 7:37:29 AM PST by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: C19fan

We have to spell certain words around our dogs. Words like walk. But I think they have figured out what we are spelling.


26 posted on 03/10/2017 7:37:54 AM PST by Nevadan
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To: C19fan
"Scientists found that dogsnon-taxpayers can be sneaky and manipulative in order to get what they want from humanstaxpayers."
27 posted on 03/10/2017 7:40:52 AM PST by sagar
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To: stocksthatgoup

It’s not that as I have a boy who lives with his mother (divorced).

Dogs are much less maintenance that kids.

Some people understand their limits and are prudent in what they can reasonably handle.

Kids and Wives can be really tough and it really takes a ton of energy to make a family work these days.

I know I simply couldn’t keep up and simply burned out.


28 posted on 03/10/2017 7:42:34 AM PST by Sapwolf (Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty. -Sowell)
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To: BobinIL

When it comes to food (especially left over steak), my dachshund does not manipulate-he orders. He is so cute we can’t help but follow.


29 posted on 03/10/2017 7:44:41 AM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

My golden retriever likes to use the “Are you not entertained by my awesomeness?” look. I taught him how to open a door and since that day he has milked that trick for all it’s worth.


30 posted on 03/10/2017 7:51:14 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Nuke Bilderberg from orbit. It''s the only way to be sure.)
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To: C19fan

My dog gets a treat when she goes on the pee pad.

And by golly you better give it to her because she will bark until she gets it...especially if I am upstairs and she is downstairs.


31 posted on 03/10/2017 7:51:28 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: LambSlave

I think several Freeper dogs must be in cahoots.


32 posted on 03/10/2017 7:53:49 AM PST by pinkandgreenmom
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Appetite per weight, NOTHING will outbeg/out eat a Dachshund.

I have a Basset Hound and she has a bell on the door to let us know she wants out. But, sometimes she uses the bell to get our attention instead. As soon as I open the door she goes back a few paces and rolls over expecting a belly rub...and of course a treat.

My dog knows that if she makes me laugh, I’ll feed her. So, she will clown around for me until I cave in.


33 posted on 03/10/2017 7:53:51 AM PST by Professional
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To: Professional

My Basset Hound talks...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhWiP2A51MI


34 posted on 03/10/2017 7:54:52 AM PST by Professional
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To: C19fan

Why dogs die prematurely? Small dogs should live 20 years.
Large dogs 15 years. To achieve this result, feed only dry dog food, with lamb/beef/chicken as 1st ingredient. Very important, brush their teeth with a soft tooth brush with water only, no tooth paste since they will swallow it.
Twice a week is sufficient. If you start when they are puppies, they adapt to brushing. Without weekly brushing, gum disease takes hold, and those same mouth germs destroy their kidneys/heart/liver.


35 posted on 03/10/2017 7:57:17 AM PST by entropy12 (Enough winning Mr President already!)
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To: C19fan

I wonder how much our government is wasting in similar studies.


36 posted on 03/10/2017 7:57:38 AM PST by gunnut
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To: C19fan

Our Chihuahua is a master at begging and manipulating. She can also tell time. We are her minions. :-)


37 posted on 03/10/2017 8:05:57 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: BobinIL

As well as any man who has been married to a woman from Mexico. ;-)


38 posted on 03/10/2017 8:06:30 AM PST by Roger Kaputnik (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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To: C19fan

Eventually they’ll figure out what we already know:
you don’t “train” dogs, you just come to a point of mutual accommodation.

I’m no psychologist, but I suspect that anyone claiming they trained a dog is slightly deranged.


39 posted on 03/10/2017 8:06:47 AM PST by tsomer
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To: entropy12
To achieve this result, feed only dry dog food, with lamb/beef/chicken as 1st ingredient. Very important, brush their teeth with a soft tooth brush with water only, no tooth paste since they will swallow it.

Better still, feed them a raw meat diet with bones and cartilage. Raw meat, bones and cartilage are their natural diet and no tooth brushing is required as the bones and cartilage keeps their teeth clean and their gums healthy.

The raw meat diet also helps with the other end of their GI tract, if you know what I mean.

40 posted on 03/10/2017 8:08:04 AM PST by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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