Ping!
I had a dog, when I was young, who watched eyes to know when the person was looking at it.
You could have had your head very turned away from the dog, but when you glanced at it, without turning your head, it knew and reacted by wagging its tail.
It’s not just how we communicate with them but how they communicate with us. If I am visiting down the street my dog will tell me when she is ready to go home, when she wants a treat or if she just wants to go for a ride.The more we communicate, the more we understand one another.
I have a young Border Collie named Freckles.
She is far more intelligent and vastly more pleasant to be with than your average progressive. Easier on the eyes than most as well :-)
Seriously, that dog picks up on what your intentions are...these Border Collies are quite amazing dogs. I recommend them highly as companions and Frisbee partners.
We have a 7 year old lab/boxer and she learned early what the word bone means and baby (one of her chew toys). Now we spell the word bone and she knows what that is. Labs are smart dogs along with her boxer mix.
We have a 7 year old lab/boxer and she learned early what the word bone means and baby (one of her chew toys). Now we spell the word bone and she knows what that is. Labs are smart dogs along with her boxer mix.
He also barks in a way that almost sounds like 'water' when his bowl runs dry, and can indicate when he wants food as well.
If you pay attention, certain barks have different sounds or cadences and that will tell you a lot about what the critter wants or what is going on (a challenge versus a greeting, for instance).
There are two aspedts to communication, and the receiver has to be functioning as well as the transmitter.
It’s my impression that it takes babies a year to become as complex as your average dog, and two years to be as useful.
Dogs don’t actually have brains. They have microchips. The same microchips they put in the Wack-a-Mole game at Chucky Cheese.
I refer to our 4 year old German Shepherd as “our toddler.” He so bright it’s scary. Thank God he doesn’t have opposable thumbs or I’d be so yesterday’s lunch. LOL.
Dogs have also been documented to sense when their owner’s body is ailing — in IIRC more than one case, a dog found a hidden cancer.
Some cats I have had, had a similar capability of knowing when I had a backache or stomachache, and would snuggle up against the painful part. Usually remembering to keep their claws retracted, but not always (OUCH).
“If they only knew....”
ping.
Dogs are smart, and their vocabulary (understanding of it, LOL) is huge. And with multiple dogs, we’ve found they portray many human traits that you’d see among siblings.
On of ours recently had surgery, and had to be taken out on a leash every time he went out, to prevent him from doing too much running. Usually we just let them into the yard (it’s fenced.) So one day, after taking the male out on a leash everytime he had to go out, the female let us know she wanted to go out. I walked to the door and opened it, but she wouldn’t go out. I coaxed a little, still nothing. Then she walks over and noses the leash on the chair, and kept doing so. I put the leash on her and immediately she (guess I should say we) went out. I guess she thought the male was getting some special treatment by having the leash on :)
One time I watched a woman deal with her barking dog. She looked at it and said “Quiet, or you’re getting a bath”.
The dog didn’t make another sound.
My dog understands so many words it’s scary!
It would seem obvious that dogs and all animals are alert to the reactions of those around them, starting with members of their own species but including others. Ever observe the sounds and behaviors of birds, squirrels, etc., when you walk into a yard? They all react and take cues from one another.
And of course use of their own eyes, and realizing when their companions see something and react, is key to animal survival. Including ours.
I swear my old dog Blue could actually read my mind, when it was time to give him his bath, all I had to do is THINK about it and he’d crawl under the couch.
He also was a good judge of a person’s character, whenever someone would come into the house, he would do one of two things walk over the person and wag his tail or jump up on my lap and stare at him until they left. He was never wrong.
I miss him to this day.
I have a one eyed, three legged Jack Russell Terrier, hit by a car before I rescuced him, that does not like monkeys either.
Monkeys come on TV and the fight is on!
His name is Ralphie.
Roflol