My Dog Is Exceptional!!! - Page 6

feline groovy · ‎07-29-2014

On 2/27/2015 MickD said: Is it true that dogs have no concept of time, ie. Leaving them home alone for 20 minutes feels the same as 8 hours.....?

Yes.

But they - and all pets, actually - DO know light and darkness, so they realize time in a way from before-sunrise through after-sundown.

They realize regular routines the same way.

chlema · ‎05-22-2010

On 3/1/2015 TaxyLady said:
On 3/1/2015 mousiegirl said:
On 2/27/2015 dreamytoo said:
Oh poppycock! I have to laugh at these supposed studies done sometimes...are they done by people who actually have had dogs? Spent any time with dogs? Grown up with multiple dogs?

My first dog alone, not family dog growing up...really resented when I went back to working full time in an office when my son was a toddler. I left when it was still dark in the morning, came home when it was dark (it was winter). She didn't like it at all and let me know every day for that first week she left me a present by the front door...each day she was scolded for it. The last day of the week I came home to a present in that same spot but this time it had cat litter all over it. Yep she gave me that look..."see told ya mom it was that darn cat all the time". I told her "nice try, but you forgot to clean the litter off of it".

Another dog, my husky coyote mix was hit by a car chasing a rabbit across the road...as I was holding her while they stitched her up at the Vet I said hopefully she will learn her lesson. The Vet and techs replied...no she will never remember this and continue to take off into the street. Until she died at the age of almost 16 she sat on my feet every time a car approached. She never forgot!

I have an epileptic husky ...the first few grand mal seizures that my golden witnessed she went into full attack mode on him. Seizures required all hands on deck at my house for quite some time. Now when he has a seizure the golden sits with him, her paw gently on his shoulder and waits until he comes out of it. She is also my warning when he is going to have a seizure...she knows and lets me know.

If they have no memory, no long term memory, etc...how could these things have happened?

My Vet told me a story about his dog, a Doberman Pincer. One morning, he couldn't find his sunglasses, He looked all over, accusing his wife and kids of having done something with them. Finally, he found his dog sitting on the sofa, so he moved her and found his glasses which his dog was hiding so that he couldn't leave.

I'm sorry. A vet told you this? Go to another Vet who knows animal behavior. No dog sits and plots how they are going to keep their owner at home. I am not sure a person should own a dog if they know so little about how a dog thinks.

You are being very judgmental aren't you to suggest someone should not own a dog if they know so little about how a dog thinks? What do you base your information on I wonder. Were you a dog in a previous life lol.?

RainCityGirl · ‎12-16-2012

On 3/1/2015 TaxyLady said:
On 3/1/2015 mousiegirl said:
On 2/27/2015 dreamytoo said:
Oh poppycock! I have to laugh at these supposed studies done sometimes...are they done by people who actually have had dogs? Spent any time with dogs? Grown up with multiple dogs?

My first dog alone, not family dog growing up...really resented when I went back to working full time in an office when my son was a toddler. I left when it was still dark in the morning, came home when it was dark (it was winter). She didn't like it at all and let me know every day for that first week she left me a present by the front door...each day she was scolded for it. The last day of the week I came home to a present in that same spot but this time it had cat litter all over it. Yep she gave me that look..."see told ya mom it was that darn cat all the time". I told her "nice try, but you forgot to clean the litter off of it".

Another dog, my husky coyote mix was hit by a car chasing a rabbit across the road...as I was holding her while they stitched her up at the Vet I said hopefully she will learn her lesson. The Vet and techs replied...no she will never remember this and continue to take off into the street. Until she died at the age of almost 16 she sat on my feet every time a car approached. She never forgot!

I have an epileptic husky ...the first few grand mal seizures that my golden witnessed she went into full attack mode on him. Seizures required all hands on deck at my house for quite some time. Now when he has a seizure the golden sits with him, her paw gently on his shoulder and waits until he comes out of it. She is also my warning when he is going to have a seizure...she knows and lets me know.

If they have no memory, no long term memory, etc...how could these things have happened?

My Vet told me a story about his dog, a Doberman Pincer. One morning, he couldn't find his sunglasses, He looked all over, accusing his wife and kids of having done something with them. Finally, he found his dog sitting on the sofa, so he moved her and found his glasses which his dog was hiding so that he couldn't leave.

I'm sorry. A vet told you this? Go to another Vet who knows animal behavior. No dog sits and plots how they are going to keep their owner at home. I am not sure a person should own a dog if they know so little about how a dog thinks.

Lighten up. What is your problem. It's a nice little thread that you just peed on. Happy now?

colliemom4 · ‎09-08-2010

My cats used to jump on our suitcases when we were going on trips. They knew it. Some are smarties. We no longer have them. The cat I have now is dumb as can be.

RainCityGirl · ‎12-16-2012

On 3/1/2015 colliemom3 said:
My cats used to jump on our suitcases when we were going on trips. They knew it. Some are smarties. We no longer have them. The cat I have now is dumb as can be.

My best friend was a military kid growing up. They would live somewhere for 2 to four years and then they would get transferred. Their cats were not happy about all the moves, and when the packing boxes came out to begin the move, one of their cats would go over and spray on the boxes. He never did that anywhere in the house....just on the moving boxes. Coincidence? I think not.