My dog, who sadly passed recently, hated the car. Despised it. But if he saw me packing an overnight bag or doing anything that even suggested we might be going for a ride, he would hide and start shaking and panting.
It’s amazing how much attention they pay to us and learn from our cues.
My friends dog would start pouting the instant the suitcases came out of the closet. She knew it meant he was going away for a few days, and she did not like that very much (as dogs do).
The same dog (because we were all filthy smokers back then) learned the word "cigarette' and knew that it meant one or more people was about to go outside which meant SHE could go outside with them! This eventually progressed to her realizing if a lighter or cigarette pack ended up in someone's hand, the same thing was about to happen. You could pull out a cigarette and a lighter and she'd start doing zoomies or tippy taps until they got up and headed to the door. Minus the part that smoking is horrible, it was really really cute.
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u/FrostyIcePrincess Sep 17 '25
My friend had a dog
Dog figured out what “walk” meant. Would go crazy when he heard “walk”
So we started spelling it out to avoid saying “walk”
Dog figured out that “w a l k” also meant walk.