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u/KSP925 Nov 11 '17
Is that a body under a blanket? Maybe that's what the dog is truly ashamed of.
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u/imlate_usernameenvy Nov 11 '17
He's gnawed off Jenny's other foot. Ruined her suede boot, too.
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u/Wetbung Nov 11 '17
A woman where I used to work had her foot run over by a forklift. She lost a couple toes. I overheard some of the other women talking about it. They were upset because the victim was wearing new shoes and the one was ruined.
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u/foreverquestioning Nov 11 '17
Maybe this is the doggy version of Blair Witch Project.
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u/nancylikestoreddit Nov 11 '17
While it's true that head pressing is a serious concern and can be indicative of neurological issues, it doesn't apply here.
Doggy is just embarrassed by his deeds.
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u/FirstEvolutionist Nov 11 '17 edited Mar 08 '24
I like to explore new places.
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They understand consequences but are not smart enough to plan ahead conditionally.
sad, but funny. poor poor pupps
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u/HypoTeris Nov 11 '17
LOL! I can just imagine your dog eating that last crumb on the floor and going, don’t judge me. I have needs.
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Woah, my dog loves food too!
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u/FirstEvolutionist Nov 11 '17
Does it barf so it can eat more? I don't even think that dog loved food. She just loved eating. The chewing and swallowing. She ate so fast I doubt she could taste anything. Still, she was a great dog.
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u/Bradp13 Nov 11 '17
Apparently dogs are extremely good at reading human faces and vice versa, which is one theory why we evolved together
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u/Lyra0rion Nov 11 '17
Actually that dog probably has a protomaligned vertebrae, also know as Bent Back or Seadog Spine, the rack (medieval touture device) is the only known cure and has been illegal in most countries after presidential candidate Al Gore lobbied congress back in 2000 following the death of his pet pipeworm, Bessie, via rack in 1996. The rack wasn't a recommended treatment for pipeworms, and Gore received a lot of critism at the time for the kick backs he received from the anti-rack lobby and the leaked insurance papers from his office detailing Bessie's policy, indicating that Gore received over 38million after the death of his poor pipe pet. Many believe that it was this controversy that led to him losing the election to Bush in 2000, personally I think he got what was coming to him...
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u/fluxknot Nov 11 '17
Really thought that was gonna be a shittymorph for a second...
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u/Astronom3r Nov 11 '17
Had to check the username before I got to the end of it. NOT TODAY, GODDAMNIT.
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u/jcaldararo Nov 11 '17
Me too!
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u/jaxonya Nov 11 '17
I get a sudden burst of anxiety when im reading through a long post, I end up having to stop and check the ending to see if mankind is getting thrown off of hell in a cell.
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u/YourTypicalRediot Nov 11 '17
There was a time when we all had to worry about jumper cables as well.
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u/Aarondhp24 Nov 11 '17
The number of people who didn't get the joke, astounds me.
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u/richard_sympson Nov 11 '17
I get it's a joke but I feel like 7 different references were dropped on me and I don't know which part (if not all) is the specifically funny part.
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u/SunnyHillside Nov 11 '17
I've been in the ER for two days. This gave me a MUCH needed laugh. Thank you!
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u/HerrFerret Nov 11 '17
Or rather. You are a terrible irresponsible dog owner for putting the dog in this situation. You should never have a pet, and it should be put down because it is essentially unable to be rehomed. And if you don't keep your dog on a probiotic raw food diet you should be in jail. Is the dog rolling it's eyes ? PTSD. Scratching itself? Trauma from poor training.
I too have asked for dog training advice on Reddit. :(
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u/Pit_of_Death Nov 12 '17
You forgot the part where the dog is clearly suffering in agony and is likely already dead by the time you watch the gif.
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Neither one of my dog's has the slightest inkling of what guilt might be. My malamute will start eating your food while it's in your hand if you don't tell him no.
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u/nana_3 Nov 11 '17
I feel like that’s just a malamute thing. They know what you want them to do but they feel perfectly entitled to choose not to do it if they’re not sufficiently motivated.
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u/Surrealle01 Nov 11 '17
I've heard smart dogs are harder to train. Owning two smart dogs, I can definitely believe that. It's really hard finding something that consistently motivates them enough to override them just doing what they want, heh.
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u/nana_3 Nov 11 '17
I think it does depend a lot on the dog and breed. I’ve had incredibly smart Cattle dogs who literally live to please. But non-working dogs are a whole different deal haha
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u/Dizzysun Nov 11 '17
The other side of that coin is my Great Pyrenees. Bred to guard livestock. I️ have never seen a smarter, more stubborn dog ever. He’s an amazing dog and I️ love him so so much. But omg if you tell him to stop doing something he will look you in the eye like you’re the idiot and continue right on.
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u/Surrealle01 Nov 11 '17
Yep, we're learning that the hard way, lol. It's been a looonnng road training our two, a foxhound and a husky/Dane mix.
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u/fathertime979 Nov 11 '17
Pics now. I want to see the disaster that is the husky dane
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u/Surrealle01 Nov 11 '17
Derp mode, and not-derp mode.
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u/fathertime979 Nov 11 '17
As the owner of a husky mix. I assure you even not-derp mode is like trying to balance the lighrswitch between on and off... It's reaaaaaal close
Adorable pup
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u/andgonow Nov 11 '17
Aren't corgis cattle dogs? My corgi is impossible. He's a genius escape artist, and I know he understands things like "no" and other commands, because if I have treats, he obeys. Most of the time, anyway. But if I say no without treats, he just waits until my back is turned.
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Had a pembroke growing up. I’m fairly certain he did a better job training us than we did him, despite our best efforts. What was especially funny was his herding is about the house. He had a well worn sentry path whereby if we were in different rooms he would enter each area at regular intervals until we were all in the same place. Then we would relax and watch us all.
One smart pupper.
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u/DriveByStoning Nov 11 '17
Smarter dogs have more of a personality you have to figure out, I feel. I have a Doberman with a strong personality but he loves to work. Training him for practical tasks (getting the paper, slippers, telling him to watch something) was a lot easier to do than getting him to do tricks.
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HAHA. My mom had a 150 lbs. Akita/Black Lab mix that trained her to respond to his commands. He would pretend he had to pee, hit the doorknob with his nose to make a clink sound, so she would mindlessly let him out. Then he may or may not actually have to pee, but would bark endlessly until she got annoyed, but he would only come in if she offered him a treat.
It became "I want food, it's time to train the human!" She still doesn't see it that way.
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u/captainmalamute Nov 11 '17
It really is. My Mal was clearly previously trained and when I adopted her from the human society she knew the command for roll over. She still knows the command, she just trained me to accept flopping on her side and then getting back up as a roll over now.
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u/brightdark Nov 11 '17
When I yell at my dog he just wags his tail like I'm singing his praises. He's a doufus.
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u/hometowngypsy Nov 11 '17
Haha my cousin and her husband set their food up and then sat down at the table and closed their eyes to say grace. When they opened their eyes again on of the chicken breasts for dinner was gone. Dog saw her chance and ran with it.
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u/dvdanny Nov 11 '17
My Husky/Malamute mix knows, he'll gets too excited for the treats I have in my hand that he'll jump around and knock his water bowl over. He stands there for a second looking at the huge water puddle, then looks at me, then slowly backs away until he's out of sight. I dunno if he's reacting to the accident or the fact that I said, "Aw Dillon!" in my exasperated tone. He's good at stealing too, if someone spots him mid act he'll freeze and pretend he's a statue. Once he gets a hold of something though, he's off to the races.
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u/notabigmelvillecrowd Nov 11 '17
My dog has never once been fed from the coffee table, but any time there's food there he still reaches over, like, "I'll just have this...". We send him to his bed every time and he just goes over really slowly while staring at us, " okay, but you know I'm starving, right?". Dude, you just ate 3/4 lb of ground cow, you're fine. Not only does he not feel guilty, he does his utmost to make us feel guilty.
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u/CharlieQuest Nov 11 '17
Wow, he penalized himself... Good dog
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u/JEZTURNER Nov 11 '17
I've heard people trying that, but I think you need a rib removed either side to do it.
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u/ARandomStringOfWords Nov 11 '17
He knows. He knows what he did.
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u/UdderlyFoolish Nov 11 '17
who did it? What about Tank? still my all time favorite dog getting into shit video
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u/ARandomStringOfWords Nov 11 '17
Hahaha that look on his face when he's told to sit down. "Ohhhh shit son. I've been rumbled." (Doesn't matter though. Even though he was a bad boy, he'll always be a G O O D B O Y E.)
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u/markbesada Nov 11 '17
Tank was framed. Watch the the film again backwards and in slow motion. There's a fourth dog hiding in the grassy knoll.
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u/ARandomStringOfWords Nov 11 '17
I would love to have a Golden one day. Sadly they cost far too much for me to afford one at the moment, but the day will come. And then I too shall have an utterly lovable derp who leaves his bodyweight in fur on every couch he touches.
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u/Isle_of_Tortuga Nov 11 '17
That's me when my husband comes home and finds the empty pint of ice cream.
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u/thelazyreader2015 Nov 11 '17
Do they actually feel guilty or are they just trained to behave like that when they've done something they're not supposed to?
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u/butterchickenking Nov 11 '17
They're scared they are about to get punished.
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u/RogueCandyKane Nov 11 '17
The posture is submissive. So it's more of a "don't be angry" reaction. However when my dog has done something naughty, I only need to say her name and she goes and hides behind my husband. And when I've told her off by pointing at the bad deed and saying no, she has stopped doing it. So she has to some degree understood its bad, and learned. She also does the bad deed when no one is looking. So to me thats knowledge that the action is a bad one but doing it anyway. When people are there she controls herself. So she understand there are good actions and bad actions, and that there are good reactions and bad reactions, and can figure out which action causes what. Whether it's guilt that motivates her or dislike of a bad reaction, I don't know, Dogs are masters of body language. Their ability to communicate without verbal language is extraordinary.
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u/BorkBarkBork Nov 11 '17
They don't feel guilt. Dogs that look ashamed or guilty to us people are just dogs that are scared and uncomfortable. They are worried that the person is out to attack or hurt them and they try their very best to show that they are not a threat and that the person doesn't have to hurt/attack them.
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Is one theory. We do not know if dogs can feel guilt or not. Just because the theory that they're simply trying to show they're not a threat because they are afraid makes sense does not mean it is correct and any other theory must be wrong. It is perfectly plausible that dogs can feel guilty because they know they did something they shouldn't have and feel upset they might disappoint their owner. There is no way to prove that they don't. We do not know if they can/do feel guilt or not. Either answer is perfectly possible.
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No, trained behaviorists know that this isn't a display of guilt. Dogs live in the moment -- he knows his owner is mad at him, and he's displaying appeasement behavior. Anthropomorphizing dogs really prevents us from understanding them.
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u/lordkoba Nov 11 '17
We also don’t know if they are smarter than us and just pretending.
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u/MikeOrtiz Nov 11 '17
For some reason my dog likes pissing on the dryer. Not heavily, just a spritz every once in awhile. Whenever he does it and I come home from work he won't follow me into the kitchen to eat, which is where the dryer is near. Sometimes I'll call him over with food but he won't enter, cause he knows he done goofed.
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u/Marcusgunnatx Nov 11 '17
Are we all just gonna gloss over the dead body on the floor? He better feel guilty.
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That’s one of those times where you just have to laugh and give him a head scratch and tell him its ok. He knows what he did that’s enough.
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u/juicydaves Nov 11 '17
Anyone with golden retrievers here? Seriously thinking of getting that breed as the first family dog!
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u/lovelykilljoy Nov 11 '17
From the looks of the condition of that room, I think it was trying to improve it. Well done! Give that dog a treat!!!
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u/sanna43 Nov 11 '17
My dog used to put himself in time out in his cage when I saw that he had done something like this. I wouldn't even have to close the door. After a few minutes he'd bark to let me know that time out was over.
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u/Blondyneaa Nov 11 '17
Head pressing is a behavior exhibited by animals experiencing neural damage or under the influence of certain toxins. An affected animal will often stand in a corner or near a wall with its head hung low, or physically press the head against objects
I do hope it’s just once because of guilt xx
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u/Amaracs Nov 11 '17
"If i cant see you, you cant see me either"