Well, a lot of people may disagree with me, but I know that my Shadow has this ability! He has LP, and every so often his little knee will pop out of place ... well, he does this little "limp" and lifts his leg to show us that it needs to be rubbed back in place. Well, it did not take very long for him to figure out that limping=attention. So, every so often, he will make a little whimper noise and raise his leg as if he's in pain .. of course, we rush over to him to check his knee, and most of the time, his knee is fine! We get to him and he just rolls all around - all happy, as if he's saying "Gotcha!"