[yorkietalkjilly]

That's so cute! Don't you love that they pay such attention to us and what we're doing and saying? It's always flattering to me that a dog would bother with me, let alone study me like a college course, working his hardest to keep me as happy as possible while still serving himself as he feels led, hehe. Dogs fascinate me on a daily basis and never fail to amaze.

Your dog has a Master's degree in you. It's likely he took his cue from the tone of your voice, your scent & body language, which all said "go for the cheese". Dogs don't understand the context of our actual words much but they certainly do constantly study us, learn & read our tone of voice, facial expressions, our physical actions & reactions, our scent at the time we're reacting, our body language and the context of what is going on. He read you, probably not so much your words or the context of them but the context of your body language and the situation at the time, which gave him permission as he read it. They can read us like a book but usually don't rely on just words as books do.

Ohmygosh, the story of little Eddie just tore my heart out. Sweet, sweet baby boy. Ohmygosh. I can't help but cry up every time I hear sweet stories of our babies.