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07-04-2014, 01:43 AM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker | Those long looks we get? I've kept meaning to ask on here about the looks all dogs give and what significance they have. Increasingly over the past few months Crystal moves her head first to one side, then the other whilst holding my eyes in a deep and concentrated gaze. Usually this is when I talk with her, (which is a lot, especially when Mom's out). It's almost as if she's trying to read my thoughts? She's 18 months old next week and her communication with me has improved out of all recognition. On beach walks, if she returns her ball, but drops it a few yards away, I no longer have to ask her to put it between my feet. She'll put her head on one side, almost say sorry and trips away to toss it in the right place, the same thing happens if the slope sometimes carries it away before I can bend down to pick it up? Similarly when I have to put her back on her lead as we need to cross a road, to get home, she stops and waits perfectly for me. Obviously they pick up habitual occurrences (as we all do!), but somehow, at home now, this is almost a sentient thing. I should add here, that being retired, she's never hardly out of my company 24/7. I know they're very intelligent and being terriers have a will of their own (thank goodness), but the 'recent' extension of communication has really surprised me. Fourteen months ago I could never have begun to believe the hours of fun and discovery my little daughter has bought to into my life |
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07-04-2014, 06:06 AM | #2 |
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| Dogs communicate through alot of body language, as well as vocal. There was also a study that showed that dogs will read people's facial expressions and they do this only to humans, not with other dogs. She's focused on you and is trying to "read" you. So you're not too far off in your assumption of mind reading I find alot of times in the past, they really understand what you're saying/doing at times. We used to announce bath-time to our past yorkies and they would hide. We stopped doing that and just pick one up. When they see we go to the bathroom with them or they come back wet, the other hides lol
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