I have wondered about this for a long time, but I can't find info about it on the internet. I am hoping that someone with actual dog training experience, and not just anecdotes, will be able to weigh in, but all answers are welcome.
I am not an idiot. I know that dogs cannot tell time. But our dog does a very curious thing. My husband comes home from work between 4:30 and 5:00 most days, and every day, sometime around 4:20, our dog goes and takes one or two of her favorite toys out of her basket and places them in the place where they play together when he comes home. She then hops into her spot by the window and settles down to wait. My question is how the heck does she know the proper time?
She understands when other things are about to happen because of cues. I walk her in the evenings, but I don't follow a set schedule, so she just starts watching for me to change my shoes and grab the leash, and then she knows it's walk time. But how does she know the other stuff?
2006-08-26
00:38:04
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