{"id":74,"date":"2007-10-29T21:24:31","date_gmt":"2007-10-30T04:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tresgatos.net\/VisualKaos\/?p=74"},"modified":"2011-06-14T17:15:26","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T00:15:26","slug":"bored-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tresgatos.net\/visualkaos\/2007\/10\/29\/bored-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bored dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sometimes when I look at dogs I wonder, what are they thinking?<\/p>\n

I actually think that it doesn’t take long for them, once they live with us, to understand our language.<\/p>\n

They don’t just get the intonation and emphasis of a “SIT” or a “SPEAK.” I think they actually comprehend everything that we say. They sit across the room, seemingly minding their own business as we humans communicate with each other on such a high level. They just choose to ignore most of what we say because, well it bores them.<\/p>\n

Next time you’re in the room with your dog or a dog friend, try carrying on a regular conversation about politics or religion or some other mindless human
\ntopic with him. I’ll bet you a dollar he’ll look at you for a minute and then lay down and put his head on his paws.<\/p>\n

This is proof that dogs are bored with human dialogue.<\/p>\n

Then after he’s been laying there for a while, ignoring you and any other humans in the room that you may be chatting with, and while watching him closely, casually throw in a phrase about another dog he knows or the neighbors cat or … a cookie!<\/p>\n

Watch the eyebrows. They’re a dead giveaway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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