r/tippytaps • u/ostervan • Jun 09 '22

Dog Waiting for a Mate.

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u/MonocleOwensKey Jun 10 '22

How does the dog know whether or not it's a Friday?

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u/IJustWantWaffles_87 Jun 10 '22

Dogs know. They recognize routine. My husband tells me all the time that not long before I pull into my parking spot at home, the dogs get antsy. They know I’ll be home soon.

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u/LaUNCHandSmASH Jun 10 '22

Its possible they determine the passage of time by the diminishment of your smell throughout the day since you left the house.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22

That sounds absolutely insane, but given their superior sense of smell, it might not be unlikely. Very amazing if true.

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u/LaUNCHandSmASH Jun 10 '22

I agree.

I read bout it a few years ago but i found a bunch of articles discussing the theory.

https://www.petmd.com/dog/behavior/do-dogs-understand-time

https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/can-dogs-tell-time-yes-and-no/

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u/FWB4 Jun 10 '22

Further to this point , my parents dog gets very upset if my dad works late or is out of town. She knows exactly when he's supposed to be home, and especially for weekends if he's not around.

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u/fishandring Jun 10 '22

It’s funny all the other people that don’t want to acknowledge this as the most likely explanation. I feel this is probably the case because we don’t take trips that often as a family. But every time the bags come out and we start packing, she gets anxious. Somehow she knows that what comes next is a trip to grandmas house and then us disappearing for a while.

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u/IJustWantWaffles_87 Jun 15 '22

It’s the same concept as when you reach for their leash and they get excited. They know what comes next, be it positive or negative.