Do Dogs Really Miss Us?

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[lolmymag]

separated for four minutes -> friendly greeting
separated for four hours -> excited greeting
separated for four days -> pee everywhere

[rookierook]

It'd be nice if you also mention the story of Hachiko, the dog that waited at the train station everyday for his owner to return to despite the owner himself already passed away.

[Seegalgalguntijak]

My dog died last November after 13 years of living together with me. I still miss him...

[proudbpagan]

Earlier this year, I had a medical emergency and had to be admitted to the hospital for two days(found out I've got peptic ulcers..got two units of blood..thank you *so* much to the selfless ppl who donated!). A family friend looked after my cats and dogs while I was gone. When I got home, they all mobbed me, but my lab mix, Strider, made me smile the most..he was so happy I was home that when I sat down on my love seat, he whined, wagging his tail, and got up in my arms and 'rotisseried' himself for several minutes as I petted him. I have no doubt that the saying is true...a dog is the only being who loves you more than he loves himself.

[gglaurengg]

I thought the sentence was "they gave dogs 5 cents" and for the split second it took you to explain that sentence my mind was completely confused and wondering why dogs would care about money.

[panzerfaust]

"gave the dog five scents"
what the hell are they going to do with a nickel?

*cries tears of stupidity*

[Blitzthesquirrle]

my dog still misses me.

BUT HER AIM IS GETTING BETTER!

[orangie]

dogs are social creatures... And humans are also social beings... And as sharing those same traits of course there are going to be similarities... Dogs miss and grieve for each other... It is natural and part of nature... And yes if the dog loves you and has a special close true bond with you, they will miss you and will grieve for you if you do not show up for a long period of time... They need the companionship and love as much as we need them.. I want to just end this with... remember, ... They are never JUST a dog... And I really wish people would stop looking at dogs as property or furniture.. I wish people would stop calling them pets, and start treating them as companions with feelings a hear a mind and a SOUL as well as a living being.. Hey dogs could look at us as hairless ape monsters that chatter and scream a lot... But they don't.. The see us as friends.. We should really learn from that..

[hkandms]

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[SensationalBanana]

Our dog would be different when one of us (me and dad) were not home. He'd be more alert to for example, seeing people that reminded him of us at first glance, or even go into either's bedroom and sleep in there. He was a worrier and he clearly spent time thinking about us even when we weren't present.

Then when we were both home, he'd be the happiest boi, SO happy! The difference was like night and day!

And today we know that they DO in fact, tell time. By smell.

[GarrettKingdom]

I believe they are aware of the length of time, one time, when my brother went to college, he didn't come to visit until two months later. My dog, a golden retriever named Bailey, ran to him, jumped up, put his paws on my brother's shoulders, leaned his head against him, and actually started whining.

[feather]

My dog is counting time for shure, he wants me to feed him on time, even if he already got a big treat not that long ago, so he can't have hungry at that time. Also I've heard from a housemate that he just waits for me and starts standing at the door about 10min before I come home. Maybe not all dogs are like him but he is very intuitive and clever.

[codekillerz]

Our dogs do see us as the one









:O I HAVE BEEN CHOSEN

[alexprior]

I have a dog I love and the people around me can prove my dog misses me. I'm only around my dog half the time and when I get back people say things like "He's just not the same when you're away." And "He's really sad for most the time you're not here."

[LukeRobertsnz]

I went away on holiday for 5 days and when I came home my dog (she was fed by friend) went absolutely nuts because she was so happy to see me again, she wouldn't leave me for about 5-10 minutes

[typograf]

We once had a dog, a great poodle, that sometimes stayed at home for hours (no problem) but greeted us warmly when we came home. Sometimes he drove with us in the car on small trips or on a weekend trip or longer vacation. When we came home with him, he insisted on getting into the house first. He then ran into the kitchen, turned around and ran back to the door to greet us welcome back. It probably made sense to him somehow. Perhaps he informed us that the house was ok?

[HanZhang]

With regards to the statements starting at 2:35. No, research says there's a link between body size, metabolism rate and visual processing speed. There is no magical thing about humans that makes them especially slow at visual processing.

Secondly, there is no feeling of slow-mo for animals because that would mean the animal is seeing things at slower speed than they are happening. That's impossible. Instead what happens at a higher visual processing speed is just that, more frames per second. You get to see things that normally would be a blur for animals with slower visual processing speeds.

Oh, and the flickering of the videos, no, it would just look choppy, like a low fps game. There would be no blackouts. Remember, higher and lower visual processing rates just indicate fps really, and there's nothing special about humans that magically makes them shittier at visual processing like the video implies. It's about body size and metabolism.

[GretgorPooper]

I love your dog <3

I thought this video would break my heart (because I thought the title automatically implied a "no" answer), but instead it gave me warm fuzzies <3

[ronsmith]

I work and come home every other day. I got stuck staying out an extra night and my dog greeted me with even more ferver than the usual very happy to see me. I believe they are aware of time in their sense.

[lozfoe]

I remember hearing about one study that hypothesized that dogs tell time by smell. To test this, they had the owner walk out of the room to go to work. Usually, the dog would jump at the owner every time he came home after being gone for hours. What the scientist did was wave the owner's sweaty clothes around every so often. This kept the owner's smell from dissipating. When the owner came home, the dog reacted as though he had only been gone for a little while. The dog could't tell that the owner had been gone for hours because his smell was still around.