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I would do that to my dog, that would be cruel to lock him up anywhere with my wife

Mark, I have come to the realization that, fer me anyways, bicycles are much, much cooler....



....OTOH I can get from here to New York like thirty-one days faster on a motorcycle than I can on a bicycle

But no, I would not take the ol'KLR that far again, just too many old parts likely to need attention/replacing somewhere along the route.

Maybe when I get a new bike.

Birdwatcher

BS. Pass by a spot where they bounced a rabbit a year ago, and they will bee line over to check that precise spot.

That Drudge report is pure bull pucky as any non- druggie dog owner can tell you. It's a gross mid-interpretation of behavior as pointed out above. If the dog didn't remember/ recognize the "pack member" from before why the hell would it be happy to see him/her?

I have stories... Including delayed rememberances on the dog's part where he went ape-[bleep] with delight several minutes after reassociation.

My dogs remember more things than I do.

This researcher has stupid dogs and that
means more research bucks for him.

I'm no expert, but I think there's a heck of a lot about dogs that we can't fully explain. I had a springer that I used to give rawhide bones to, he'd run with it all over the property, and eventually come back without it. After a while, I'd ask him where his chew was, he'd sit down and start "thinking", then off he'd go and be back with it in seconds. He knew where it was, he didn't have to look for it, he'd beeline right to it. He was a smart dog, pretty sure he knew more about me than I knew about him.

The OP report is a bunch of horseschit. My dog remembers plenty.

Often times much better than I do.

twofish

Dogs remember better than many voters.

That's for damn sure.

Our JRT "knows" when we are a couple blocks from homes of family members 100+ miles away we may only visit 1-2 times per year.

I have deliberately taken different routes to their homes, and it's still the same result. When we are within a quarter mile or so it's like the GPS unit beeps and she's on full alert.

Dogs amaze me.

Priceless.

When I put on a certain pair of shoes the
dog knows we're going for a walk.

I know of at least two examples of dogs "going home."

A family took young mutt with them to grandmas house 70 miles away. Dog disappears from yard in afternoon, they search till dark and the kids are heartbroken. Dog is on front step next am.

Client sold a 2 yr old coon hound to a guy that lived west of Lincoln, NE. A couple months later the dog shows up here, we're 100 miles east of the Missouri river. That 200 mile trip took most of a week IIRC.

Dogs amaze me.

Last summer I sort of took a liking toward a little dog I often see out wandering around town on my regular trips to the post office and store. I started giving it dog treats and sometimes a meat bone or can of dog food when ever I see it. Now it comes running when it sees my vehicle. I thought it was pretty amazing how it only took giving it treats a couple of times for it to know my vehicle among all the other white vehicles around.

the guy was full of caca, probably dog caca. It said it all to me when he said he walked into the back yard and the dogs were happy to see him. Yeah, if you were in the back yard ignored all the time.
I have had probably 15 golden retrievers through the years and i live with two of them now.
this morning max, the boy dog, was kind enough to move over on the bed so i could get under the covers.
He was horrible mistreated as a puppy and is a rescue dog. He remember a lot.
My girl princess is sitting beside me right now and barking/growling etc. Could have something to do with her knowing i will share breakfast with her.
our dogs have always lived with us, not in the back yard. They are experts at reconizing emotions and behavior. My guys also alert at humans. If they seem to think there is a problem, there probably is.

About as valid as Deflave - possibly joking - saying dogs do not exhibit jealousy.

Don't buy it, either.

Read a good book few years ago on dog psychology/research, and while it was fascinating and did explain the how/why of many dog behaviors that made sense, it had a chapter claiming the same about dog memory, and I'd say bullchit for all the reasons already mentioned.

Too, I wonder how breed may influence this observation. Also, how do we define "memory" in a dog? Does the dog percieve an instictual or gut-feeling associated with a past experience, or does it experience a replay of that experience, lush with full color/sound/smells/emotions as we might? I don't know. Is the study saying they have remote memory, but not short-term? That makes no sense.

I do know it's remarkable how much a dog remembers. They know you've turned onto the road headed to a favorite place. They know you've hidden an object at play (and surely don't forget). My sheepdog has an keen aversion to guns of all shapes/sizes; she knows where I keep them and she won't enter that room to save her life. If I carry a gun to another room, she watches from afar and won't go in that room until I take it out. She needs no "reminding" or "re-experiencing" to remember that.

So no, I've never seen a dog living a "50 First Dates" life.

Jealous dogs?

You should see my lap dog when the grandkids visit.

Book it.

My dog knows instantly if I "cheated on him" by petting another dog. He gives you that same look you get from your wife that just found lipstick on your collar...

doggie divorce is temporary however, and a lot less costly.