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Ever wonder what dogs do be thinking

  • 04-08-2010 4:48pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,136 ✭✭✭✭


    Sitting here after finishing me dinner and the dog just lying there infront me staring at me lol wonder whats going on in his head.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,291 ✭✭✭Junco Partner


    "give me some food ya greedy git"


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


    staring at me lol

    You or the dog?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,467 ✭✭✭Wazdakka


    wonder whats going on in his head.

    What he ate looked nicer than the shíte he gave me...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Sykk


    Sitting here after finishing me dinner and the dog just lying there infront me staring at me lol wonder whats going on in his head.




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,378 ✭✭✭mojesius


    Sitting here after finishing me dinner and the dog just lying there infront me staring at me lol wonder whats going on in his head.

    Make sure you look away first, it asserts dominance in the pack.


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  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    Sniffing holes, getting laid, running, eating and sleeping.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,190 ✭✭✭✭IvySlayer


    My pup is sleeping on my pillow. A couple of kicks and whines, wondering what he's dreaming about!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,814 ✭✭✭Nemanja91


    Could be planning to kill you!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭henryporter


    "now looks like a good time to ride his leg"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,378 ✭✭✭mojesius


    IvySlayer wrote: »
    My pup is sleeping on my pillow. A couple of kicks and whines, wondering what he's dreaming about!

    Sometimes, I get worried when I see my dogs dreaming, one growls in his sleep, he must be imagining giant tigers chasing him.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,958 ✭✭✭Mr. Rager


    "Why is my cock red", thought the dog.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,070 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 685 ✭✭✭Carlos_Ray


    Sitting here after finishing me dinner and the dog just lying there infront me staring at me lol wonder whats going on in his head.

    If he's laughing out loud he's probably thinking of something funny.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,136 ✭✭✭✭How Soon Is Now


    Ah i already gave him a bit of me dinner ha its the only time he does not jump up on ya when ur eatin :pac: Sits there still as anything looking at ya with his big sad eyes :p


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    Dog's mind "Why is that annoying dude who doesnt give me decent food or take me for walks, just staring at me? is he retarded or something? I'll just keep staring at him till he fcuks off"

    OP's mind "What is dog thinking? this is so interesting, i'll keep staring at him till i find out. hmmmm i could do this all day, nothing better to be doing anyway"

    Dog's mind "This is starting to get weird. Is he gay? cos i get the feeling he's mentally undressing my fur. Right fcuk this retard, I'm off outside to find me some b1tches."

    OP's mind "Oh there he goes! Dogs are so stupid. I wonder what else i could stare at to figure out what they are thinking...hmm i wonder what that lamp is thinking? i'll keep staring at it till i find out."

    Lamp's mind "Oh not again, please fcuk off!"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,136 ✭✭✭✭How Soon Is Now


    "now looks like a good time to ride his leg"

    He has two pillows for that a red one and a blondie one lol


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,378 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    Its Lois.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 959 ✭✭✭changes


    Sitting here after finishing me dinner and the dog just lying there infront me staring at me lol wonder whats going on in his head.

    He's thinkin.... "you sat there and stuffed all that food into your face and didn't think to offer me any, what am i doin with you".


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭mconigol


    that's a terrible thing to say about your girlfriend :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,737 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    When I'm eating they starte at me to try hypnotise me into dropping food. When I'm not eating they're wondering when I'm going to feed them. If they're not thinking about food they're thinking about how they can stop the sparrows from invading their territory.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,588 ✭✭✭derfderf


    He has two pillows for that a red one and a blondie one lol

    He's thinkin he'll take the blond but he's not bangin a ginger.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,136 ✭✭✭✭How Soon Is Now


    derfderf wrote: »
    He's thinkin he'll take the blond but he's not bangin a ginger.

    He does both at same time haha :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,228 ✭✭✭epgc3fyqirnbsx


    The do be's and the does be's are dead


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭MarkY91


    R_H_C_P wrote: »
    Sniffing holes, getting laid, running, eating and sleeping.


    so they think the exact same as us males then :pac:..minus the sniffing of holes.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    MarkY91 wrote: »
    so they think the exact same as us males then :pac:..minus the sniffing of holes.

    Better re-think that one..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    I do wonder but I say they think about very simple things! They are colour blind. They may feel like us humans but they may not always think like us humans. They proabably think about the here and now but they might remember the past if they had a bad experience of something but they are less likely to think about the future of maybe a couple of hours ahead! Human years is different to dog years as both grow at different paces!
    I'd say dogs think but not too much! They don't analyse they love their human companion no matter what!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭laugh


    I do be do be do.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭chucken1


    funny-dog-pictures-gravity-food.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    scooby dooby doo I love you! woof woof! :P


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,723 ✭✭✭Cheap Thrills!


    I'd say the dog is riddled with existential angst and stuff. High brow thoughts the likes of which us humans could not comprehend. More than likely interspersed with an aching desire for opposable thumbs. Oh, and fingers also.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    they definitely have emotions as far as I am aware dogs can become depressed and suffer emotional problems! so maybe they do think like humans but in a different way...or just ponders!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 355 ✭✭GizAGoOfYerGee




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,737 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    They are colour blind.
    They're not, you know. They do percieve colour differently, being quite muted except for reds and oranges.

    I'd love to see a pic of how dogs see the world, but I've never found one online, so I just think of it like the girl in the red coat in Schindler's List.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 830 ✭✭✭SEANYBOY1


    I remember talking to our German Shepard while under the influence of Double Dip Strawberries years ago. I was convinced I could get into his head, after about 5/10 minutes I gave up, was just staring at me annoying me so put on the walkman instead:D


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Sykk wrote: »

    Just looking up that movie:

    Along the way he falls for his third grade teacher who initially hates him, but then he pretends to wet himself and she can no longer resist him.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,861 ✭✭✭Irishcrx


    Well i'm fairly sure my guys think something similar to this... I come home from work..

    "OH MY GOD!! THERES DADDY JUMP ON HIM JUMP ON HIM!!PAW THE ****ING **** OUTTA HIM QUICKLY...OH MY GOD WHERES MY DINNER???...WHERE IS IT!!..."

    "WALK!!WALK!!WALK!!...QUICKLY I SEE THE LEAD, ITS UP THERE GET IT GET IT GET IT WOOF WOOF WOOF GGGGRRROOOOWWWWWLLLL"

    .............."Yeah he's drinking that milky water again i'm going back to sleep first"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,706 ✭✭✭fonecrusher1


    Ever wonder what dogs do be does be thinking?

    Yeah its a funny oul question alright. Ever see a dog walking along the street with a look of intense concentration on its face like its going somewhere & wants to get there quickly for some reason.

    Or two dogs hanging around with eachother like they're life-long buddies having a great laugh.

    Hilarious animals.




    *Que hilarious puns & jokes harvested from this post whereby the thanks-hunter uses particular words or sentences in my post to form a side-splitting observation.
    Im already laughing, you genius you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Just looking up that movie:

    Along the way he falls for his third grade teacher who initially hates him, but then he pretends to wet himself and she can no longer resist him.

    ...you mean you haven't seen it?
    Be gone.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Will soon with a summary like that!


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,217 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    I've watched them think through things and try to work stuff out mechanically alright. My one was watching a cat at the bottom of the garden and you could see him work out the angles. As the cat ran he ran but he ran towards where the cat would be not where it was. I hollered at him which threw off his aim and the cat got away. Well the look of utter disgust for me on his face when he walked back was unmistakable. He stared at me with "WtF!" written all over him. He ignored me for a solid hour after that actually turned his muzzle to the wall to avoid me with the odd low level growl. Petulant feck :D

    I'd agree with snuggles285 on the memory front. They're much more an in the moment animal compared to us. One of my dogs years back got a hip injury. It healed up fine, but he would suddenly try to jump up as if he forgot only to yelp and think "oh yea Doh! I remember, Im injured". I would say they're not color blind though. Like kylith said they see reds pretty well. Their eyesight seems to vary with breed. Some are very shortsighted. Wolves apparently have great long distance sight. One dog I had would only recognise people when he got within sniffing range. Didnt seem to have much visual recognition going on. My current dog can recognise people he knows from 50 metres away.

    They're very clued into us, even more than the great apes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJu2Qkbxes0&feature=related

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,737 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Wibbs wrote: »
    Their eyesight seems to vary with breed. Some are very shortsighted. Wolves apparently have great long distance sight. One dog I had would only recognise people when he got within sniffing range. Didnt seem to have much visual recognition going on. My current dog can recognise people he knows from 50 metres away.
    I think you're right there. I was talking to someone a while back who took her dog to training classes and as an exercise the trainer would take the dogs out of sight while the owners changed jumpers and stood in unusual positions and some of the poor dogs didn't know who their human was at all because they have no idea what humans look like, they go by posture and smell.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,336 ✭✭✭✭Busi_Girl08




  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion



    That was epic good!


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,217 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    kylith wrote: »
    I think you're right there. I was talking to someone a while back who took her dog to training classes and as an exercise the trainer would take the dogs out of sight while the owners changed jumpers and stood in unusual positions and some of the poor dogs didn't know who their human was at all because they have no idea what humans look like, they go by posture and smell.
    They do vary though. My current dog can recognise faces. He's very territorial and only tends to get on with people he knew as a pup, even if years pass without seeing them. To test this two mates of mine, one he likes and one he's quite aggressive with hunkered down outside the house under the window sill. If the one he liked stuck his head up he'd look and be all friendly through the glass. If the one he disliked did this he would strike an aggressive posture and growl at him through the glass. Trying it with someone he didnt know at all(one of the guys other mates) he got very twitchy. so it seems he can recognise faces pretty well with no other obvious cues going on.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 911 ✭✭✭Flying Abruptly




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