Will My Dog Remember Me?!?!

benjii187 · 29-04-2013 9:55pm #1

i got my jack russell about 4 years ago for my birthday, we were the best of friends for a good two years. he came everywhere with me, waited for me at the bathroom and everything, yeno a real movie storyline. anyway he bit my sister and was thrown out of the house by my mother. he moved in with my aunt and is getting along grand, we visited him for the first half a year of him being gone, and he always went mental at the sight of me

but gradually the gaps got longer and longer and i havent seen him for a good year now :mad: im going over at the weekend and i cant help but thinking he might have forgotten me? what do ye think? il be devastated if he has

we were such good buds

DanWall · 29-04-2013 10:12pm

Don't under estimate the inteligents of a dog, let us know what happens

Outkast_IRE · 29-04-2013 10:16pm

Id say he will, you often see videos of soldiers coming back from tours over a year long and more abroad and the dog remembers perfectly who they are.

steloide · 29-04-2013 10:32pm

Hi. Myself and my wife had a dog for about 4 years. We went to Australia for a year while my parents looked after her. When we came home she followed me for 4 days, even sat outside the bathroom. If dogs could cry........she was crying.

He will remember you, he also might be a bit piss off with u.
Good luck.

honerbright · 29-04-2013 11:25pm

I moved to Ireland from New Zealand in 2008 and I went home in 2011 to visit and the dog I had grown up with since was 5 years old (so she was about 16 at the time) went mental with excitement when she seen me*, so yes, I think the doggy will definitely remember you

*I stayed there for about 10 days, and she actually passed away about a week after I got back to Ireland. I like to think she was holding out to see me again.

toadfly · 30-04-2013 9:10am

I'm pretty sure he will.

I had a foster dog for about 4 months and a year after she was rehomed I went for a visit and she went mental when she heard my voice outside and then she pee'd on me

She pees when shes excited

biko · 30-04-2013 9:14am

He will remember you, the size of the brain doesn't correspond to length of memory.

NeonCookies · 30-04-2013 10:49am

I'd say he'll remember you! I came back to Ireland 2 months ago after being away for a year, and my two went mental

They were very clingy for a few days too.

Mrs Garth Brooks · 30-04-2013 10:55am

He'll remember you. Have you ever watched Hachi? Based on a true story.

gramar · 30-04-2013 10:59am

I'd say he'll definitely remember you. Have fun as he'll go ape**** when he realises it's you.

wandatowell · 30-04-2013 11:08am

I really hope he does remember you after everybody here saying he will

noddyone2 · 01-05-2013 7:08am

Bet he remembers your mother.

Mars Bar · 01-05-2013 11:25am

We got our dog as a little pup from my uncle's dogs litter. She was with them for the first few months and then we took her. We had her for 18 years and any time my uncle and his wife visited (maybe once every three or four years) she'd go ape with excitement!

ShaShaBear · 01-05-2013 2:55pm

When myself and my ex split up, I didn't get to see our dog for a year and a half - was very stressed when I got my first opportunity to see him again. He stood about ten feet from me, took one sniff and went stark raving mad, jumped into my arms, squealing and crying - course I bawled my eyes out :rolleyes:
But yes, he will definitely remember you.

My dad is dead two years and he still checks the window in my mum's at 5pm to see if he's coming home. They're quite clever!

KingIsabella · 01-05-2013 3:40pm

Definitly! I had a rescue I had to leave with my folks when I moved to dublin, The auld fella said everytime a motorbike drove past she went ballistic thinking i was comin home cause whenever I came back to my own place shed be at the door after hearin the bike.

Im back now and they said her clingin to me will be her downfall after they spent three months spoilin her!!

Lima Golf · 01-05-2013 10:34pm

ShaShaBear wrote: »

- was very stressed when I got my first opportunity to see him again. He stood about ten feet from me, took one sniff and went stark raving mad, jumped into my arms, squealing and crying - course I bawled my eyes out

Was this the dog or your ex?

ShaShaBear · 02-05-2013 6:04pm

Lima Golf wrote: »

Was this the dog or your ex?

Fortunately, the dog :P Although I imagine if my ex had jumped on me, I'd be crying too :P

JustAThought · 03-05-2013 10:20am

I had my flat mate & my pup at the same time : ) after 2 years my flatmate emigrated away & later came back for a few weeks long visit - fido & I opened the door, the dog stood staring at my suntanned flatmate for about a minute, then looked back at me & at her, and then threw herself into her arms. We laughed until we cried. She'd always adored her.

Dogs are amazing. And they do remember : )

Qualitymark · 05-05-2013 6:32pm

Friend of mine got on a bus one day and went upstairs (this was in the days, not so long ago, when you could bring your dog on the bus, as long as it was upstairs).

She sat down and zoned out, and the next thing a dog wrestled itself loose from a bunch of children and came and started raving and going completely ape**** around her. Then she realised that it was her dog that had disappeared years before. She took the dog, leaving the kids wailing... but the dog was so happy.

Raminahobbin · 05-05-2013 10:11pm

I had my dog out for a walk about an hour ago and bumped into my ex who she hasn't seen in over 2 years...she most certainly remembered him!!! Haven't seen her that excited in quite some time