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catbyte

(37,423 posts) Sat Jul 26, 2025, 11:22 AM Saturday

POV: You "pass out" beside your dogs

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POV: You "pass out" beside your dogs (Original Post) catbyte Saturday OP

Some doggos just wanna stay out of it. Some just wanna play. Others.... CousinIT Saturday #1

They think it's a game! Ocelot II Saturday #2

dogs are smart enough to know when you are pretend passing out DBoon Saturday #3

The Golden on the couch looks like "Get your dumb-ass off the floor and get me a treat!" chouchou Saturday #4

Of course they knew that it wasn't real. Collimator Saturday #5

CousinIT

(11,673 posts)

1. Some doggos just wanna stay out of it. Some just wanna play. Others....

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Sat Jul 26, 2025, 11:27 AM

Saturday

Ocelot II

(126,333 posts)

2. They think it's a game!

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Sat Jul 26, 2025, 11:30 AM

Saturday

DBoon

(24,027 posts)

3. dogs are smart enough to know when you are pretend passing out

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Sat Jul 26, 2025, 11:41 AM

Saturday

chouchou

(2,199 posts)

4. The Golden on the couch looks like "Get your dumb-ass off the floor and get me a treat!"

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 12:38 PM

Saturday

I love it

Collimator

(1,954 posts)

5. Of course they knew that it wasn't real.

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Sat Jul 26, 2025, 01:19 PM

Saturday

Given the way that some dogs can sense a seizure coming on or even scent out tumors, there have to be all sorts of chemical signals issued by a person in actual physical distress. These animals have been by our sides for millennia; they can pick up physical and behavioral cues to an uncanny degree.

Happy to recommend The Wolf in the Parlor: How the Dog Came to Share Your Brain, by Jon Franklin. The author writes about how humans and canines essentially evolved together. Very educational and enjoyable read.

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