Your dog knows when you should be home
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
October 19, 2019 5:57pm CST
You can hear the happy and inquisitive bark of your dog as you get out of your car and walk to the door of your house. Their little paws scrabble across the floor, sometimes jumping on furniture in eagerness of your return home.
Or maybe you have the dog that is already laying down at the door, he's already been there for a few minutes because he can sense when you come home.
How? They can sniff it out. Odors dissipate over time, and our furry friends are attuned to the smells around them. Each hour that passes the smell gets weaker and weaker until it's barely there at all and certainly undetectable to the human nose. However, our canine companions know that when the scent gets to a certain weakness that their humans will be home soon.
Source: TheBark
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Oct 19
My neighbor has several cats but only one will come running when you call "hey kitty kitty". We have found her on our front porch before as well.
Cats are such curious creatures and their domain is larger than just where they get fed. Aren't you allergic to cats?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Oct 19
@LadyDuck Cats are the animals I prefer as well. Dogs are nice but I find that they can sometimes be too much in your face or need more attention.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
20 Oct 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum My husband is allergic to cat fur, I am not. I play with all the cats of my neighbors, I LOVE cats.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Oct 19
I bet cats have the same sense of passage of time but not all cats greet their owners like dogs will.
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@NJChicaa (127116)
• United States
20 Oct 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum that is true but my Sandy had separation anxiety so he always was looking for me to get back home
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
20 Oct 19
Now that is interesting..Also, if a person usually comes home at a certain time, animals have that internal alarm that tells them what time it is.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Oct 19
Yes, exactly. The animals learn patterns basically.
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
20 Oct 19
Amazing! Pets sure make you feel missed and welcomed!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Oct 19
@oahuwriter Yes, I agree. Pets are very good at sensing the good people and the bad people as well I met my Ex Boyfriends dog and he told me to be careful because the dog did not easily like people. His dog let me pet him almost right away. The ex told me that the dog would not even let his best friend pet him. I kept my mouth shut but was thinking that perhaps his best friend wasn't such a good person.
As for my friends dogs, they also associate me with food and going outside because I have pet sat them before.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Oct 19
They really do. I have no pets of my own but even one of the neighbors cats seems happy to see me when I come home sometimes. A friend's animals are always happy to see me when I come to visit as well.
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
20 Oct 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum
They can sense if you like them like we can sense things too. They must be heaven to pet! I don't have pets now for I can't afford them and our apt home landlord doesn't allow them.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Oct 19
It is cute to watch them run around all excited, isn't it?
@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
20 Oct 19
We have Choey and Spot, a female and a male dog respectively. We do observe that behavior in them. They do welcome us when we arrive. We love seeing them waging their tails.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Oct 19
I have no pets of my own, but sometimes my neighbors cat will greet me. When I visit my friends her dogs and cats are always happy to see me.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Oct 19
@Nakitakona I think so, but then it might be because they think "Oh there's another of the humans that feed me and let me out to go potty."
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@jstory07 (148701)
• Roseburg, Oregon
20 Oct 19
Dogs and cats know and you better be there at the usual time or you are in trouble with them.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Oct 19
Agreed! The look on their faces when you are not home right on time.
A friend's dog will start whining when he hears his mama coming up the driveway, but he's usually already by the backdoor waiting for her.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Oct 19
I think that they do, but that they don't always act so pleased to see us.
@Telynor (1763)
• United States
20 Oct 19
So do our cats. And oh, do we scolded whenever we come back. They expect us to be home all the time now and wait upon them hand and foot.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
20 Oct 19
Cats are such demanding creatures but they are too cute to stay mad at for long.
I petsit for my friend's animals. If the cat's food bowl is empty (they have a self feeder) one of her cats will run into your arms and will purr and purr. I always say "You are just starved, aren't you?" and get up to feed them.
