I didn’t know dogs could do that!

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Well actually I never even thought about it until now. My friends have a Golden Retriever (pictured) called Fred and they like to try teaching him new things every now and then. Recently they have tried to teach him to wink, but they were not sure if they had really succeeded. But at the weekend they went out for a walk followed by tea and cake. They were just sitting in the tea shop relaxing after their walk when a woman came to their table and politely asked ‘Excuse me but I wonder if you could resolve an argument between me and my husband. I’m sure your dog has been winking at me but my husband says that dogs can’t wink.’ It turned out that Fred had been winking at her from under the table in the hope of getting a biscuit. Obviously the training had worked! And she did give him a biscuit so that has just reinforced the behaviour and now no doubt he will be surprising other unsuspecting strangers! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2023.